families are struggling with the same grief. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky, a 5 year long legal vassal involving u. s. gymnastics has come to an ends, a $380000000.00 settlement has been reached between the victims of the disgraced form adult to larry nasser and america's top gymnastics association. nasa was accused of sexually abusing more than $300.00 women and girls. he was sentenced to more than 300 years in prison. 3 years ago. it's among the largest settlements ever for his sexual abuse case. he ran back to ports his friends. columbian police were responsible for 11 deaths during protest last year. at 2 rallies against police brutality. oh, but one of the officers involved is still on the job. alessandra appeared to reports from boca tom, over 2 nights of unprecedented violent protest. 14 people died in columbus capital will. the time september 2020 demonstrations erupted across the city after

the state of kentucky was the worst hit heidi jo. castro reports from the town of mayfield. this is what the mayfield candle factory looked like before the storm. this is what it looks like. now. i saw on site a back back that was left behind and a pair of shoes. and it represents that the tragedy of this tornado has reaped on this area of kentucky. we learned of a telephone that was recovered. a cell phone that recorded 27. miss messages. we've lost father's mother's brothers, sisters, sons, daughters and others, teens from department of homeland security and the federal emergency management agency or fema are now on the scene. but the likelihood of finding more survivors diminishes by the hour. friday's tornado destroyed everything. it touched in mayfield. this used to be the historic town center. now it is leveled that was once a doctors office back there churches now nothing but rubble. this trailer was picked up in the sky and dropped here like a toy and people's personal belongings from their homes. their photographs of their family members, now litter the streets. dav

the healing even harder. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield kentucky in avenues the u. k. has reported its highest number of daily covered 19 infection since the start of the pan demik. more than 17000 cases were confirmed on wednesday. scientists say only crohn will be the dominant variant in europe by the middle of january. the us secretary of state has cut short the 2nd leg of his se asia tour after our journalist accompanying him on the trip. tested positive for over 19, and 20 blinking has been trying to firm up ties in the region to count to china's influence is criticized bay jane voice aggressive policies in the region. iran foreign minister says un cameras will be allowed to film very sensitive nuclear site. the issue had been a sticking point during negotiations in vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. ukraine's president is urging the european union to impose new sanctions on russia to help ease rising tensions between the 2 countries. for the muse, uminski was speaking in brussels at the ease eastern partnership summit. they're currently around a $100000.00 r

the healing even harder. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky and another powerful storm system is sweeping through the u. s. mid west tornadoes in the state of nebraska, and iowa, have not down power to hundreds of thousands of people in kansas. there were several crashes on highways off the strong winds, with dust reducing visibility to 0. i when warning is in place for an area stretching from new mexico to michigan. south korea is bringing back social distancing rules as record infection rates threatened to overwhelm hospitals. the number of critical your patients is also at a record high from january, 2nd gatherings will be limited and restaurants and bars must close early on vaccinated, people can only dine out alone or get takeaways. the u. k has reported its highest number of daily cove. 19 infection since the start of the pandemic, more than $78000.00 cases were confirmed on wednesday. scientists say on the con will be the dominant variant in europe by the middle of january iran. so foreign minister says you and cameras will be allowed to film at a sensitive nuclear site

as the clean up continues. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky u. k prime minister bars johnson. his warning of a coming tidal wave of the kron virus. and the government has raised the current of iris, threat level and is urging people to get a 3rd vaccine shop. no one should be in any doubt. there is a tidal wave of all the con, coming, and i'm afraid it is not clear that 2 doses of vaccine are simply not enough to give the level of protection we all need. but the good news is that our scientists are confident, but we, they said this a booster days, we can all bring our level of protection back up south africa, the president sir ram, oppose as tested, positive for covey. 19, being treated for mild symptoms from a poser has been vaccinated against the virus. austria has lifted a partial lockdown for people vaccinated against coven. 19. it allows vienna's christmas markets to reopen. but those who haven't been jobs will continue to be banned from many businesses and venues. foreign ministers from the g 7 group of nations, the warning russia it'll fac

in june. heidi jo castro al jazeera washington still ahead on al jazeera mass raves in bella, rues rights groups accused the government of cracking down on descent. plus i'm joined again raska in doha, looking at the technology, they'll keep stadiums code for the wild card. ah, ah, look forward to brighter sky's the with sponsored play cutaways. hello, there. your world's weather report begins in the middle east and right off the bat, a few things i wanted to point out. this cooler air across the la van bay root just high of 19 degrees on thursday, unsettled conditions, western areas, if you draw this includes them, showers and tedder on back to that cool air. it's going to infiltrate further toward the east kicked down temperatures in riyadh and q. wait, so let me show the next 3 days in riyadh. you go from 27 down to 21. thanks in part to a northerly wind. as while it is dr. cross pakistan, but there is the risk we may see some showers in the hall look at that was for sure . see more cloud cover, likely overcast day. could stay dry check back with us. we'll keep on top of that after tur

as the clean up continues. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky with south africa's president. serial roemer poser has tested positive for co with 19 is office released a statement saying he felt unwell after estate memorial service for former president f. w to clerk. he's been treated from mild symptoms from a poser has been vaccinated against the corona virus. let's get more from from eda miller. she joins was live form johannesburg for me to 1st paris the president doing because he was back so natives. and he was all sort of quite a large gathering with other people were more to we know at this stage or the presidency has said that he is experiencing mild symptoms and that he's being monitored by military doctors. and so far he's doing well. and of course, in isolation, this just, this comes off the back of a west african to our way. he visited countries like a gardener. and, and i suppose that is one of the concerns is the, at the movement. the president had just prior to this live, as you mentioned, also that memorial service for former president f, w to clack at the pres

as the clean up continues. heidi jo, castro al jazeera mayfield kentucky. william gala is a professor of meteorology at iowa state university. he says the path of destruction left by the tornadoes could be the longest ever. recorded. tornadoes form on any day where you have strong wind shear, which means the winds are changing their speed and direction as you go up in the atmosphere. so on friday night we had a very strong values of wind shear in the atmosphere, which is pretty typical in winter. but the other ingredient we need is instability or a lot of energy that is supplied by having warm and humid conditions near the ground . that is often lacking in the winter, but as you heard in this event, there is spring like warmth and humidity present in this region to those 2 ingredients come together and allow for thunderstorms to begin to rotate. and the strong upward motion in the thunderstorm can concentrate the rotation to make it a spin very fast helping to form for nato's. we've gone 8 years in the united states since we've had an f 5 tornado, which sho

as the clean up continues. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky. terrible scenes there. will you as president joe biden plans to travel to kentucky on wednesday? let's get more from our white house correspondent, kimberly how kids. so kimberly one more. can you tell us about the president's trip? the years president will be visiting kentucky given that is where we are seeing most of the impact from these tornadoes. what he'll be doing is getting a detailed update on the extent of the devastation he wants to be able to look at it 1st hand. so he can advise his agencies or how best to help people answer inform them about what is available in terms of resources. sometimes you can't exactly ask for it if you don't know what exists. so the present spoke specifically about that . he wants to make sure people know what help is out there so they can get it as soon as possible. but this is had a big impact on joe biden. he has gravely concerned about the future, how families will pick up, particularly how children can go back to school. and given the fact that there have been doz

knowing the death toll is likely to rise. heidi jo, castro al jazeera mayfield kentucky. protests are expected in austria, over croon of iris measures, a partial lockdown for vaccinated people has been lifted for those who funds yet received their job. so aren't alone in to many businesses and venues. but as those protests grew, the some good news ahead of the holiday season, the owners christmas markets is free opening. it was shot for 2 weeks to help control wasn't cove with 19 infections. those jabari is in vienna. this market has over a 150 stalls, and one of the business owners here that i was speaking to earlier said he is now a 3rd generation of pastry maker who is at this christmas markets. and he remembers when his grandfather had a saw here and this is really something he's never seen before. he was talking to me about how they were closed for the 1st time completely last year because it covered this market usually goes from november 12th until december 26 this year. they close to from november 22nd until today. so they had about 10 days earlier in november they were open. b

the healing even harder. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky in france's banning non essential travel from the u. k. to store the spread of the only con variance that's in the u. k. records, it's highest daily case counts. since the start of the pandemic prime minister barak johnson's warned, the highly transmissible very. busy many very and rather could overwhelm hospitals . let's see at the latest now from natasha butler, whose life for us in paris. hello, natasha. you late is a meeting in brussels. no doubt. the pandemic will be high on the agenda. yes, the panoramic high on the agenda and it comes as this news comes from from putting more restrictions on travel between the u. k. and frogs, all known essential travel effectively found the french government have been watching the situation in the u. k. very closely, cuz it cases rising rapidly that the spread of the on the con, very, and also of great concern. and those issues will be on the agenda for you leaders that there's something today they are looking at. what restrictions they can put in place as we come in to the en

the healing even harder. heidi jo, castro al jazeera mayfield, kentucky and investigation is on the way at an amazon warehouse house. in illinois was 6 people were killed when a tornado hit. john henry explains a federal investigation is looking into what exactly happened in the minutes before a tornado tor, through the front of this amazon warehouse center. what we know is that between 8 o, 6 and 8, 16 pm on friday night, managers at this plant were alerted that a tornado might come through at 827. that's just what happened. a twister touched down in that parking lot in tor, through the front of the building, killing 6 people, and injuring one. the occupational safety and health administration is looking into whether anything amazon did contributed to those deaths. over here you can see the and damage side of the building. that's where 45 workers huddled down in a pre designated tornado shelter. osha will be looking into why those who died were not among them. some drivers also complained that they were asked to shelter in their trucks is one said that just turns this van into my caske

in june. heidi jo castro al jazeera washington. now the fight to preserve and abandoned palestinian village is entering a potentially critical phase attendance to start work on a redevelopment plan. they are due to be issued in the coming weeks. campaign is opposing the move say it would destroy a rare historical and cultural monument. hurry force at reports now from left on on the northern slopes of west jerusalem in every seasons in the year lifter is very abusive. also my life in lift the law, so my childhood jacobo day was born on this jerusalem hillside in 1948 years later he was one of 3000 palestinians who fled or were forced from homes here in the fighting that preceded the creation of the state. of israel, it was a scenario repeated across historic palestine known to palestinians as the napa or catastrophe, both cal balance than it does not give me to come back to live. this is my dream, but at least thou lift i remit to remain left there. as i witness for all on what hovering in the city. but there has been some change ea

begin, the difficult work of recovering dozens of families are struggling with his dame. grief. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky and sudan protest. so once again, back on the streets of the capital, a monday, his anger over last month's deal between the prime minister in the military security forces use tear gas to disperse the crowd. political agreements. so i've de la, handled reinstated his prime minister weeks after the military detained him and seize power sedans, largest civilian coalition, rejected the deal. have a morgan send this report from the protest. once again, protesters are out on the streets interested in east capitol, autumn on other cities and the country, their voicing their rejection to a deal that was fine between prime minister handled and the army on november 21st. after nearly a month of prime minister ham tubing under house arrest following a military takeover. now the protesters gathered here have made their way to the presidential palace and was there for about a couple of hours before there were dispersed by security forces. using your guys, you can st

parts are heavy as the clean up continuous heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield. kentucky. tornadoes in the u. s. during december are extremely rare, though not unheard of over all about 1000 are recorded annually, mostly in central us states along an area called tornado alley. the peak months are generally main june when dry, cold air from canada moves to the south meets warm, humid air, coming north out of the gulf of mexico. in winter, there normally isn't enough warm and humid air for tornadoes to thrive. but this time, spring like temperatures fed the storms, the current, lanier, weather patton in the pacific is responsible for some of this. however, sciences expense warmer winter's to become more common. as the planet continues to heat up and higher temperatures are already blamed for shifting tornado alley to the east, potentially putting more people in the path of the storm systems. joining us now from london, history, norman lecture and politics and international relations at university college london. julie, welcome back to the news or how difficult is it's for a federal go

in june. heidi jo, castro al jazeera washington. ah no. again, i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera health experts in south africa says say the only con, vibrant is shooting an increase in daily cove. at 19 cases, south africa was a 1st country to identify the very and finally demila has more from johannesburg. issue around the lack of vaccine uptake will pool uptake is one that continues to worry or the south african govern.

all my phrases that he still not sure of the woman he credits with saving his life. survived heidi. jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky. it's time for the weather, his jet. hello. thank you for joining in all eyes on typhoon ry as it signs into eastern portions of the philippines cuts across central areas. you know, i think we could see those winds with up to a $190.00 maybe 200 kilometers per hour. $2.00 to $300.00 millimeters of rain, to be sure. so the risk of mud slides and land slides. another spot, we're seen a lot of rain days of rain really is for malays via the ne spawn soon steering that rain rate into their concentrated rain, sumatra. java. jakarta is seen some thunderstorms with a height of 33 degrees. we do have a batch of rain running into southern sections of japan, q shoes, southern honshu, western areas of han, you. and then it's all about that cold air rushing in. it's going to make its way all the way to japan, so by saturday, tokyo just has a high of 8 degrees and from low temperatures to high temperatures. i'm going to take john straightly this few days out. this is

in june, heidi jo castro al jazeera washington. thailand's football team has been sanctioned by faith for filing to put prophet drug testing. protocols implies a tame can't fly. the national flag now and thailand is banned from hosting international matches. tiny chang reports from bank up under a fiery sunset in bangkok. it kick off at the thunder dome stadium, whom team montague, united, one of the most successful in the time premier league. since the league was founded in 2009 local fans have returned to the domestic game proud of their home grown talent. so the thief, a band, is a bitter pill to swallow, validate hammond, we love football so much. and when we, when we want to have pride home, have the flag on the shirt and we can waive the flag around. i have it. hello. now i want to see the tile and f a to help to resolve the matter so that dies can see the national anthem to the world again. ty football fans a pretty resilient, and they don't have great expectations, but nothing would give them more pride that to see the national team perform on the world stage. the attitude of

the healing even harder. heidi jo, castro al jazeera mayfield kentucky. plenty more had on the news hour, including 3 months on an old remaining foreigner is kidnapped by a criminal gang in haiti. our free will have more on the story, was from trash to treasure the artist thing. gaza turned to rubbish. dump site into a leisure center for all and in sport, england were their own worst enemy on day one of the 2nd ashes passed the game trail. yeah. ah. but 1st the u. s. has reportedly released all migrant families from its detention facilities and is now tracking them through ankle bracelets from on this. let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly hallett, joining us from washington dc. so it, kimberly, what more do we know about how this move came about? and why did well, it came about because the president promised he would do this on the campaign trail . he said that the previous had mcdonald, trumpet ministrations, immigration policies were in humane and cool. and so as a result, he, on day one, he began making changes. this is one of those changes because the wheels of gover

all my phrases that he still not sure of the woman he credits with saving his life. survived heidi, jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky. the us house of representatives a voted to hold. donald trump's former chief of staff in contempt of congress, mark meadows failed to appear before the committee investigating the capitol hill riot of january, the 6. it's now up to the attorney general to decide whether to formerly charge meadows. she had chancey reports from washington, d. c. the full version, the house of representatives, finding mach meadows and contempt congress was a foregone conclusion, and the democratic control chambers to read. it has become clear that the committee is offering to main questions. did the president try to impede congress in such a vacation of the election results? and why was the old trumps? are slow to criticize the protests. as of the seriousness of their assault on congress became clear. it took several hours for trump to release this message. this was a fraudulent election, but we can't play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace. so go home.

the healing even harder. heidi jo, castro al jazeera mayfield, kentucky. rosco. efforts are underway in the philippines after one of the most powerful storms in the world. this year it lands titled rye blue from the pacific ocean into about c. r go islands. forcing nearly a 100000 people to flee their homes, jemila and dog. and as a manila with more on the rescue efforts is the most powerful storm to hit the philippines this year, a $100000.00 people have already fled their homes typhoon. why made land fallen thursday? and continues to batter the regions of his science and men de now little coast guards are rushing to evacuate. hundreds of residents after incessant reigns flooded their communities. the young and old men are forced to leave their homes with only the clothes on their backs. residence carry what they can with many hoping any damage will be limited and they'll be able to return home soon. the philippines is no stranger to natural disasters. it is constantly battered by storms and volcanic eruptions. dive when a young in 2013 holds the record as the strongest anywhere in

all my phrases that he still not sure of the woman he credits with saving his life. survived heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky agencies are launching a joint appeal, saying more than a 1000000 people in afghanistan are on the brink of famine and more than a 1000000 children under 5 could dine. it's estimated that 75 percent of all government spending was funded by international donations before the taliban took over. from mcbride that travel to canada in the south of the country, which is suffering from food shortages. from early morning this food distribution center, they start lining up some of the thousands of africans from this one district who now rely on their weekly rations from the world. food program to get by mohammed sharif is taking supplies back to his wife and 6 children to let us know what it is. it's very important to us if we didn't get to say we go hungry. so we're grateful. with warnings that half afghanistan's population of nearly $40000000.00 and now going hungry hospitals in kandahar city are seeing the result. the listless dance. the one was sometimes 2 ba

the healing even harder. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky of the u. k. has reported its highest number of daily code 19 infections. since the start of the pandemic, more than $78000.00 cases were confirmed on wednesday. prime minister boris johnson says the roll out of boost, the vaccines will be enough to find the new more transmissible on the chrome varied . but health officials are wanting cases and hospitalizations will reach new heis in the coming weeks. the doubling rate of our micron in some regions is now down to less than 2 days. and i'm afraid i, we're also seeing the inevitable increase in hospitalizations up by 10 percent nationally. we call week and up by almost a 3rd in london. but we are also seeing signs of hope, but since we launched our emergency omicron appeal on sunday night, a great national fight back has begun. and people have responded with an amazing spirit of duty and obligation to others. and i will say that each and every one of you who rolls up your sleeve to get jabbed is helping this national effort. this is a really seriou

major heidi jo castro joins us live now from washington. what else they've been saying about how they plan to tackle on the competition if it does overtake dealt or is that dominant strain, right. merriman, this is certainly happening in a sense of urgency as fresh cases of all the cronner popping up coast to coast in the u. s. from new york to california to many states in between. and particularly one case in hawaii in which the person who is infected has no recent travel history . so it is now undeniable that community spread is happening. kennedy spread on the crown is happening in the united states and the chief white house medical advisor anthony found she talked about this in a briefing today, saying that the vaccine makers were already on top of this now for a week have been working on multiple plans to in the case of whether or not the current vaccines work, which is still a study that's ongoing, but he says that these vaccine makers will be prepared. they do have plans that have multiple contingency. one is to wrap up the productio

the healing even harder. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky, and a powerful storm system is sweeping through the u. s. midwest tornadoes in the states of nebraska and iowa have knocked out the power to hundreds of thousands of people in kansas. there were several crashes on highways off the strong winds with the dump dust, reducing visibility to 0, high wind warning is in place for an area stretching from new mexico to michigan. the u. k. has reported its highest number of daily cove with 19 infection since the start of the pandemic. more than 78000 cases were confirmed on wednesday. prime minister boys johnson says the roll out to boost of vaccines will be enough to find the new more transmissible on the chrome variant. but health officials are warning the number of cases and those needing hospital treatment reach new highs in the coming weeks. the doubling rate of on the chromosome regions is now down to less than 2 days. and i'm afraid i, we're also seeing the inevitable increase in hospitalizations up by 10 percent nationally. we call week and up by almost a 3rd in lo

in june. heidi jo castro al jazeera washington ah, logan. i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera health. experts in south africa says say the omicron vibrant is fueling and increase in daily cove. at 19 cases, south africa was a 1st country to identify the very and family there. mila has more from johannesburg. issue around the lack of vaccine uptake or poor uptake is one that continues to worry or the south african government. but also they say that they're ready for what they say is the early stages of the 4th wave in south africa. given that scientists have said that as long as people aren't vaccinated, we're more likely to see mutations of the covered or 19 of virus and south africa. the moment has about a 41 percent rate of vaccination of adults. people who've received at least one job that goes down to about 35 percent of people who received 2 doses of a vaccine. you are a secretary of state antony blank in has warned russia to pull back. it's through from the border with ukraine or face sanctions. the warning comes as us se

the healing even harder. heidi jo, castro, al jazeera mayfield, kentucky still ahead on al jazeera, 3 months on and all the remaining foreigners kidnapped by a criminal gang in haiti, or free or not right after the break. and turkey currency drops to another all time low, but there is good news for a minimum wage earners. ah hey there, good to see. we don't often say this, but we're chatting about some cloud and rain through the middle east, so we'll pick up the story. there are some showers through the vans moving across iraq into western iran, and that's going to drop down some what weather for a q 8. so we show the 3 day forecast here. really the next several days. we've got that risks. we could even power up some thunderstorms as so we'll certainly be watching that carefully off the pockets thought seems a bit cool here for the hor, at 18 degrees that is below average for this have the year off to turkey. really gloomy conditions here. low temperatures breezy in some spots that rain will turn to snow for people like places like on correct. over the next little bit, we have seen fl

all over their faces. digging through the rubble of what was left of their homes. heidi, thank you very much. hi to jo castro report in live there for us from kentucky to 7 foreign ministers. another news of warned of quotes, massive consequences for russia if it invades ukraine. the statement comes on the 2nd and final day of meetings between delegates with the wills richest countries in the u. k. city of liverpool. the u. k. is foreign secretary said g, 7 nations are united in calling from moscow to end it's aggression. re challenge has more from liverpool, lots of talk about massive consequences and costs for russia if it does invade ukraine. again, very little specifics about what those might be. so we still don't know whether a germany is willing to threaten russia with canceling the north stream to gas pipeline. if it goes into ukraine, we don't know whether the us is threatening russia with expending it from the swift financial transactions systems. we don't know what my economic penalties there might be cetera. so i think we, we assume that those specifics must exist somewhere and that they have been

jo castro. she joins us from mayfield in kentucky. so heidi, what can we expect to hear from biden when he visits the state? well sammy, he will be visiting with the 1st responders and also with the survivors of this devastating tornado that happened on friday. he'll be touring this town of mayfield and we are in downtown, and you can see that destruction rock stretches as far as the i can see. this is one of many communities that were simply leveled by this disaster. the death toll here in kentucky at 748 of whom were people trapped inside of a candle factory nearby. and now there have been allegations from workers there that their bosses said they would be fired if they went home before the storm. with christmas approaching worker as of the mayfield consumer products candle factory were rushing to fill holiday orders. despite fridays, ominous skies. 20 year old elijah johnson says he felt nervous when he clocked in for his shift. and worse, after a tornado alarm sounded an early warning. the 1st alarm came all around saving and going on eigh

castro. she's life for us in mayfield, kentucky. so what can we expect from jo biden's visit there? heidi sammy, the president will be here 1st doing an ariel tour of the city of mayfield where we're standing now. he'll then meet with survivors here as well as in other devastated communities. and this is the sea that will greet president joe biden. it is utter devastation here in downtown mayfield with friday nights, tornadoes, flattening, everything. the i can see 74 people are confirmed at in the state of kentucky aid people having died in a nearby factory as they were at work on friday. and now allegations surfacing from workers there that bosses had told them they would be fired if they left ahead of the store with christmas approaching worker as of the mayfield consumer products handle factory were rushing to fill holiday orders despite friday's ominous skies 20 year old elijah johnson says he felt nervous when he clocked in for his shift, and worse, after a tornado alarm sounded an early warning. the 1st alarm came all around, saving going on, ada's, and we could have been gone. we