paul brennan, al jazeera london, and the 1st case of alma crohn has been detected in mainland china. authorities in the city of chan. gin say the infected person had recently entered the country and is not displaying symptoms. they're being treated in the hospital in isolation. beijing will host the winter olympics in february, and organizers say the variant will pose challenges the governor, but you are state of kentucky says at least 74 people there have been killed by friday's tornadoes. another 109, still missing the powerful storms, tore through his state and fight others. president biden will visit kentucky on wednesday. yes, defense secretary lloyd austin, has decided against punishing military personnel involved in a drone strike that killed 10 civilians. not gallus, dance, capital, cobble. and aid worker and 9 members of his family, including a 2 year old child, died in the operation on august 29 and investigation found the strike didn't violate the laws of war. it happened 3 days after and i slept jacket campbell airport following the taliban to take over. in denmark, a for

necessary and they're working on the basis of the scientific advice that they've been given al jazeera paul brennan live in london, paul and he thinks indeed the governor of the us state of kentucky says that it could take a week or more so know exactly how many people died after friday's tornadoes. so far, 88 people are known to have died across 5 states. but more than a 100 people are still unaccounted for. workers volunteers, and members of the national guard have been searching for survivors. and looking for bodies live now to out 0 hydro castro, who's in dawson springs, kentucky, kentucky. of course, the worst hit state heidi recovery efforts underway right across the region. i mean, we spoke to yesterday in may field, which was significantly damage just how wide spread is the damage from these are these tornadoes across the state. an adrian that is what makes us recover efforts. so mass has because the storm is cause more than 30 tornadoes. the biggest one perhaps more than one kilometer in width and traveling on the ground for more than 300 kilometers and lives. this is what it left behind.

here's paul brennan, with more from london. that has been a massive search and people willing to take this with you. the 3rd shot although of action. but at the same time, there was a significant backlash against the government from within their own ranks impala as a sizable minority of conservative conventions, they called who are gravely worried about the government's restrictions with their imposing and specifically about the recommendation in possession, that the government wants to put it on vaccine passports, kind of spoke with certificates. the president of democratic republic of congo urging people to get vaccinated as infections rise. there. a comes as health officials confirmed cases of the on the con variance the nation has one of the world's lowest vaccination rates. malcolm wept with more on that. firstly, there's a reason that affected all of africa, much of, of other continents as well, was just a lack of doses. which countries of course, both almost all of the available to the beginning of this year. and it was

paul brennan reports from london.orter: in europe, the jobs are going into people's arms as fast as they can be unpacked. more than half a million booster shots were administered in the u.k. in just one day, short of the one million per day the government is aiming for with the race to reinforce immunity gathering pace. it seeks ordinary infectiousness of the omicron variant which is really worrying global scientists and health experts. >> we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our peril. even if omicron does cause less severe disease, the sheer number of cases could once again overwhelm unprepared health systems. reporter: in the u.k., omicron cases are now doubling every two days. with more than 200,000 possibly infected every day, the number could pass a million within a week. vaccination centers up and down the u.k. have the government booster job program. the dilemma facing the politicians on that side of the river is whether they will be enough to slow the progress of the omicron variant. >>

monday in the coming hours, parliament expected to discuss and vote on possible restrictions, paul brennan, with more from london, there has been a massive surgeon, people willing to take this case there. this is a 3rd shot. although of action, but at the same time there is a significant backlash against the government from within their own ranks. impala. what does a sizable minority of conservative conventions, they who are gravely worried about the government's restrictions with their imposing and specifically about the recommendation in possession. the government wants to put in a vaccine passport kind of suppose certificate mean by the president and democratic republic of congo. was urging people to get vaccinated as infection start to saw. it comes as health officials confirmed cases of the on the con, varied democratic republic of congo has one of the world's lowest vaccination rates . in other news, you as secretary state antony blinkin says the asia pacific region needs to be free of coercion. lincoln is in indonesia, on the 1st leg of a tour of southeast asia, as washington tries

paul brennan, al jazeera london, u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin is accusing china of aggression in the indo pacific region. blinkin is in, in denise you're on the 1st leg of a tour of southeast asia. washington is trying to counter china's influence in the region. a stand off between beijing and other countries and the results rich south china sea is gotten more intense in recent years. us defense secretary lloyd austin, has decided against punishing military personnel involved in a drone strike that killed 10 civilians in afghanistan's capital. the operation on august the 29th killed an aid worker and 9 members of his family, including a 2 year old child. an investigation found the strike did not violate the laws of war. it happened 3 days after an eyesore attack at campbell airport, following the tiny bon take over. human rights watch says israeli police used excessive force against palestinian israelis during camino violence earlier this year. in may palestinian israelis in the city of la rallied against the

let's bring in paul brennan, who's been covering this story from london. hello there, paul. after weeks of hearing from the us and nato on the threat to ukraine from russian forces. what's it like hearing persons take? it's fascinating actually. i mean, obviously we hear from 2nd law for all the russian foreign minister. you hear from mr. show go to the defense minister as well, but to hear from the actual president on such an extended basis. i'm in this news conference last 94 hours. it did range across a whole wide range of topics i have to say. but to have 3 questions, specifically about nato expansion, about the ukraine, about the dumbass region in eastern ukraine, and about russia's intentions in that region. really, dr. present boots and speaking about that at length was really quite fascinating. and i have to say that those 2 or 3 questions where we're, where the areas where the president put really got most animated, the most forceful throughout the rest of it. he was largely relaxed. but on these, on this issue, it is clearly something that agitates in a paraphrase

paul brennan, al jazeera london. the 1st case of alma crohn has been detected in mainland china. authorities in the city of change in savvy infected person had recently entered the country and is not displaying symptoms. they're being treated in isolation in hospital aging will host the winter olympics in february, organized to say the variant will pose challenges. oksana pisec is a lecturer at the university college london school of pharmacy. she says the picture around our micron is becoming clearer and it's not particularly good. we are certainly on track for it to replace delta here in the u. k. in coming days and weeks. so globally, i imagine that effect will also take place, just based on, on how quickly the doubling rate is occurring. we have had one death in the u. k, thus far. so it is to seen, to draw conclusions around severity of alma kron. however, even if it turns out to be half and severe is delta just due to the rate of spread, it's going to put a tremendous amount of pressure on the end, a chest and

but as paul brennan reports bringing back title restrictions is proving to be a political headache for prime minister boards, johnson in europe, the jobs are going into people's arms as fast as they can be unpacked. more than half a 1000000 booster shots were administered in the u. k, in just one day, fall short of the 1000000 a day, the government's aiming for. but the race to reinforce immunity is gathering pace. it's the extraordinary infectiousness of the on the con variant though, which is really worrying global scientists and health experts. we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our peril. even if or me cron does cause less severe diseases. the sheer number of cases could once again overwhelm unprepared. health systems. in the u. k. m. a kron case was now doubling every 2 days, and with more than 200000 possibly infected every day, the number could pass a 1000000 within a week, long queues again at vaccinations, centers up and down the u. k. as the government's booster jap program continues apace with the dilemma facing the politicians on that side of the riv

paul brennan is covering the elements from london and joins us live now. at low poll, it's difficult to believe that at the end of 2021 already. and the pain says we're in a better place than this time last year around. yes, and then this social media message that he put out a video message on twitter. he said that the u. k with incomparably better than the situation we were in here in this country. 12 months ago he pointed to a battery economic situation. busy he also pointed to a few hospitalizations from corona virus as well. it is a big gamble that the u. k. prime minister is engaged in he's, he's trying to work out whether to keep the economy open and allow hospitality to take place. essentially giving the population the chance to celebrate christmas and new year. i'm hoping that the relatively mild, comparatively mild symptoms from the alma khan variant will not lead to an overwhelming of the national health service. so he gave this very bullish video address via twitter, but it came with a caveat, and that was that people should if at all possible t

it's going to be a race against time to avoid even more stringent restrictions, paul brennan al jazeera lunda. will alma cronies thought to account for more than 70 percent of new infections in south africa where the president has tested positive for coping? 19 cyril am a poor se, self isolated in cape town, while receiving treatment for what's being described as a mild infection. the president is fully vaccinated, said it's a reminder to all south africans to get their jobs for me. the miller has more now from janice book. it was shortly after delivering a eulogy at the memorial service for former president f. w to clack. when south african president solar m a puerto fell ill. he is one of more than 18000 people in the country who have contracted coven 19. in the past 24 hours the day, the government says the president is suffering mild symptoms and is being monitored . those of had close contact with from a poser have been told to isolate, in a tweet issued by the president while thanking people for their support. he urged also the africans to get vaccinated. so far, 43 percent of eli

paul brennan has more from london. very often in the west. we are bon bonded with the media from our own region. and we don't always get to hear the perspective from the other side and over we have heard from president putin, in snippets. and in use conference is not on the level that we've had in this news conference today way for as he has much more time to expand on on what his sentiment is. and of all the issues that he spoke about, the ukraine and the possible expansion of nato. those are the 2 issues which really made him bristle if i can describe it in those terms. you know, he talk about history. he said, look, you know, we were promised by nato back in the 1900 ninety's that they would be not inch further. they would go, they're all going to be talks between us and russian. diplomats in a week time after christmas about the situation in ukraine and on the border. there is a large military build up of russian forces that estimated between 70 and 90000. and with the us military analyst saying it could be easily ramped up to way of our

sure, paul brennan, they're talking to fly from outside guys. hospital in london, the australian states of queensland is opening its borders to domestic travelers that are fully vaccinated. it's been closed for 5 months while the state pushed the locals to get to jobs. leo harding as this report. oh, home for the holidays. these lucky travelers were able to return to the state of queensland and australia after being locked out because of the pandemic. we haven't been on a plane for either a month. i was just wondering that they'd fought in world war and the bridge. in july, queensland clamped down on travel, shutting its borders as the delta variant of coven 19 made its way through the country. the local government set a goal of getting 80 percent of its population age, 16 and above vaccinated before borders would open again. that target was reached just in time for some families to be reunited for christmas. and mr. if it was my son and daughter, know you had been a little 5 years and i was planning to get married in 2020, and grace we were all going. but of course we couldn't do that.

paul brennan, al jazeera london on the chronus thought to account for more than 70 percent of new infections in south africa, where there's a 4th wave president. so rum opposers tested positive for cove at 19. his office released a statement saying that he felt on well after a state memorial service for, for president f. w to clerk in cape town on sunday, he's being treated for mild symptoms from a poser has been vaccinated against the virus or zeros for me to mila reports from johannesburg. is being monitored by military doctors. they say that he's doing well then while he's there, i say lation. his duties will be performed by the deputy president, the prison presidency rather, hasn't expressed any deep concern around him testing positive. but this does come just after the eulogy that he gave at the memorial for the former president f w, the clerk. so he was a round people and also off the back of a west african to a we visited several countries. so those who've been around the president have been told to isolate and they've been tested, but they've also use this opportunity to remind south

public to respond and to do that, do what is necessary get boost enough more from out here as paul brennan, who's outside a vaccination center in london. what we know from the health secret, santa javert, he's been doing the broadcast, ran this morning, but on the crone in this country is spreading in his words, like we've never seen it before. and the prediction is that by to morrow on the cross will be the majority of new corona virus cases at the moment is around 40 percent of new cases are on a chrome by tomorrow. they believe it will be 50 percent at least. so you can see the concern there is in this country about the way that on the chrome is taking over from the previous delta variance. busy and becoming the dominant variance, there is still unclear evidence as to how fatal omicron is. but nevertheless, the infectiousness of it is what's really worrying the experts in the scientists and believe on the one model that's been put forward. and some, under some circumstances, the number of hospitalizations from amok on could be double that that we saw from the delta variance a year ago.

here's paul brennan with more from london.

in fact, we'll brennan stymied by frista and paul. here we are at the end of the year and the prime minister there, boris johnson says we're in a better place than this time last year. being comparatively bad according to bar, as johnson on his social media, twitter account in the last hour. a typically bullish account of the year, so far from the prime minister saying that the, the economy is better and that the battle against the covey pandemic is also better as well. to a certain extent, he's right. i mean, the aim that the government had of offering booster shots to every adult in england has been achieved. if you take offering the shots as the target, some said it was actually boosting people, getting jobs in arms, which should have been the target. and some 28000000 people have now had that booster shots and the rest of them have at least been offered it and many more have been booked in and we'll have it in january. other issues that are a glimmer of light on the horizon that's from it. a said the lower hospitalization rate. it

al 0 port brennan reporting live from london. paul, but he thinks indeed that south africa's medical research council has released its 1st study into omicron. the data was gathered in the 1st 3 weeks after the variant 1st appeared in southern africa. it found that 2 doses of the fires of vaccine provide 33 percent protection against infection from on the con, but 70 percent protection against hospitalization. the inference being that while on the corner is perhaps more easily transmissible. it isn't necessarily more potent or severe shabbier. marty is the director of the vaccines and infectious disease analytics research unit. he explains what they know about on the crohn so far. what you do know, but on the planet it and to body evasive. so it comes as little surprise that vaccine doesn't protect against infection that around with or death to percent point estimate. i infected with another study from the united kingdom reach us all to release yesterday for to fly the vaccine as well as with any of it see him which showed very little

let's go live now to london houses here as port brennan is across all of these developments, paul, the world health organization says then the on the kron variance spreading out an unprecedented rate. it's also concerned about vaccine inequity. yeah, on the rates, aiden, i think this is the issue that it's really concerning everybody around the world and it's the infectiousness of omicron, even if on average the symptoms create a caused by the alma kron variance are mild. there is still going to be a proportion, a percentage of people who need hospitalization. and given the sheer scale that we're seeing of people who are being infected with the honor chron variance, then clearly there's going to be a large number of people who need hospitalization. and doctor ted ross was very clear to say that those countries which have unprepared health systems. and even frankly, those with prepared health systems are likely to be overwhelmed. the other thing that he touched on in his address to that news conference was the concept of vaccine inequity. he said, look, it's almost wrong that vaccines a

new threat level won't immediately affect existing rules and regulations pull brennan joyous as live now from london. paul, one victim of omicron so far, what else do we know? what we know from the health secret? santa javert, who's been doing the broadcast, ran this morning, that on the kron in this country is spreading. in his words, like we've never seen it before. and the prediction is that bites from mauro on a crohn will be the majority, all new crew and a virus cases at the moment is around 40 percent of new cases are on a chrome by tomorrow. they believe it will be 50 percent, at least. so you can see the concern there is in this country about the way that on a cron is taking over from the previous delta variance and becoming that the dominant variance. there is still unclear evidence as to how fatal omicron is and, but nevertheless, the infectiousness of it is what's really worrying the experts. and the scientists believe under one model that's been put forward and some, under some circumstances, the number of hospitalizations from on the con could be double that, that we saw from the delta varia

brennan. he joins us live from london and paul, just talk us through the corona virus situation in the u. k. right now. what's happening yeah. situation at the moment is that the official figures appeared to be lagging behind what the health authorities estimate, the real figures are. at the moment. according to the most recent figures of yesterday, there are 55000 new throne of ours cases, infections. however, the health sector recently javits stood up in the comments on monday and said the real finger, according to the u. k. h, a 100000 pieces every single day. now that's a real concern because by the more of large numbers, even if i'm a con, proves to be less damaging than the delta variant, say, just one percent of those hundreds of those 200000 need hospital seen, for example, as the doubling of the on the con, variance in infections proceeds that is going to put extraordinary and extreme pressure on the u. k. national health service. so there is grave concern among governors. exactly how to get a lid on the infections at the moment. they then actively researching muscular and for examp

we will reach social level from club hor brennan has been covering this press conference from london. hello there. paul rushers at the center of a lot of global tension. and so there's plenty of attention on this news conference . one of the main things we're looking out for while there are 5 maintains, i think that splits between sort of domestic and international. and obviously it's an annual events, a real popcorn box office event from international perspective. ukraine and european security will definitely be the top draw as far as what the international community, particularly here in europe, wants to understand a bit more about what president putin is thinking. i came and sat in this chair. actually ukraine hadn't yet been mentioned. other aspects though, which happy mentioned include cove, it the big clamp down that president putin on the kremlin, has had on n g o z. and what he describes as foreign agents within the media. the economy always ranks very highly in terms of domestic interest as well. and so there is a wide range of topics for president putin to cover. it is a wide ranging and ofte

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