john henderson, al jazeera, still a hat here on the news are for you. tributes pouring in for betty white's the golden girl of comedy whose digests weeks before her one hundreds birthday ah, african stories from african perspective. most of them are never bought more than i was not going to go machine because of the voice of machine appealing in. i mean, it's short documentary by filmmakers from kenya. he raised almost talent, talented something back. it's about and ivory coast colors. i lived here and scrap yet animal africa direct on al jazeera january, and i just need, i don't know why. here we look back on us president joe biden supposed be in office 12 months on from the capital building by be part of the stream. enjoy. now, social media community at sierra leone recovery from civil war continues. we mark 2 decades since the end of one of africa's most political complex. the bottom line div clemons dives headlong into the u. s. issues that shape the rest of the world. as we enter the 3rd year period, 19, we go back to where it all began and investigate how far we come into the pandemic

john henderson al jazeera and more than 500 homes had been destroyed by a large fire in working through. it swept through a settlement in boats on a thursday, firefighters and residents worked through the night to put it out hundreds of people and now homely. saturday marks 20 years since you are tansy entered circulation. european central bank marketing antony's eve with a light display in blue and yellow, representing the colors of the block. he resign currency was 1st introduced back in 1999 with coins in bank notes being launched in 2002 dominic cane has more from daily. busy 20 years ago, it was a novelty, a new currency across much of europe. as one central bank took on responsibility for the monetary policy of hundreds of millions of people. for much of its 1st decade, the eurozone seemed to prosper. but then came the global financial crisis with the greeks leading a succession of e, you states, unable to pay their national debts and close to defaulting on them. and therefore, dropping out of the euro club, brussels became the place for seemingly endless meetings of ant bailout p

john henderson, al jazeera, more than 500 homes, have been destroyed by a large fire in western peru. it swept through a settlement into bow tie on thursday. the residence was through the night to put it at hundreds of people. and now i'm the israel's army. these 2 rockets have been 5 towards the country from the gaza strip. one of the rockets fell into the sea off the coast of television video circulating on social media shows an explosion in the say of the coast of jaffa, the military says, investigating the incident. there are no reports of casualties or damage. not can rain that later. king john own has laid out his new plan for the country without making any specific comments about the us or south career that maybe is reporting his main goals are economic development and improving people's lives. as the country faces what he's described as a great life and death struggled at least 12 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious shrine and the indian administered cache me. it happened that the hindu rational shrine and the countries north where devote heaps were marked in

john henderson al jazeera washington, the u. k is recorded more than 200000 daily current of our cases. for the 1st time . prime minister boris johnson says there'll be no new restrictions for now. but want of challenging weeks ahead. your joe has become the 2nd city in china to be put into lockdown off the reports of new corona virus cases. the restrictions are similar to those imposed for the past 2 weeks in the industrial hub of she. for the 1st time in 3 months, hong kong has found a case of corona virus that it hasn't been able to trace, that could mean that there are more cases going undetected in the territory. the main suspect than the assassination of haiti's president juvenile noise has appeared in a u. s. federal court for the 1st time, a former officer in columbia as military mario palazzios, was extradited from panama. he's the 1st to face criminal charges in connection with the murder in july, which triggered a political crisis in haiti. a court in canada has ordered iran to pay $84000000.00 to the families of thos

john henderson al jazeera washington. the u. s. has imposed sanctions on the bosnian serb leda millard. dick washington accuses him of corrupt activities that threatened to destabilize the region and undermine a peace accord was, is facing its biggest political crisis since the war in the 990 s. as dante threatened separation of sub dominated areas, both near eliana smell, janik has moved from virginia. luca in bosnia, miller, dadi can member of bosnia herzegovina presidency, says that he doesn't know why he is being punished with these sanctions. and he also says that this will not stop him. i have to remind you that he is been already object of the sanctions from the united states of america in 2016. the reason for that back then was the fact that he didn't act in accordance with the date of peace accord. and this time, in an official public release, the united states explained that they introduced these sanctions because the mil roddic announced that he would return certain authorities from bosnia and herzegovina to republic a s

john henderson, al jazeera washington doctor david friedman, is president elect of the american society of tropical medicine and hygiene. he says that a balance needs to be struck between public health and keeping the economy going. cases are very hard to track now. many people are doing self tests at home. there are no good mechanisms to report them quickly to public health authorities. so the 1000000 we heard about is actually maybe more than one day's worth, because a lot of reports weren't submitted over over the weekend. so hospitalizations really speak to the impact on the health care system. and the, the, the impact on the population. people was sick in the hospital. busy is another important thing to know because the, the, the i, c use are not full, the hospitals are getting to be full again. but for example, our hospital only has about 10 people in the i see you right now on ventilators, where as it was 70 or 75 at the pico last winter, we have to run our economy. and most of the people that are out there, especially the ones that are vaccinated, are only mildly ill. and you kn

john henderson al jazeera washington, of course, has a lot more data consider than just the record number of new cases in the u. s. p. has come out santa maria, with a look at some of the figures behind the headline. a 1000000 coven tases in one day is obviously a huge issue for the united states. but there is a little more nuance and even some slightly good news when you go behind the numbers. so let's start with this. the 1st chart we've got from our world and data . this is looking at cumulative cases of covered 90, not daily cases. this is, everything has been over the pandemic up the top. there we are now looking at $55000000.00 plus cases of covert throughout the pandemic. so if you're getting 1000000 of those cases in one day, in a pandemic, that's the last 2 years. that is clearly a huge issue. the good news, though, if i can use that phrase, is the death, right? it's not going up. certainly not the highs that we saw there. this was a year ago when there were around 3 and a half 1000 deaths a day. at this point, we're now down to about 1200 a day, which is still a lot. but as you

john henderson, al jazeera chicago tennis, well, number one, know that jock of is fighting attempts to deport him from australia. he has a court hearing on sunday. he's now back in detention after australia's immigration minister council. his visa on health route is the 2nd time his visa has been revoked. joker ventures refused to say whether he's been vaccinated against over 19 . sarah clark has more from prism the visa soccer is back in court and on saturday here in australia, there was a preliminary hearing in the federal court in melbourne. this is obviously jock of his team trying to stop his deportation, a heavy astray and open on monday where jock of it is in the 1st round. and now the government cancelled his visa for a 2nd time. on friday they noted that was made on this decision was made on the grounds of public interest because they considered novak given out to be a health risk to australians. now they re issued a re argue that time again. and now the federal court in melvin. they presented a 268 page document stating that he may fan or fuel anti backs nation sentiment. her

john henderson al jazeera washington. the u. s. has imposed sanctions on bosnian serb leader millard. dick. washington accuses him of corrupt activities that threatened to destabilize the region and undermine a peace accord, as is facing its biggest political crisis. and so in the 1990s, as dante threatened separation of sub dominated areas from bosnia. more rockets have been fine on iraq. he military base hosting us soldiers, 5 rounds targeted the on our side and base. no casualties have been reported. that been several attempted attacks on us troops in iraq in recent days. and coincides with the 2nd anniversary of the kenning of the top. iranian general cast some silly money who was assassinated by the us in bagdad. the top figure, intimacy as political establishment is on hunger strike, threatening to deepen a month long political crisis. nadine b harry previously served as justice minister and he's deputy chairman if one of the nation's biggest political parties the and not our movement and just chappelle has more of the story

john henderson al jazeera washington. india is bracing for another wave of crone of ours says it's reported another high of more than 58000 new cases in one day. that is twice the number seen only 4 days ago. nearly a 3rd of those infections came from delia, mom by my thirties, have brought back curfews and other restrictions following the highest code with 19 infection numbers in months. let's cross right away to elizabeth ron m, whose life was a new dahlia and liz. what about these numbers? it seems there rising radically. absolutely not. can it's a warning situation around the country, the eastern city, all the cold cuts in that recorded a positivity rate of 38 percent. that is more than one and 3 people who are being tested, getting a positive result. you mentioned mom by and delhi and mom by they have seen an increase of 700 percent increase in cases over the past week with around just on the 7 percent of people. 7 and a half percent of people who tested positive on tuesday, needing hospitalization. now that still about 834 people. and so was that the rise in cases we seeing more and m

john henderson, al jazeera washington, at least 13 people, including 7 children, have been killed in a fire at an apartment building in the u. s. city of philadelphia. a people managed to escape the early morning blaze. the fire department says several smoke detectors inside the housing block failed to go off. it's believed that 26 people lived in the building, which is owned by the government funded philadelphia housing authority. nearly a 100 hostages, including women and children, have been rescued in northwest nigeria more than 2 months after they were captured by bandits. among the 97 fried hostages were 19 babies, and more than a dozen children they had been abducted from their homes and long highways. in remote communities in some farah and neighboring so called the state police say they were rescued, enjoined security operations targeting the camps of armed groups that have been terrorizing the region. the u. s. has imposed sanctions on bosnian serb leader miller ad that dodie. it accuses him of corrupt activities that threaten to destabilize the region and undermine a peace

john henderson, al jazeera, more than 500 homes, have been destroyed by a large fall in western peru. it swept through a settlement and she put it on thursday, firefighters and residents work through the night, put it out, hundreds of people. and now homeless dozens of palestinians have been injured after israeli forces fy tear gas to disperse weekly protests in the occupied westbank. a people in nablus were protested against the building of settlements in the villages of john and beta. it occupied, eastern islam, palestinians gathered to voice their anger at israel's ongoing plans to force displacement of family. 16 comes for people displaced by fighting in nigeria is born a day to being close down to government had set a new year deadline. several months ago, tens of thousands of people are set to return to their homes. but rights groups fear some of those places are still under a type by groups. fidelis and bar has more now for future thousands of i. d p is in this 16 gone there on comes, have been here for some years. some of them have stayed here for about 8 years, and at the the

john henderson al jazeera washington . india is bracing for another wave, a current of ice as it reports another high, if more than 15000 new cases in one day that is twice. and i'm seeing only 4 days, maybe a 3rd of infections were in new delhi. and the moon by both cities have brought back curfews and other restrictions following the highest 1900 infection numbers in months. and let's makes right away to liz brought him, who's in italy. so let's, these numbers are rising radically. absolutely naked like we're seeing in many countries, the numbers are being driven by the on the kron variant with 75 percent of cases in major cities being on the kron now, the eastern city, all call kasha is recorded. it's later positivity rate was 38 percent. i mean that's more than one and people one and 3 people who are being tested guessing of positive result. mom by remains the worst affected and the cases they have gone up 700 percent over the past week. the hospitalization and moon by there, around 7.7 percent. and while that might not seem like a very large percentage of people who are catching the

john henderson, al jazeera chicago police engineers here have use tear gas and water cannon to dispose thousands of people marching against president chi site. he's been under intense pressure since july, when he sacks the prime minister and suspended parliament. and he, people from that report from the capital tunis ah, january 14th is usually a joyful celebration of 2011 revolution that brought an end to the authoritarian rule of president xen, aberdeen been ali beginning away for popular pricings across the region called the arab spring. only to nature emerged as a functioning democracy with free elections in any constitution. i'm got all fed but on july 25th last year, president chi side for the democratically elected parliament and suspend to the constitution in what today's demonstrate is called a crew to tar. ah, but this year political party is an opposition group such as citizens against the who hold on to nations to march against what they say is president sides increasingly authoritarian leadership. wow. protest is angry at what they call, ty sides own during kuda. tar and h

john henderson al jazeera washington, the european union soc diplomats, as warned, russia would faced massive consequences for any military escalation in ukraine. joseph burrell has been visiting the front plans of ukraine's war with russian backed forces in the countries east. it seen as a show of solidarity with ukraine. russia has denied that it passed plans to invade its neighbour despite amassing tens of thousands of troops at the border. the conflict of both us. ah, he's on the verge of getting deeper. and then sions has been building up with respect to the b and b as a whole. russia has been massy. do you know? maybe you mana woodlands around canyon ball in the joint press conference with the german foreign minister, the u. s. secretary of state entity blinking condemned russia's behavior towards ukraine. both germany in the united states see russia's actions toward ukraine as an immediate and urgent challenge to peace and stability. in europe. we condemn russia's military build up on ukraine's borders, as well as moscow's increasingly our rhetoric. as a continues to push the f

john henderson al jazeera washington. they are a finance top diplomat as warned that russia would face massive consequences for any military escalation in ukraine. joseph burrell has been visiting the front lines of ukraine's rule with washing backed forces in the countries east. it seen as a show of solidarity with ukraine. russia has denied it, has plans to invade its neighbor, despite a massing tens of thousands of troops at the border. the conflict of the boz ah, he's on the verge of getting deeper. and then sions has been building up with respect to the european security as a whole. russia has been massy. do you know lady news? you own mana woodlands? around to canyon border in a joint press conference with germany's foreign minister, the u. s. secretary of state antony blank and condemned russia's behavior towards ukraine. both germany in the united states. c rushes actions toward ukraine. as an immediate and urgent challenge to peace and stability in europe. we condemn russia's military build up on ukraine's border

john henderson al jazeera washington . the rest of the days news is coming up. a landmark deal is made in canada to help a tune for its past treatment. and the message from the un chief to saddam general to purchase term with with hello. thank you for joining in your world weather update begins in australia and here's an update on x. tropical cyclone sets. it's moving closer to the coast of queensland. the gold coast has shut down. beaches over dangerous surf. we've seen those ways 45 meters even up to 10 meters high. we do have what, whether from brisbane rate down to victoria state and at times this will be some pretty driving rain off to the west. temperatures are hot enough in per $37.00 degrees and let's remember, western australia is parched, catastrophic fire. danger in some parts of the state. after new zealand, wet weather dance is in to the north island. so auckland, your seller's stretch of weather comes to an end. we've got some showers in the forecast for you on friday with a height of 24 degrees off to southeast asia. ne monsoon not as active as it

john henderson al jazeera washington . of course, there's a lot more data to consider than just the record number of new cases in the us. he's come from mary with a look at some of the numbers behind the headline. a 1000000 coven tases in one day is obviously a huge issue for the united states. but there is a little more nuance and even some slightly good news when you go behind the numbers. so let's start with this. the 1st shot we've got from our world and data. this is looking at cumulative cases of covered 90, not daily tases. this is, everything has been over the pandemic up the top. there we are now looking at $55000000.00 plus cases of covert throughout the pandemic. so if you're getting 1000000 of those cases in one day, in a pandemic, that's the last 2 years. that is clearly a huge issue. the good news, though, if i can use that phrase, is the death, right? it's not going up. certainly not the highs that we saw there. this was a year ago when there were around 3 and a half 1000 deaths a day. at this point, we're n

john henderson al jazeera washington, the u. k is recorded more than 200000 daily, correct, of ours cases for the 1st time. prime minister bars johnston said they'll be no new restrictions for now. but one of challenging weeks ahead. you, joe has become the 2nd chinese jesse to be put into total, locked down off the reports from the current of our cases. the restrictions is similar to those impose for the past 2 weeks in the industrial hump of shan, canada will pay just over $30000000000.00 in conversation to members of the indigenous communities who were taken away from their families when they were children and put into state care the money will go to the families who are affected over the last 3 decades. cash will also be spent on performing the current child welfare system. the main suspects in the assassination of haitian president juvenile boise has appeared in u. s. federal court for the 1st time, $43.00 old former columbia military officer, mario plus you was expedited from paula. but he's in catholic style of use tear g

john henderson al jazeera washington, the u. s. has imposed sanctions on the bosnian serb liza miller lab. don't. washington accuses him of corrupt activities that threatened to destabilize the region undermine a piece of court. wilson is facing its biggest political crisis since the war in the 1990 s, as don't check front and separation of dominated areas from both. dana smell, lana kaz more from daniel luca in bosnia. mueller dot com, member of bosnia herzegovina presidency, says that he doesn't know why he is being punished with his sanctions. and he also says that this will not stop him. i have to remind you that he is been already object of the sanctions from the united states of america in 2016. the reason for that back then was the fact that he didn't act in accordance with the date of peace accord. and this time, in an official public release, the united states explained that they introduced these sanctions because our mil roddic announced that he would return certain authorities from bosnia herzegovina to the public a subs

john henderson, al jazeera washington, the mean sus megs and the killing of the haitian president of in a while use has appeared in the u. s. federal court. the 1st time, a former officer in columbia's military was extradited from panama. he's the 1st to face criminal charges connected to the murder in july that triggered a political crisis in the caribbean nation. the authorities have arrested dozens of people, but none of them has been formally charged. mike, hannah has more on the case from washington. but he has now been formally charged in miami federal court having been brought in by f. b. i. agents from panama, which is where he was arrested while boarding a flight. it is reported to jamaica. now he is a sum of one of some, 2 dozen former colombian commandoes who were employed by a miami security firm earlier last year, c t u security. they would then deployed to haiti initially it is said as a personal protection group, there to protect political figures within haiti. however, it does appear according to prosecutors that this then moved into basically what became an assassina

john henderson al jazeera washington, some more breaking news now. and d, r. i, a news agency is quoting the are menial leader nick called pershing yen. as saying that the leaders of a russia lead security alliance have decided to send peacekeeping forces to cause extent were. unrest has been escalating for the last few days. he said, the peacekeeping force will go in for a limited period to try to stabilize the situation earlier president t. okay. you said that he had appealed to the block to help us expand, overcome what he called, a terroristic threat attorneys in politician who has been refusing food or medication since his arrest last week is fighting for his life. that's according to his family and supporters noted in the heat. he is that used of possible terrorism offences. he has refused to eat or drink since friday. he was serving in the now suspended tennessee in parliament and was justice minister between 20112013, couldn't easy as the president case said has been accused of staging a coo after he sacked the government and suspended parliament last

john henderson, al jazeera washington. now there's been a furious reaction in australia after the tennis star novak joke of it was granted a vaccine travel exemption to play in a major tournament. them organizes are denying. he's been given special treatment. but critics point to double standards a time of soaring, coven 19 infections. his sarah clock, his loan number, one tennis player, and 19 as he's 20 major titles at the trial. and this year he gets to defend his party, after announcing on instagram. but he was exempt from the country vaccination and was granted permission to travel to melbourne. obviously the announcement by novak that he has been gone to the medical exemption and and that exemption for them the opportunity to come into a trailer, come into victoria and compete at the israel open. the decision has triggered widespread anger and a country that had to deal with some of the toughest type restrictions on travel, both into states and overseas. and from those in a city that have endured the world's longest

john henderson, l g 0, chicago. still ahead on al jazeera, the active is to popularized pro democracy rallying call in hong kong, becomes the 1st to be released from jail. and 2 of the biggest names in software and gaming strike the biggest deal in industries history. ah ah, look forward to brighter skies. with sponsored by cut airways, there have been warnings for both avalanches and heavy snow in hon. shoot, accardo. they've gone now. just accept uses winter. it's going to snow is not particularly heavy now. but the, the warnings for high waves along the coast of hunt you, they continue, has been persistent when there's quite a fetch here yet, cold, right? life is, but it's your korean plants is her soul's maxim is about 0, rises a little bit. when the sun is more dominant, slow shells cold reaches a long way south in japan seems max on the 9. the same is true through japan. he's not extremely low. temperatures, in fact, not for the average for shanghai, but it's a notable breeze all the same as yet. it hasn't really enhanced the rain in v

john henderson, l g 0, chicago. still ahead on al jazeera, the philippines government is accused of penalizing the war with tough covered 19 restrictions. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle airways. and away we go with your world, whether updates right here right now. nice to see you will begin in southeast asia, west javert jakarta, scooping out 204 millimeters of rain. typically for the month of january, you would see $300.00. so quite the helping of rain and still in the forecast, solid bands of rain over the islands. same goes for borneo. so that's really where that flooding risk will be. heightened. meantime, sumatra, those heavy rains are starting to peter out. now an update on the ne monsoon but subdued right now, but still we're getting into heavy bouts of rain for central areas of the philippines on thursday. rain is dancing in to western areas of the pearl river valley. same goes for the yang. see that shoving clouds further toward the east and you guessed it, the snow is still falling across we

john henderson, l g 0, chicago. still ahead on al jazeera. why sciences warry, a penguin? paradise, at the end of the world won't last forever. and 2 of the biggest names in self wearing gaming strike, the biggest steel industries history ah, look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle airways. there have been warnings for bursts, avalanches and heavy snowing hung shewn, accardo. they've gone there. just except uses. winter is going to snow is not particularly heavy now, but the warnings for high waves along the coast of hunters they continue, has been persistent when this quite a fetch here, yet cold, right? life is peninsula. korean plants is her souls. maxim is about 0. rises a little bit when the sun is more dominant than the slow shout, cold reaches a long way. sas in japan, congress shims max on the 9. the same is true through japan is not extremely low temperatures, in fact, not for the average for shanghai, but it's a notable breeze all the same as yet. it hasn't really enhanced the rain in viet nam, the seasonal rains, which really don't rely o

john henderson, l g 0, chicago. still ahead on al jazeera hong kong pro independence activist edward loan is released from prison after 4 years behind bars for a protesting 2016. and why scientists worry a penguin paradise won't last forever. ah hey, there will consider a world's weather update. we're going to begin in australia. i cecile, we've got some bouts of heavy rain to the expect. it southern sections of queensland. this will also affect brisbin on thursdays walk into the big story in the west is that he'd 40 degrees in perth will paint the colors on the dark of the red, the hard, the temperature if purse hits 40 degrees on thursday, that will be the 8th day so far this summer at 40 degrees and pause, that's good enough for a new record. and i think we'll keep it going here. so 3 day forecast. we've got yen for 40 degrees on friday and by saturday that could be the 10th day. so extending the record, if this forecast holds up to new zealand right now, we've got some rain dance in into the north island. so that's going to press down te

john henderson. later on in the days we see what happens with those project. thank you. john always plays to welcoming environment to al jazeera president of the eraser group. thanks there, a media. he's on the scott from new york. i am off the journey so much to talk about. i want to talk about joy biden's speech. first of all, what did you make of his decision to well attacked? donald trump, if not mentioned him by name and whether that actually just plays into donald trump's game of woods of wars, of words i should say book. i mean i, i agree with a lot of what president biden had to say. but of course, the backdrop is that over the course of the last year, we've done nothing to address the underlying political divisions. there's so much sharper in the united states than in any other advanced industrial democracy around the world today. the election in 2020 was badly broken by the sitting president, and he's doing everything he can to ensure the 2024 will be as bad if not worse. and so, when biden, at the beginning of the year said america's back, it's hard for america is back with the speech we heard today that democracy i