u. k. hello to you. welcome to the w. so we just mentioned it for a time ago that france is now banning most travels from the u. k. from entering the country, do you feel this is the right move to slow the spread of the army kron variant? it probably would have been if the done at a much earlier stage, but at the moment the omicron cases in france for about 7 to 10 percent of the total cases. so it's already endemic in princeton is already spreading in france really. so introducing a travel band at this stage really doesn't make too much sense. you might keep out a few cases, but with so much domestic spread going on already. it doesn't actually make to sense that too much. so the things would travel plans if you can do trouble and it will blow you a bit of time because make no mistake. this on the chron variant is going everywhere. so trouble bank can give you a few days or even a week or 2 extra. of course, the only is useful if you use that, so i'm very purposefully. so it depends what you do with the time that you buy

u. k. hello to you, welcome to the w. so we just mentioned a short time ago that france is now banning most travels from the u. k. from entering the country. do you feel this is the right move to slow the spread of the army? kron variant. a probably would have been if the da at a much earlier stage, but at the moment the, on the court cases in france for about 7 to 10 percent of the total cases. so it's already endemic in princeton. it's already spreading in from really so introducing a travel band at this stage really doesn't make too much sense. you might keep out a few cases, but with so much domestic spread going on already. it doesn't actually make too sense that too much. so the things with travel bonds, if you can do trouble and it will blow you a bit of time because make no mistake. this all micron varying is going everywhere . so our trouble band can give you a few days or even a week or 2 extra, because the only is useful if you use that time very purposefully. so it depends what you do with the time that you buy

u. k. hello john. different restrictions are coming back. the netherlands has just gone back into lock down. other countries like germany tightening travel restrictions for people coming from high risk countries like the u. k. but what is more effective? well, these locked downs all they're going to do is delay the progressive of this on the conveyor because it's in every country in europe already. so even a lot of the, on the current levels in germany at the moment of quite low it, is there probably 23 percent of cases. so all this is going to do is delay things by a small amount of time. basically, everyone in europe needs to be ready to be infected or, or exposed, at least to on the call in the next few weeks. it's dividing so quickly, spreading so fast. the r value in the u. k is probably between 3 and 5 at the moment. so it's coming everywhere. so what we need to do, i feel is use the time to be as prepared as possible. now government, launching, boost campaigns, vaccination campaigns. and that's correct. but i also need to think we need

u. k. hello, john. different restrictions are coming back. the netherlands has just gone back into lock down. other countries like germany tightening travel restrictions for people coming from high risk countries like the u. k. but what is more effective? well, these locked downs all they're going to do is delay the progressive of this on the conveyor because it's in every country in europe already. so even a lot of the, on the current levels in germany at the moment, quite low it is there? probably 23 percent of cases. so all this is going to do is delay things by a small amount of time. basically, everyone in europe needs to be ready to be infected or, or exposed at least to on the cross. in the next few weeks. it's dividing so quickly spreading so fast. the r value in the u. k is probably between 3 and 5 at the moment, so it's coming everywhere. so what we need to do, i feel, is use the time to be as prepared as possible. now, government launching, boost campaigns, vaccination campaigns, and that's correct. but i also need to think we need

u. k. join the u. s. is diplomatic boycott of china's winter olympics? ah, hello, welcome to the program. the british prime minister of boris johnson has announced that covert restrictions are being tightened again to help combat the spread of the new on the chron variant. but there are big questions over his authority coming. i was after he was forced to apologize for a video showing his staff, joking about holding a christmas party during last year's lockdown. jonah whole has the latest deny, deny, deny has been the strategy at number 10 downing street over reports of a staff christmas party last year when they were banned on the cobra rules. the government says no rules were broken, leaked video recorded 2 days later, during rehearsals by senior staff for a news briefing offers damning evidence to the contrary. i went home, old and all that is changed to see from mine. all right. this is, this is recorded. inspection of policy with a business means it's not just one of those involved has now resign. it recalled and perhaps eclipse to previous pandemic rule. breaches like chief advisor,

u . k. soaring teenage moderate. ah, hello, and welcome to the program. our top story. ask you teams in 6 us states going through the trail of rubble and devastation left by around 30 powerful tornadoes. that struck late on friday night, the town of mayfield and kentucky has been described as ground 0. dozens of people were killed in a candle factory and many workers that remain on accounted for. kentucky state governor alabama shares visited the west effected areas in mayfield. he says, a federal state of emergency has been declared and he still hopeful more survivors can be found. with merrill but granted the immediate federal state of emergency. it is rare. it was granted incredibly quickly and we're grateful to homeland security to fema and the president biden himself the national guard has been deployed. we have over 300 guardsmen that are active. they are out in our communities, they are doing everything from going door to door. though many of these communities we will have doors anymore. they're going rebel to rebel searching, hopefully for survivors. but otherwi

u. c l g 0. goddam ah, hello. yeah, and i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera france is banning most non essential travel from the u. k, which has reported a record number of covey, 19 infections for a 2nd day on the african continent. the delta and army con variance have driven up infections by nearly 83 percent. the un secretary general says floor vaccine policies have contributed to the threat posed by.

u. k. were a challenge, is laughter. us in louis. hello ne rory we had a little bit earlier in the bulletin, johnson has issued his christmas message and urged everyone to get a booster jab. what else did he say? well, we had lots of familiar. john, sony and half flourishes. rhetorical flourishes as a classic speech from, from the british prime minister here, throwing in plenty of cultural references that anyone from the u. k. would instantly recognize. he talked about how this christmas. if you have to cook a big turkey, if you have to appeal more brussel sprouts, if you have a, a big pot of washing up unusual, and a big pile of scum pulled wrapping paper. well, that's all to the good because that means that this christmas you have got to spend it with more of the people that you love, more family members than you got to last year. of course, last year, chris christmas was pretty much cancelled. very short notice throwing lots and lots of people's plans into disarray, meaning that many people have to spend christmas to be there by themsel

u. s. states. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is out 0. lloyd from doha. also coming up the u. k. house g, 7 foreign ministers, warning russia over its military build up on the border with ukraine. voting is underway in the south pacific islands of new caledonia in a referendum on independence from france. i'm barons president says his country wants the nuclear deal to be revived, but says us sanctions must go before any agreement. aah! we begin in the us roughly 70 people have been killed by a series of tornadoes that ripped through 6th midwestern and southern states. president joe biden says it's like as a b, one of the largest tornado outbreaks and u. s. history and is promising federal help to all states affected will be extreme weather has left a trail of destruction stretching more than 320 kilometers as practical haine. our reports. one town seemingly wiped away in one evening mayfield kentucky where a candle factory with 110 people inside was levelled. a trapped worker took to facebook live to plead for help and we aren't trans, please. ya, give us some help. we're at the

u. s. states. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is out 0, lloyd from doha, also coming up the u. k. house, g 7 foreign ministers warning russia, a rich miniature build up on the border of ukraine. voting is underway in the south pacific islands of new caledonia in a referendum on independence from france.

u. k. france, germany and italy of hello joint phone call of ukraine. the statement says that they agreed united front is needed to confront, seen as russian hostility. a build up of russian forces on the border as raised fears of a possible invasion, which the prevalent denies. will that will be the top focus of video link talks between presidents flooded we have put in a job binding on tuesday. the ground describes us washer relations as dia, ahead of that call. the russian president was in india where several deals were assigned, including one for clash, the call for assault rifles. i was just here, as elizabeth brought him reports from new delhi. this is in the annual summit between the leaders of the 2 countries. but as the 1st time in the 21 years that the summit has been taking place, that the defense and foreign ministers of both countries also met. and what came out of those meetings is a number of defense deals with the most significant one being india, buying $700000000.00 with advanced assault rifles from kalashnikov with very importantly fo

hello, parts of the u. k. are enjoying their warmest new year's eve on reco temperature in liverpool in the north west of england. was it sir? 15 degrees celsius at 5 am this morning, so he's going to warm up a little more as we're going through the next few hours. of course, the record was 14 point a, so that's been smashed. here we go though, when i say enjoying, we're looking at cloud and rain and quite a stiff wind blowing in across that northwest corner of view of the mild air is across many western and central parts. if the truth be known, even towards the east temperatures are running above average as that won't fall away down towards the iberian peninsula. lisbon, 20 celsius. as we go through friday afternoon, must be showers will clear away from much of the u. k. and the island valid where to where the pump making its way across denmark pushing across the baltic, states from northern areas of poland. still some wet weather in at east side of the mediterranean, pulling away from those flood hit parts o

hello, i'm barbara, sarah london. these are the top stories on al jazeera. the u. k. has reported the world's 1st known best from the on the con variant of coven 19 it spreading with alarming speed, and is expected to become london's dominant strain in the next 2 days. the u. k. has launched a massive acceleration and it's booster job program with warnings of a tidal wave of only 4 infections full. brendan reports now from london. the queue trailed out of the hospital gates and down the street. the stark warning of an imminent tidal wave of omicron prompting a massive search of vaccine uptake at hundreds of vaccination centers across the u . k. the prime minister visited a vaccination center to see the work 1st hand and broke the news of the you case. first on the kron related death on the chrome is producing hospitalizations. and sadly, these one patient has now been confirmed to die with all the crew. so i think the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus. i think that's something we need to set on one side and just recognize the sheer pace a which i

ah hello, nora taylor in london, the top stories are al jazeera sh u. k. is reported. its highest number of daily cove infections of the pandemic. within 78000 cases were confirmed on wednesday. prime minister bars johnston insist the country's boost to roll out will be enough to fight the only crone variant. health officials, a warning cases and hospitalizations will rise over the coming weeks. this is a really serious threat at the moment, the how big a threats. there are several things we don't know. but all the things that we do know are bad. and the principal one being the speed of which this is moving, it is moving it absolutely phenomenal pace. and therefore, between the time that it's 1st starts to really take off in a way people will be able to see. and the point when are we get to very, very, very large numbers will be quite a short on south africa is also reported a record number of new data cove infections. almost 27000 new cases were detected in the latest 24 hour period. health officials say the 4th wave of infections is being driven by the omicron varian

ah, hello, i'm emily. ang, when inder, how these, that up story is on al jazeera, u. k. prime minister barak johnson is urging the public to get their coven 19 booster shots. over the christmas holiday. ng vaccines are being made available for christmas, and boxing day johnsons, largely resisted calls for tied to restrictions for the holidays. despite the fast spread of the army con variance, though the time for buying presents is theoretically running out, there is still a wonderful thing. you can give your family or the whole country that is to get that job, whether it's your 1st or 2nd, or your booster. so that next year's festivities are even better than this years. and in the meantime, i thank you. i wish you all a very merry christmas or a challenge has more from louis. but i think the, the main message is for us johnson's christmas address, where as he say, get through state banks to everyone that's been toiling in the national health service. and that he hopes that this christmas will be better than the last. in many ways, this was a classic johnson speech full

hello, i'm barbara sarah in london. these are the top stories on al jazeera. the u. k government's health security agency says people with on the chron are 50 to 70 percent, less likely to be admitted the hospital than with delta. but the agency has warned the protection from a booster vaccine may begin to wayne after just 10 weeks. the u. k reported nearly 820000 cove in 19 cases on thursday. just a day after recording more than a 100000 for the 1st time need barker reports. health services across europe on a war footing. taking the fight to omicron by giving boost to vaccinations to hundreds of thousands of people a day. the variance fueling a new wave of infections across europe. in the french capital, long queues formed outside pharmacies and coven testing centers in the run up to the christmas holidays. elsewhere, french police increased their checks on people's health passes, allowing for now at least the cities restaurants to remain open. president manuel micron took to instagram to urge people to avoid spreading the virus from you on time you miss this year. on

ah hello norah taylor, not in the top stories on how to 0. the u. k is reported its highest number of daily co infections of the pandemic, or the 78000 cases were confirmed on wednesday, the prime minister bars johnson insist the country's boost to roll out will be enough to fight the only crow invariant. health officials of warning cases and hospitalizations will rise over the coming weeks.

hello and welcome to the program. the u. k. has started to record all me chron cases, and there are thousands, the very it now accounts for 20 percent of all infections in the country and nearly half in london. one death in total has been conferred linked to the pseudonym mutant straight bars. johnson has not brought in his plan b new restrictions on an accelerated roll out of booster jobs, but many members of his own party are not convinced that's the way forward. we're not a papers please society, this is not nazi germany. well, the prime minister's lake is instruction to the nation is get to boosted and now the aim really is to get everything go at all in that country vaccinated with that boosted job. by the end of this month, the is quite ambitious than really because that would mean i'm 1000000000 people need to be jobs every single day, and i'm outside saint thomas hospital here in central london. and as you can see, the queue is really piling up. now this morning in fact the in it chances are telling people to stop tryin

u. k, is leading the way and creating renewable energy. ah, hello, here's your headlines for the americas. nice to see that warm pusher there continues across the gulf of mexico pushing inland these numbers way out of whack. here in new orleans at 27 degrees. it's almost a good 10 degrees above where you should be for this time the, your potential to see some storms flare up across georgia on friday. so continue keep tabs on that temperature is also above average for eastern parts of canada toward the northeast. look at d. c. 14 degrees, quite mild, but if we head to the white straight. now, this is where all that extreme cold air is, vancouver, just a high minus 3 extreme cold alerts, a blanket, alberta, edmonton, just a high minus 27 degrees. and all of that. what whether that was in california has now pivoted toward the east. it's impacting arizona. we could get into some downpours for phoenix and heavy snow through the rockies to be expected on friday. some rain likely to stream in 2 areas of costa rica and panama on friday as well. acapulco ste

could there else is eda beirut ah hello again the headlines are al jazeera, the u. k. health agency says people are up to 70 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital with omicron than if they already had the delta variance. but it's warren, the protection from the virus starts to drop off 10 weeks after a booster shots. current of various cases in new york have risen 60 percent in the last week alone. 12000 new infections were reported on wednesday. health officials say more testing sites have been opened. hospitals angels have implemented restrictions for people visiting. and the mayor bill de blasio has yet to decide if people will be banned from the annual new year's eve celebration in time square. gabriel alexander has more from new york. new york city has become right now at this very time. the national epicenter in the united states of the pandemic, all 50 states in the us have proven some cases of army grant. but here in new york city, it is worse than anywhere else in america. the big issue is testing. there is not enough testing here in the city or state

hello am barbara sarah london. these are the top stories on al jazeera sch. the u. k. has reported the world's 1st known death from the on the con variant of cove at 19. this comes on the day that britain, britain launched a massive acceleration of its booster job program with warnings that a tidal wave of omi on infections is coming. the u. k. health secretary says it will become the dominant variant in london in the next 48 hours. in the u. s. state of kentucky, at least 64 people, including a 5 month old baby has been confirmed dead from the weekend. tornadoes, which tore through 6 states lane waste 2 entire towns. president joe biden has declared a major federal disaster as rescue workers continued to pick through the wreckage. they say they have little hope of finding any more survivors, and the number of those confirmed dead in kentucky alone is likely to rise. so just a few more facts about those we've, we've lost 18 are still on identified of the ones that we know the age the age range is 5 months to 86 years and 6 are younger than 18. help keeps pouring him fr

u. k. where it's rapid spread will make it the dominant code 19 straight in london within days. oh, hello, i'm down, jordan, this is out as they are alive and also coming up 74 people are confirmed dead in kentucky with more than a 100 missing where whole towns have been destroyed by the devastating tornadoes to the u. s. decides no action is to be taken against military personnel involved in a drones strike enough.

hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. new studies from the u. k. suggest the new corona virus, mary, and all me crohn may be milder than the deltas aversion. but scientists say their findings must be treated with caution as hospitals could still be overwhelmed by the sheer number of cases. the news comes as the u. k. records 100000 new daily cases of covered 19 for the 1st time. there's no christmas rush in london this year . the number of shoppers and tourists down dramatically on even a few weeks ago on microns rapids spread an a record number of infections. keeping many people at home. britons newspapers summing up the mood but the u. case health minister gave weary britons a glimmer of hope by announcing the purchase of millions more antiviral pills to combat omicron alongside the booster program. these sup, pharmaceutical defenses, you taken together are a huge new way to defend ourselves against cove it. there's no need for any further restrictions before christmas. we will certainly keep the situation under review. but across the u. k. cond

hello again. let's start the program. back in the u. k, the manchester arena bomber may have been radicalized by a former nato soldier, turned terrorist that was revealed during an inquiry into the atrocity. on thursday, senior figures from britain's counter terrorism police on the home office at gave the closing submissions. and also a reminder of what happened in 2017. let's bring that as well. selman, a bady detonated explosives in a stadium hosting and arianna grant a concert. 22 were killed. many children the youngest, an 8 year old girl. hundreds more people are injured as eager to down of looks now than latest likes to come to and he murdered $22.00 people in one suicide blast. now a public inquiry is trying to establish what turned a hard core party. go into a suicide bomber. and how it could have been prevented the probe was yet to deliver concrete answers. but over the past couple of years, it has yielded plenty of disturbing revelations. these pictures unearthed by the inquiry leave, little to the imagination the bomb. his whol

hello again. the headlines are al jazeera, the u. k. health agency says people are up to 70 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital with army kron than if they already had the delta variance. but it's warren, the protection from the virus starts to drop off 10 weeks after a booster shots current various cases in new york have risen 6.

u. s. stakes. ah, hello, i'm down in jordan. this is al jazeera la you from dell are all set coming up. the u. k. host g 7 foreign ministers, warning russia, rex military build up on the border with ukraine. voting on the way in the south pacific islands of new caledonia and a referendum on independence from france. and iraq, president says his country wants the nuclear deal to be revised, but says us sanctions must go before any agreement. aah! at least 80 people have been killed in the us after a series of tornadoes ripped through 6th, mid western and southern states. it happened overnight on friday. president joe biden says it's like as a be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in u. s. history. and as promising federal help to be affected states when the extreme weather left a trail of destruction stretching more than 320 kilometers as particle hain, their reports. one town seemingly wiped away in one evening mayfield kentucky where a candle factory with 110 people inside was leveled. a trapped worker took to facebook live to plead for help and we aren't trans, please. ya, give us some help.

hello, i am has m c. k. in doha. the top stories on al jazeera u. s. corona barricade cases and hospital admissions are surging. on average, more than a $120000.00 infections are reported each day, an increase of 40 per cent on last month. alan fish as more from washington. well of course there was a big surge and vaccinations just as the vaccination started to come on to the market. and america was very happy with the way things were going. but no, it's just less than 40 percent that on vaccinated here in the u. s. that still.

ah, hello lauren taylor and under the top stories on al jazeera u. k is reported its highest number of daily co infection since the start of the pandemic. more than 78000 cases were confirmed on wednesday. by mister bars, johnson, this is the country's push to roll out will be enough to fight the new will transmissible omicron buried, but health officials or warning cases and hospitalizations or reach new highs in the coming weeks. the doubling rate of all the comments on regions is now down to less than 2 days. and i'm afraid we're also seeing the inevitable increase.

u. k and of in and around london. all right, lovely to have you. hello, emily. introduce yourself. try international view s hi, my name is emily novia. i am a real masters candidate at the school of environment where i focus on climate policy. and i spend time working as a professional snowboarder and just had are some come out the approach. fantastic. lovely to have you the most, introduce yourself to have us who may not know who you are and what you do. i am the mind joseph white. i am an artist and designer and i live in park city, utah, where i snowboard quite often, and hike and bike and just enjoy the outdoors. i would love to hear your snowboarding, your skiing stories, people of color around the world. i know you do it. i know you do it. here is our comment section join in our comment section. you got questions for i guess you're very welcome to be part of today. so looking forward to having you, when i'm thinking about your 1st time, your 1st time on snow, actually it wasn't snow, but the 1st time you attempted to ski what was that like? what made you want to do it? so i s

hello again. the top stories on the al jazeera news, our. the u. k. health agency says people are up to 70 percent less likely to be admitted to a hospital with army kron than if they already had delta variant. but it's warned that protection from the virus starts to drop off 10 weeks after a booster shots. brussels president says it's impossible to have good relations with the current ukrainian government, whatever. who's an accused ukraine's leader of being under the influence of radical forces. there's rising tension between moscow on nato over ukraine. africa center for disease control says the only crime variance is up to 80 percent less likely to cause hospital admissions than the delta strain. but it says its findings are based on the region at might not apply to other countries to china. now where more than 13000000 people have been ordered to stay home in the eastern city of g on that's after more than 200 cove 19 infections were recorded since the beginning of the month. the countries on high alert as a gears up to host the winter olympics i

oh, hello and has m c k n. doha, the top stories on al jazeera, the u. s. president has visited communities hit by last week, severe tornadoes, promising to help them rebuild. joe biden says his government will cover the 1st month of clean up costs, describing the scale of the destruction as beyond belief. 88 people were killed across 6 states, and more than a 100 are still missing. heidi shall cast a report from mayfield in kentucky. this street in bowling green, kentucky once rang with the sounds of children playing young families lived here. but then on friday the tornado came and some neighbors shelter together. they decided to get in the 1st house together. and unfortunately, the house was just demolished for the ground. 11 people died here. 8 of them were children or i don't know what to say, man is retired when somebody's gone and you're shot. you know what happened to visual as recovery worked ourselves through the debris left in 16 all last week, superstore leaving the landscape of devastation. authorities fear the final depth hold will be stagg

ah, i'm hello, hey jean, this is al jazeera life from bill ha! also coming up the u. k. prime minister races the corona virus alert level.

hello. adrian said again, here in doha, the headlines and al jazeera, the u. k, as prime minister boris johnson has confirmed the 1st death for the you cove at 19 on the chrome variant, the u. case health secretary says that at least 20 percent of new infections in england a caused by alma chrome. i think the idea that this is somehow a mild, the.

ah, hello, welcome to the news our a fossil official daughter out of the u. k. has revealed, the army kron variance have covered 19 is up to 70 percent. less likely to result at a hospital admissions been dealt or was but be highly infectious strain as pushing daily crew and a virus tally is to record highs with a 120000 new cases in the u. k. on thursday, its health agency has revealed in figures released on thursday, that protection from vaccine boosters starts to wade after 10 weeks. now france has also reported its highest ever daily number of new infections with 8000 cases in the last 24 hours. the country's health minister says that will likely lead to new restrictions. new york is once again the f. a sensor in the us cases there have jumped by 60 percent compared to last week. let's find out more about new york and bringing gabriel. he's on though he's joining us from the city. gabriel. tell us more about the rise in numbers and what officials are saying the numbers have gone up exponentially here in new york city. and it was almost like, as one official

u. k. government is debating right now whether to tighten restrictions ahead of the holiday season. ah, hello dan. i'm kim all santa maria here in dough with the world news from al jazeera, there is a mounting death toll and hundreds still missing in the us. midwest. up to dozens of tornadoes ripped through 6 states, a fight for water, a potential flash pointing crimea between russia and you.

hello, i'm emily anglin, in doha, these, the top stories on al jazeera u. k prime minister bars johnson is urging the public to get a booster shot over the christmas holiday appointments for corbet. 19 vaccines are being made available on both christmas and boxing day. johnson has largely resisted coals fatah to restriction, sorry, with the festive period. despite the fast spread of the army con variant u k. so another record number of infections on thursday. though the time for buying presence is theoretically rather yacht. there is still a wonderful thing. you can give your family or the whole country that she's to get that job with her to 1st to 2nd or your booster. so that next year's festivities even better than this years. and in the meantime, i think, you know, she will a very merry christmas. at least 39 people have been killed after a fairy court fire in bangladesh. rescue teams managed to save some passages. local sources, believe the death toll is likely to rise. the ferry was over crowded with 500 people. police in the northern indian state of ord

u. k. government is debating right now whether to tighten restrictions ahead of the holiday season. ah, hello dan, i'm come all santa maria here in doha with the world news from al jazeera. there is a mounting death toll and hundreds still missing in the u. s. midwest. of the dozens of tornadoes ripped through 6 states, a fight for water, a potential flash pointed crimea, between russia and ukraine. but it's the millions of people stuck in the middle. the suffering and international observers sound the alarm about the record levels of violence against women in kirk it's done with all of the world countries, the think of it infections and deaths rising again, some to record numbers as governments try to also tackle the new omicron barrier although right now the delta variant does remain dominant in most places. right now . you k parliament debating whether it will implement new restrictions ahead of the holidays. a vote coming in a few hours time. earlier, a committee held a panel with scientists to discuss exactly what they were dealing with with on a chrome. here's more from poll brennan in

ah, i'm hello, ma, his in this is al jazeera life from doha. also coming up, the u. k. prime minister raises the corona virus alert level in a bit to control a number of new only chrome related infections, man mars to post. these are wrong sense that she returns to court a keys to violate in pandemic restrictions. thinking outside the box, alice indians living in the occupied west bank, turns a solar power to improve access to electricity. ah, you as president joe biden has declared a major disaster in kentucky and pledged aide for 6 states, devastated by a number of tornadoes on friday. a search for survivors continues, but the chances of finding any one alive or fading dozens have been killed, or kentucky is the worst hits area. heidi joe castro reports from the tone of mayfield. this is what the ne field candle factory looked like before the storm. this is what it looks like now. i saw on site a backpack that was left behind and a pair of shoes. and it represents that the tragedy of this tornado is reaped. on this area of kentucky, we learned of a telephone that was

hello adrian. so they can hear it though, how the headlines and al jazeera, the u. k is prime minister boris johnson has confirmed the 1st death for the you cove at 19 on the chrome variant, the u case health secretary says that at least 20 percent of new infections in england a caused by alma chrome. i think the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus. i think that's something we need to say on one side and just recognize the sheer pace at which it accelerates through the population. so the best thing we can all do is get our boosters or it me up centers across the country. we're getting in the army to, to help with the logistics. we're expanding in every possible way. and what we need now is for the public to respond and to do that, do what is necessary get bruised enough. kentucky's governor says that 64 people are confront, have died following fridays tornadoes. more than 100 people are still unaccounted for. just a few more facts about those we've, we've lost our 18 are still on identified of the ones that we now the age the age range is 5 months

ah, hello, i'm emily ang, when indo how these, the top story is on al jazeera, u. k prime minister barak johnson is urging the public to get their coven 19 booster shots. over the christmas holiday. vaccines are being made available for christmas, and boxing day johnsons, largely resisted coals for tied to restrictions for the holidays. despite the fact spread of the army on very ends though the time for buying presents is theoretically running out. there is still a wonderful thing. you can give your family and the whole country that she's.

hello, i'm john jordan. this is al jazeera la you from dell are also coming up the u. k. host g, 7 foreign ministers, warning russia ricks military build up on the border with ukraine. voting on the way in the south pacific islands of new caledonia.

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