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health authorities in the u. s. have shortened isolation for positive asymptomatic people from 10 to 5 days. it comes as an average of a $100000.00 cases all reported daily. but the u. s. president says the health system is prepared. company health reports in the u. s. cases of cove it caused by the arm across very, and are soaring, had expected to get worse in the coming weeks. the stream is being felton hospitals. new records are being fat with daily infections rising past last winter's pandemic peak. in ne states like delaware new jersey, new york, and massachusetts, but also hawaii and puerto rico, there is no federal solution. this gets solved, state level on speaking to the nation's governors in a virtual meeting on monday. us president joe biden admitted white house efforts to combat the highly contagious. i'm a crime very. it have been insufficient, but it's not enough. it's clearly not enough provide. we'd know we would have gone harder quicker if we could have but new reporting indicates the biden administration was pushed to ramp up, testing as far back as october in anticipation of a holiday covered search, but declined. bided denies the report we did reje

u. s. is there any idea when it might get better? well, it's probably going to be several days if not potentially weeks. that's because health officials here in the u. s. say that the army kron variant, probably won't peak in the u. s. until after the new year. maybe the 1st 2nd, even 3rd week of january. that's just a rough estimate. because the variant is certainly surging in many parts of the world, but particularly here in the us, we're now going into date 3 of flight cancellations and delays because of staffing shortages at airlines all over the world. but particularly here in the u. s it's looking like on sunday, globally, according to flight aware, a tracking site. there are more than 2000 flight cancellations. many of them coming out of out of china, but about 30 to 40 percent out of the us. just on sunday it's looking like about 650 cancellations of flights in the u. s. so far, but the debt could increase as the day goes on. airlines are saying that this is because of staff shortages due to coven cases. not only pilots and flight attendants and ramp agents, and check in agents calling in sick. but even if they were exposed or think they were exposed to someone with cove, it, they have to corn, teen, or

u. s. request to extradite assertion to the u. s. on espionage. a judge vanessa braid, sir said assigned would not be safe in us prison is due to the state of his mental health, even though the extradition has been rejected. the u. s. prosecutors have appealed in her ruling aside from humanitarian concerns. the judge upheld their arguments. this allows to legally prosecute journalists and whistleblowers worldwide. if they publish classified information, as long as the us do not drop their charges, the freedom of the press is under threat with ah yeah, videos to ship a, she has a video on michelle kraus, pretty much free with sure to coordinate a way to your school go yeah, both a, just a ways figured out those pretty much not spanish videos. along with join me every posted on the alex simon. sure. i'll be speaking to guess when the world politics sport. business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then. ah ah ah ah ah backbreaking toil forced labor stress industrial injury corporal punishment own words with which we're all familiar. ah, you certain that the world you live in abolish slavery long ago. with no longer a beacon of democracy and perhaps never was a major international poll, revealed startling thoughts

u. s. request to extradite assertion to the u. s. on espionage a learning disabled judge vanessa braid sir said, assigns would not be safe in us prisons due to the state of his mental health. even though the extradition has been rejected, the u. s. prosecutors have appealed, and in her ruling, aside from humanitarian concerns, the judge upheld their arguments. this allows to legally prosecute journalists and whistleblowers worldwide. if they publish classified information, as long as the us do not drop their charges, the freedom of the press is under threat. tab with with oh, what is the national mood? i suppose it depends on what kind of media you consume to say the nation is divided in highly partisan is an understatement. was a certainly what the national media wants us to think. what are we really so divided on what really for hello driven by a dreamer shaped bank for some of those with in in there's things we dare to ask in a better way video with almost year carlos. pretty much with sure to coordinate a video like you to form a that the gamma doubtful you will like with the long term with the 9 and as the ecosystem of planet earth predictably is dying because there's too much pollution, whether it's landfill pollution

u. s. request to extradite assertion to the u. s. on espionage. a judge vanessa braid, sir said assigned would not be safe in us prison is due to the state of his mental health. even though the extradition has been rejected, the u. s. prosecutors have appealed in her ruling aside from humanitarian concerns . the judge upheld their arguments. this allows to legally prosecute journalists and whistleblowers worldwide. if they publish classified information, as long as the us do not drop their charges, the freedom of the press is under threat. with ah, join me every posted on the alex sarlin. sure. i'll be speaking to jeff in the world, follow pert sport business. i'm sure business, i'll see you then i have also said transparency for the powerful privacy for the bell. this bitter cares about privacy or people care about is power. julian assange has become a symbol of the battle. the privacy information is power. that's what's going on in the world. a huge struggle with governments and corporations to want to keep information secret and others who the democratic rights should be pushed forward. and people have a right to know what their minds are doing. watch how assange helped shift the conversation around transpar

u. s. president says the health system is prepared can be health reports. in the u. s. cases of coven caused by the arm across very, and our soaring had expected to get worse in the coming weeks. the stream is being felton hospitals. new records are being fat, with daily infections rising past. last winter's pandemic peak. in ne states like delaware new jersey, new york, and massachusetts, but also hawaii and puerto rico, there is no federal solution. this gets solved, state level on speaking to the nation's governors in a virtual meeting on monday. you as president joe biden admitted white house efforts to combat the highly contagious. i'm a crime very, it have been insufficient, but it's not enough. it's clearly not enough provide. we'd known we would have gone harder quicker if we could have. but new reporting indicates the biden administration was pushed to ramp up, testing as far back as october in anticipation of a holiday covered search, but declined. bided denies the report, reject reject, it still will biden announced a half 1000000000 at home. rapid task would be distributed to americans free of charge. the tests won't be available until january, too late for those wanting to test before holiday gatherings. but we have to do more. we have to do better, and we will. local mares and governors are waiting. in some states, the national guard has been called in to support hospitals in washington dc. the mayor called for volunteers to assemble rapid test kits. hundreds lined up for hours at libraries to receive one lines that airports are even worse. hundreds of flights have been canceled. airlines are struggling to maintain staff, as workers are getting sick or having to quarantine. kimberly hell can al jazeera, the white house, or cases of cove 19 are rising as well in the democratic republic of congo. the country has the lowest vaccination right in the world and health experts fear this couldn't lead to more variance catch l. lopez hood a young has more. this coven 19 clinic is at full capacity. patients are coming in faster than they can be treated as infection surge in democratic republic of congo. both supplies and staff are running low looking that hopefully we've asked our partners to our tense behind the center to take in the overflow of sick people. we can't let them die. we have 2 types of patients, those who accept treatment, and then we have those who don't believe in the disease. we've had people who refused to stay in the hospital, but eventually they are brought back to us as corpses. the country has the lowest vaccination rate in the world with a population of 90000000 fewer than 300000 people have received one dose, mistrust of inoculations as widespread awe before we were in the dark about the consequences of this 4th wife. but it's coming strong. coby nighttime is real, and we need to protect ourselves. the increased reflects the surgeon cases across africa. the d r. c recorded nearly 6 and a half 1000 infections in mid december. more than double is previous record 6 months before. with about a 1000 registered cove at 19 deaths, the d r. c has a low death toll, but health officials fear a low vaccination rate could lead to new variance or regular got him. in his 4th court 19 wave, we have had more cases. some are starting to understand that the vaccine is the best way they can protect themselves. as the 4th wave spreads, health officials are also concerned that more infections could further destabilized the country's fragile health system. castillo pursued the young al jazeera. the 8th round of talks revived. ron's 2015 nuclear deal with weld pounds house resumed in vienna. aaron's foreign minister. hussein amir dolah here hand once guarantees that us sanctions will be lifted on iranian oil. sales is growing. that time is running out to salvage the deal. you deputy sector general and talks coordinator and became mora says hard work in the days and weeks ahead should lead to a positive result toaster. jabari has been monitoring those talks from vienna. they one of the 8th rounds of the nuclear negotiations between iran and the p 4 plus one that's friends, u. k, germany, russia, and china and indirectly, the united states have wrapped up here in vienna. all parties are optimistic on this 1st day that this rounds will move forward much quicker than the previous ones, because there seems to be a general consensus about what needs to be discussed. moving forward, these talks will go on until friday, where there will be a 3 day break for the new year, and they will resume next monday and they will keep going until there is some kind of a resolution. the russians ambassador has said that he's hopeful this could be possibly the final round of the negotiations. and of course, we are here because the united states left a deal in 2018 and impose a series of crippling sanctions on iraq and or the banking sector. the radian foreign minister and tear on monday said that that is the 1st thing they really want to see remedy. they want to see those sanctions lifted so they can sell their oil on the international market yet again and the paid fort the pr

u. s. government, according to a pro, public or investigation in 2014, the u. s. department of health and human services signed a 13800000 dollar contract with dutch electronics conglomerate phillips to design and manufacturer cheap and portable, ventilator for use in emergencies. although a ventilator was created and the government ordered $10000.00 of them, not a single one was ready at the start of the pandemic. like many countries, the united states faced critical ventilator shortages, while phillips was selling too high, a price commercial versions of the same ventilator around the world. so they never fulfilled this order at the cheaper level for the department of health and human sciences. it's deadly brit. prioritize the more expensive overseas orders, and it's only been recently that the department of how human sciences has really negotiated the same order, but it has been forced to pay for the ventilators at a higher price. that renegotiation, that lindsey mentioned. it resulted in the u. s. government ordering $43000.00 of the commercial ventilators in april at 4 times the regional price. in late august, the remainder of the order was cancelled only after a congressional committee raised questions about the expenditure. but disaster capitalism can also be less direct and more obscured from public scrutiny. like who stands to benefit from some taxpayer funded bailouts. take the u. s. airline industry, which had its request for a $50000000000.00 baylash approved by the u. s. senate in march. while the loans were condition long job protections, the sticking point for many is that over the past 5 years, the big for ally companies, american delta southwestern united have not only made record profits. a collectively spent nearly the same amount, 45000000000 on stock buybacks and dividends 2 ways in which companies can directly enrich their corporate executives and shareholders. so it's not the things bailouts aren't necessary now to avoid mass unemployment, except a substa

u. s. request to extradite assertion to the u. s. on espionage a learning disabled judge, vanessa braid sir said, assigns would not be safe in us. prison is due to the state of its mental health even though the extradition has been rejected. the u. s. prosecutors have appealed and in her ruling, aside from humanitarian concerns, the judge upheld their arguments. this allows to legally prosecute journalists and whistleblowers worldwide. if they publish classified information, as long as the us do not drop their charges, the freedom of the press is under threat. or he was president joe biden has hosting a virtual global summit on democracy. apparently, washington intends a nuclear said to save the world for democracy at least as a more in policy block understands this political term. critics of this stuff claim, it's all about strategic polarization and an attempt at values based diplomacy maybe just a normal or recording that much when when is you know that she is not in theater? we video almost closer. pretty much be with the with can sure the coordinates for a quote of lawyers to give them a tick. those could lay down a video like you to form a visa that the most out will you will like. but what i want to talk, somebody with w

u. s. the u. s. appealed an earlier ruling that prevented a songs from being sent abroad on mental health crimes. the 50 year old estallion of faces several charges in the us, including publishing classified military documents about the wars and of kind of sun and iraq. and his partner seller morris has slammed the court's ruling and said, lawyers would be filing an appeal. we will fight. every generation has an ethic fight to fight, and that is ours. because julian represents the fundamental of what it means to live in a free society. what it means to have press freedom of what it means for journalists to do their job without being afraid of funding left their lives in prison, with 1000000000 on behalf of a foreign power, which is maybe an abusive. then think prosecution against a journalist and this is what it's about. i heard to everyone to come together and fight for julian in represent. all that we've been all are right. not even baba is outside the high court in london. it's a big blow for him in his campaign. the support is here outside the high court in london, but it's not the end of the matter. now. the judges, the 2 judges here, including the lord chief justice, ian barnett, have decided that the original decision at the beginning of this year, or by a judge at a lower court not to extradite julianna's. and she was based solely on the risk of him being held in a high security jail cycled super max jail in the us. his lawyers had said that there was a, a real what they called oppressive risk of him committing suicide. if he were sent to the u. s. and held under those conditions will then at the hearing in october, the appeal hearing lawyers for the u. s. government said that it was not necessarily the case that he would be held in such harsh conditions and that they'd receive diplomatic assurances he could serve any jail sentence in australia as well . and now the judges here have said that both assurances basically override the other arguments. and so as it stands, the case is now being sent back to the lower court. what happens is basically that ultimately this will go to the home secretary to push forward the extradition process. so many towards the nobel peace prize is now underway in our slow journalist mercer from the philippines and russian journalistic to monitor a joyful, receiving advice for their fight to promote freedom. let's take a closer look at philippine journalist maria ross and she's the founder of wrapper . that's an outlet that extensively investigated president rodrigo to turkeys anti drug campaign th

u. s. where public health officials have shortened isolation for positive asymptomatic people from 10 to 5 days. the cdc also is recommending no quarantine after exposure for those who have receipt that booster shots. the u. s. is reporting an average of $100000.00 cases per day, but the president joe biden says the health system is prepared from the white house is kimberly hawk it in the u. s. cases of cove it caused by the arm across very, and our soaring had expected to get worse in the coming weeks. the stream is being felton hospitals. new records are being fat with daily infections rising past last winter's pandemic peak. in ne states like delaware new jersey, new york, and massachusetts, but also hawaii and puerto rico. there is no federal solution, ask is solved, state level on speaking to the nation's governors. in a virtual meeting on monday, us president joe biden admitted white house efforts to combat the highly contagious . i'm a crime very. it have been insufficient, but it's not enough. it's clearly not enough provide. we'd known we would have gone harder quicker if we could have. but new reporting indicates the biden administration was pushed to ramp up, testing as far back as october in anticipation of a holiday covered search, but declined. bided denies the report we did reject it. still biden announced a half 1000000000 at home. rapid tests would be di

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health experts they are. micron is driving up the infections. the u. s. will restart a trump era border program. the forces asylum seekers to wait in mexico. the u. s. immigration hearings, the biden administration scrap the controversial remain in mexico program, but a court order in august force them to reinstated my grants are expected to be sent back as early as next week. the son of libya, formerly de mama, good deaf, he has been given the go ahead to run in the presidential race. say to pieces, ma'am, good death. he was disqualified last week by the election commission as he was convicted of war crimes in 2015. but he appealed supporters of good daffy gathered to celebrate the court ruling. the election is in 3 weeks. iran is submitted to drop proposals to european powers, negotiating the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. the 7th round of talks aimed at bringing iran and the u. s, back into the deal. iraq's political rivals have come together to try to put an end to recent protests. demonstrators gathered on wednesday to oppose the final results of october's parliamentary elections shall lead them a further southern loc one, the most seats. t

u. s. g to phase over his mental health and risk of suicide. i meanwhile, classified documents have been laid back, showing how the u. s. broke diplomatic assurances in another extradition case, similar to that which june this on 9 faces. even mendoza was expedited from spain to america on condition that he'd be alive to serve his sentence in spain. but the u. s. held him in the u. s. jail for almost 7 years before eventually returning him . we spoke to independent journalist richard met hers to release the documents. in the mendoza case, you know, they've told a song that he can serve at any potential sentence in his home country australia. they said the exact same thing to mendoza, they told him just just let him come to the us and he can serve any sentence given back in spain. in mendoza's case, the united states signed a contract, an explicit contract with mendoza and with spain saying that he must be returned to spain. he cannot be given a life sentence, he kind of tried for conscience structuring. they violated that there were other conditions as well. and those is extradition, they're all vaguely worded. so for example, a life sentence was also forbidden because spain forbids life sentences. the u. s. embassy in madrid says we won't give him a life sentence, but we will give him a determinant amount of incarceration, which could be

u. s. county health reports from washington. ah, the images are unforgettable. supporters of former president donald trump last january, attempting to overturn the results of the u. s. presidential election. it rattled a nation that prides itself on being a model for democracy. since then, many americans have come to believe democracy is under attack in the us and elsewhere. it's no secret that there is democratic backsliding happening around the world. that's why you as president biden is holding a virtual summit this week to bring together more than a 100 countries to promote democratic ideals like voting and human rights. divide in administration points to threats to taiwan from china and ukraine from russia. as just some of the examples of how democratic governments are being tested, it hopes to rally global leadership to stand up even confront those authoritarian forces. but critics say the u. s. lacks the moral authority to hold such a summit. we directly arm and finance some of the most authoritarian and inch democratic governments around the world. the case that comes to mind over and over again is saudi arabia, where we continue to sell arms in the million

u. s. on espionage a judge vanessa parade, sir said assange would not be safe in us prison is due to the state of his mental health, even though the extradition has been rejected. the u. s. prosecutors have appealed and in her ruling, aside from humanitarian concerns, the judge upheld their arguments. this allows to legally prosecute journalists and whistleblowers worldwide. if they publish classified information, as long as the us do not drop their charges, the freedom of the press is under threat. with, ah, join me every thursday on the alex sarlin. sure. i'll be speaking to jeff in the world politics sport, business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then scientific knowledge has never been so readily available to everyone across the globe, but overwhelmed by information. can we distinguish the real science from the one being imposed upon us? we're living in a world where there are many people who have a vested interest in finding information, finding scientific evidence, and discredited. even the notion that science could provide the truth about the natural world in the pursuit of business goals. large corporations are challenged strongly by scientific evidence. if yo

u. s. on espionage. a judge vanessa parade, sir said assigned would not be safe in us prison is due to the state of his mental health, even though the extradition has been rejected. the u. s. prosecutors have appealed and in her ruling, aside from humanitarian concerns, the judge upheld their arguments. this allows to legally prosecute journalists and whistleblowers worldwide. if they publish classified information, as long as the us do not drop their charges, the freedom of the press is under threat. ha, ha. ha. ha. ha. ha. ha. ha. ha. ha. a oh, mom when i went to the wrong one, i'll just don't move. any world yet to save, how did they become an advocate? an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves, well, the more we choose to look for common ground ah, top headlines here wenatchee international joe biden is accused by republicans of surrendering to vladimir putin by dropping russia punishments from a defense bill. while democrats of drafting what they're calling the mother of old sanctions targeting moscow, it all comes off to the president of russia, and the u. s. held crisis told is triggered by tensions over ukraine. also in the program, we speak to an afghan family that found a loss called la during ogre's, chaotic us withdrawal when desperate parents were handing the children to western soldiers just to get them out of afghanistan. suddenly i saw this baby on the ground crying in pain. was to haunt the baby was just wearing a shirt so it was difficult.

u. s. on as being a learning disabled judge vanessa braid sir said assigns would not be safe in us prisons due to the state of his mental health. even though the extradition has been rejected, the u. s. prosecutors have appealed, and in her ruling, aside from humanitarian concerns, the judge upheld their arguments. this allows to legally prosecute journalists and whistleblowers worldwide. if they publish classified information, as long as the us do not drop their charges, the freedom of the press is under threat. or with a video domicile. they might be with can sure to coordinate a video like you to form a ways to get out those. they might not spanish video yet because the long term with for is your media reflection of reality in a world transformed what will make you feel safer. tice elation for community. are you going the right way or are you being that somewhere? direct? what is true? what is great? in the world corrupted, you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah, blue back breaking toil forced labor stress. mm. industrial injury corporal punishment for me. oh no words with which we are all familiar with. are you certain that the world you live i

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u. s. on espionage, a learning disabled judge, vanessa bracer said assigned would not be safe, and us prison is due to the state of his mental health. even though the extradition has been rejected. the u. s. prosecutors have appealed and in her ruling, aside from humanitarian concerns, the judge upheld their arguments. this allows to legally prosecute journalists and whistleblowers worldwide. if they publish classified information, as long as the us do not drop their charges, the freedom of the press is under threat. ha ha ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. ah, ah, ah, many of us will, the delta would be the pseudo p idea. i could well, you know, going to get a sure any more transmissible than delta and not what's happened. we got something which has popped up well, the 30 changes in that spy protein, the early interest today, it's accumulated. all the mutations we've seen in different varies all in one bar. and that raises some very interesting issues about where did it come from in the 1st place. is it possible to get even more mute and what's gonna happen in terms of disease severity and vaccine protection? so it is suggesting the know the virus has still got some way to go through the mo

u. s. on espionage a learning disabled judge vanessa braid sir said, assigns would not be safe in us. prison is due to the state of his mental health, even though the extradition has been rejected. the u. s. prosecutors have appealed, and in her ruling, aside from humanitarian concerns, the judge upheld their arguments. this allows to legally prosecute journalists and whistleblowers worldwide. if they publish classified information, as long as the us do not drop their charges, the freedom of the press is under threat. with with, oh, for is your media a reflection of reality? in transformed? what will make you feel safer? isolation for community. are you going the right way or are you being direct? what is true? what is great? in the world corrupted, you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. a she has a video food on the show. pretty much be with can sure to coordinate a blue your skin a video like you to form a form of check box somewhere. isn't that jim you could with, along with someone to acknowledge has never been so readily available to everyone across the globe, but overwhelmed by information? how can we distinguish the real science from the one being i

u. s. has some concerns that it may be more continuously carrying more health risks while being able to circle vaccines. as for travelers flying to the u. s. the precise protocols are still being finalized. president biden is expected to speak on the issue on thursday for news views hughes. i'm alex mileage. ok to discuss it. we're going to packing our pen. ladon jones for georgia state lawmaker and steve brewer host, the steve group or show this and this is not about the current, i think we all at this point stage know that exist, no deniers, whatsoever. it's not even about the vaccine, whether it should be force, what i'm more concerned about, especially considering what we're hearing, possibly president bide canals tomorrow. it comes down to there's been no confirmed death hospital in hospitals in south africa. they're not overrun one case in the u . s, so far as they confirmed and he was vaccinated minor symptoms, yet this affects potentially on a business and travel and tourism will be vast. and in fact very, very harsh, sort of like what we saw the very beginning. so is this over reaction from the white house? do you feel the don? you know, i have to admit that because of what we've seen during cove, it with the entire ship down the foreign team here we are out of warranty. people are kind of living like things never change and. 2 the numbers spike and here we are still going day to day like this very it that was found of south africa was found because there was a smart doctor in south africa and was able to identify it does not mean that it is not in other countries. it does not mean that it has not spread or the places. and so i do think that it is not that precedent by a band so quickly, particularly considering that the symptoms as they are not so extreme, we're not finding that is causing major deaths. and so, you know,

u. s. since world war 2 new data from the us centers for disease control and prevention, national center for health statistics indicates about life expectancy in the u. s. fell by 1.8 years in 2020 from 78.8 years in 2001, 900 to 77 years. according to doctor robert anderson, chief of mortality statistics at the n. c h s. the thing that stands out to me is just the staggering decline. i know 1.8 years doesn't seem like a whole lot, but on a population scale, that's a huge decline in life expectancy. as can be expected. the cdc has given covered much of the blame for the morbid figures covered, was marked as the 3rd biggest cause of death in america last year following heart disease and cancer. but it is not the sole reason that there is a jumping us mortalities. the team behind the report said other factors also played a role in the increase. this includes a rise and deaths due to diabetes and accidental injuries which include drug overdoses. according to the report, there were more than 3380000 deaths in the u. s. last year, about 5 130000 more than there were in 2019 of those deaths. more than 350000 or set up and caused by cobra. 119, which makes up 10.4 percent of all deaths in 2020. from a demographic perspective, some groups were more highly affected than others. men saw a bigger decrease in life expectancy than women. and last 2 point one years from 76.3 in 2019 to 74.2 in 2020. while when it's our drop of 1.5 years from 81.4 in 2019 to 79.9 in 2020. the numbers also seem to be more pronounced among racial and ethnic minorities, with the hispanic community hit, the hardest death rates for hispanic people went up 3 times as much as for white people. while death rates for black people increased about twice as much as for white people taking only many to account the death rate for hispanic males. roast nearly 43 percent. for black males, the death rate increase 28 percent and for white males, the death rate increased by about 13 percent from 2019 dr. steven wolf, director, i'm of virgini

u. s. stage of colorado and u. s. troops and they combat mission in iraq. but this still opposition to the few remaining on the grounds. to years ago, china told the world health organization about a new and mysterious case of pneumonia in wu and cd. now the pandemic has killed almost 5 and a half 1000000 people in the army. kron and delta variance of coven 19 a shattering daily infection records. in the us and across europe, china's been battling to cape covert cases at 0, but now 30000000 residents in the city of shyanne have been locked down as it struggles within new outbreak. and in india, daily infections have more than doubled over the past week. experts claim the country is entering a 3rd wave, but it's a different story in south africa where restrictions are being lifted after infections dropped by almost 30 percent last week. the government believes it's past the peak, fueled by the only con variant. for more on this story, we're joined by for me to mila who is live for us in it came down. hello there for me to. thanks for joining us. tell us about why restrictions are being lifted. well, the government is saying that as you mentioned there, that it's all indications are that south africa has passed the peak of its 4th wave, which appeared to have started toward the end of november or early december. now they've seen a 30 percent decrease in infections, and that was the week leading up to christmas and compared to the week before, that's a significant reduction in infections and the government is saying that they have the hospital capacity. hospital admissions are low, the number of deaths are low, but people should continue to be in mind that the army con variant is highly infectious. but now just a head of the new year, the government has also been under pressure by the hospitality industry. who says this is really an important time of the year when people celebrate the new year, when it's a holiday season in south africa. and the economy has really suffered for 18 months and the various levels of locked down. and this is really an important time to try boost the economists who these are all the contributing factors to why the government has said they've lowered restrictions. they will no longer be a curfew at all. and one of the main mandatory issues which is be wearing a mask in public spaces for media. as we're all aware south africa was one of the 1st to detect the army con variant. what are scientists saying about the reason why you've passed the or the country is past this peak of infections? hey, i think they're looking at the number of infections, and i essentially just start trying to monitor how many people i infected and over what time. and what period of time rather, and also one of the other issues that pointed out is that there's been a great uptake in vaccinations. south africa had some difficulty in it's roll out initially. but now the countries at a point where there is almost an oversupply of vaccines in stock, the bad to hold back supply at some point because there was some level of vaccine hesitancy. but since the identification of this new variance and just considering how infectious experts say it is, we have seen an uptick in our vaccination rates, south africa at about 45 percent now that it's still far below the 70 percent target. they had wanted by the end of 2021, but again, the exit exports are saying that yes, it's highly infectious. but our infection rates have gone down significantly again, 50 percent. there are less worried about hospital resources being overwhelmed and essentially agreeing and also throughout this time saying restrictions haven't necessarily being very effective, especially travel bands. so what's all africa has reduce the restriction level within the country. it is still facing travel bands, but we do know that the united kingdom and then united states i at some point i have already allowed travel to south africa. thank you very much for that. update her from in a miller rather in cape town. thank you. have me middle has more on the situation in india, from new telling to a sure is quite alarming. the government says we are in the initial phases off in code way, but in this that it is better prepared. in fact, new jelly where we are and we're actually outside in just largest cove 19 facility, the government says it can handle up 200000 new cases a day and 300000 test daily at this point because of how far infections are rising, most of the country is under some form of restriction, delhi has been put on yellow, a lot to schools and cinema. and jims are shot while restrictions are there on restaurants and public transport. one by which is india. financial capital has also seen in 3rd, and the government there has put a cap on gathering vaccination, though. we'll also get a big boost because starting monday children about 50, we'll start getting jobs, and many people will also be legible for boosters, which will start later in january. at the same time, they are wearing signs that people are not necessarily following corporate protocol . for example, the images of markets that are crowded, where people are not social distance, nor are they're wearing mom. the other place where over 19 protocols are not being followed. i election valley, you know, continued because india is headed for the state elections early 2022. it's a stock reminder. what happened this past summer when the death of variance was infecting millions of people in india every day, as election, valleys and religious gatherings continued. china is also battling to contain a surgeon cove. 19 infections is put 13000000 people under lockdown as katrina. you reports from beijing? well, this is china's more severe lockdown since we're high. the city where this pandemic originated, 13000000 people for the most part, unable to leave their homes for exercise, or even to collect essential supplies. so we've had about $1200.00 cases reported since the beginning of december. the latest figures on friday was 161 new infections documented by the authorities. and we've had some residents on social media increasingly complain of that lack of access to fresh food. now this seems to be a logistical issue. this city is under tide, control, transport in and out of it is very difficult, right now most businesses have been forced to close. it's very difficult to get food delivery and residents say they're very frustrated. now the government says they are aware of this issue. they are trying to respond to it, but people who live the say they're not responding quickly enough. and of course, the authorities are focused on trying to control this outbreak. they're trying to get those numbers now. and over 100 cases reported every day this week, the trying to get those down to single digits in the next few weeks. the government is under enormous pressure to get this outbreak under control. they don't want to be juggling this outbreak and she on which is a city not too far from aging. it's only about 2 hours flights away, while at the same time hosting the winter olympics, which opens in february for now china say they are prepared to horse the lympics when it opens at that date, we would just ourselves in john lee john jock code that area which will be the venue for the olympics. all the facilities already, the hotels already. they will all shut to the public before january 4th, so they'll be a full month. well, all these results will be closed in order to prepare for this big event. now the difficulty is china is still maintaining it 0 tolerance approach to the virus of the borders will remain shot at over, is coming to china about $30000.00 to participate in the games that athletes and the support staff, etc. they will be confined to very tightly controlled bubble, and they will not essentially be allowed to interact with the wider chinese public to other world news now and in the us state of colorado. hundreds of homes have been destroyed after wildfires, driven by high winds engulfed to towns near denver. it's been described as a life threatening situation. tens of thousands of people have been told to leave the affected areas immediately. the strong winds are reported to have brought down power lines leading to several grasp ice gustovo, 100100 miles an hour. a slight blue ball field at the massacres. very little time to get out. very little time to do with the process. with us led forces formally ended their combat mission in iraq. earlier this month, he operation was a response to the rise of i sold. some troops will remain in advisory and training roles. but as my mode abdougla had reports from baghdad, their present raises concerns of further anti american attacks. a change of mission for the remaining u. s. forces in iraq. instead of being on front line combat missions, 2 and a half 1000 u. s. personnel and a 1000 troops from the international coalition forces have switch to training and advising their iraqi our lies. the transition teal? announce it earlier. this month was sealed in july by iraqis, prime minister most of al cartler me. and he asked the president, job, i it, in the huddle, it's to be late that u. s. troops were to stick to only training iraqi forces and exchanging intelligence while a heavy duel and tackle of c o'clock. both iran and the united states supported us in the war against terrorism, but they mustn't use our soil to settle scores. we can't let any of these parties target our people. we've addressed that message to all through diplomacy and the strategic dialogue, which stressed maintaining a roxy sovereignty saralitos with a gradual downsizing view as troops was already happening on the orders of former president donald trump. but a proxy war in the region

correspondent can be health reports, with a massive build up of russian troops, new ukraine, shared border, and u. s. intelligence indicating an invasion of ukraine could happen early next year. u. s. president biden met virtually with russian president. vladimir poo. good to see you again. the pair spoke for 2 hours. potent denies. russian tends to invade ukraine, calling it fear mongering. but the u. s. president made clear today that if russia did tough economic sanctions would follow. i will look in the i and tell you, as president biden looked, president putin in the i and told him today that things we did not do in 2014. we are prepared to do now. that reference is to the russian annexation of crimea from ukraine. that prompted us sanctions by then also told putin the u. s. was prepared to assessors militarily. we would provide additional defensive material to the ukrainians above and beyond that, which we are already provided. and we would fortify our nato allies on the eastern flank for its part. russia is seeking assurances from the west that ukraine will not become a member of the north atlantic treaty organization, something the ukrainians have pursued for years. the u.

u. s. an investigation has been opened into the collapse of an amazon warehouse. at least 6 people were killed when a tornado hit the building in edward's vill in illinois the u. s, occupational safety and health administration is 6 months to complete. the inquiry amazon could face fines if violations over workplace safety are found. so to come in this half hour conflict and unreliable rains leave at 5 and a half 1000000 people struggling for food on the edge of the sahara. and the historic handshake as the leaders of israel and the united arab emirates meet for the 1st time. ah hello there. we saw some severe flooding across the south west of europe over the weekend, as wet and windy weather moved from the west to the east. but it also caused flooding in coastal areas of albania, with villages submerged in those flood waters. now that wet and windy weather pushes off further east, by the time we get into choose that we've got heavy snowfall bulgaria, wet and windy weather continues for greece and pushes into turkey where we are likely to see some snow. but as i said behind that is looking a lot finer and dryer for launch areas of france as well as easily as it is really iberian peninsula. we're expecting a lot of sunshine come back in for spain and portugal, but it's further north that we are going to see the unsettled weather sweep across into northern areas of island and britain. we got some wind warnings out for scotland with heavy rain here. and as it pulls across into norway, we are going to see rain, sleet and snow moving into western areas there with heavy snow. by the time we get into wednesday, novel places like sweden and denmark, we are going to see things warm up slightly. the temperatures are on the rise here, but for western areas of russia, we will still see that heavy snow that to weather update. ah, ah, inculcate a culture of knowledge, openness, imperialism, world wide. i've to reward merit and excellence and encourage creativity, the shape, tomato, ward for translation and international understanding was found to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledged the road and strengthening the bones of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and wild coaches. lou ah ah, a reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera, the u. k. has reported the world's 1st known best from the army crone variant of coven 19 britain has launched a massive acceleration of its booster java program, with warnings that a tidal wave of army crone infections is coming out of africa, presidency to rem, oppose a still showing mild symptoms after testing positive for proven 90, he self isolating and came down and reiterated a call for everyone to get vaccinated. and at least 64 people, including children, have been from death in the u. s. state of kentucky. after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped from 6 states over the weekend, resonant joe biden has declared a major federal this protest, or is in sudan have returned to the streets of the capital to rally against last month's deal between the prime minister and the military security forces use tear gas to the spurs crowds and cartoon the members political agreements. so abdullah ham doc reinstated as prime minister weeks after the military detained him and seized power sedans t

u. s. president joe biden addressing the world health organization on the current state of things regarding the corona virus and the spread of the latest very into, on the, on the cross variance which the u. s. government is dealing with as well. several cases reported there over the past few days. andrew simmons is live for us from london. he's been following this from there. so a lot of people looking to the world health organization. now, andrew, as to what their further advice would be on, on how to handle on the chron at all, that they've been some, they have very vocally criticized all of the various travel bands that have been going on right now. that's right, but the point that sir dr. fancy has been pushing this past few days, is that as far as he's concerned, looking at the data and the evidence right now, omni crohn appears to be less dangerous in his own words than the delta of area which is sweeping across the united states. still, as he speaks right now. furthermore, a delta in europe has made the situation here very critical. in fact, just before i'm the crohn of the on re chrome variant or became known about europe was in the middle, the in the pandemic. as, as a riddle, epi

u. s. board of force division ice, responsible for detaining an expelling migrants. they are not particularly well known for health. they are much more well known in relation to their defense contracts. they're spy tack the u. s. police force as they are not company that certainly we would immediately think would be appropriate. and indeed, we don't think are appropriate for non h s contrast. but the british government didn't seem that concerned when asked by a technology journalist, what talented might hope to get from a one pound contract with the secretary of state for health replied. the honest truth is, there is no way we would have been able to cope with this plan demick and deal with in the way that we have been able to without the support of the tech companies. i have been absolutely brilliant. i put together the platforms that we need and lots of them gave over their time and their capability for public benefits provide i rosa curling organization foxglove, a u. k. law firm set up to challenge big tech, took legal proceedings which forced the government to reveal the contract, which was for a pilot or trial project. the contract also detailed the types of data being used. what we did say was that the covenant they thought was collecting data on political affiliation, religious beliefs is collecting information about criminal convictions, an ethnic dates, her employment dates her does no understanding of why political, religious data was needed for, you know, a cave at 19 data so and much of this information is irrelevant to scientists. battling the pandemic. dr. pool mckay worked on britain faxing program. we have no interest in people by or politically affiliation or any of that type of thing. or we're just interested in the virus. how many cases are being picked up in a certain place? i'm then using not data to try to target interventions. is mainly the genome sequencing that is guiding what we do. privacy campaign is also worried about mi

u. s. support in combating the disease. he has a now's $580000000.00 to groups like eunice half as well as the world health organization to assist in getting shots in arms. he'll recall that the u. s. is already given were the 330000000 doses to a 110 countries in order to try and combat as vaccine inequality as part of the co vax program. but now the united states going a step further, knowing that it's not enough to supply the doses, but those doses need to be administered. so this is what some of that funding will work to combat. and as you're talking back, kimberly, as your point of view, as we're looking on the right side of the screen life pictures coming in from washington d. c. bow showing, some of the testing that's going on. and speaking of testing is going to be an issue that joe biden, we'll talk about later as a day, right. putting the focus on testing and vaccination rather than on restriction and locked out. it's a pillar of the president's winter strategy that he's updating as a result of the i'm a crime variant that is now counting for about 3 quarters of the cases in the united states. what the president will be doing is starting in january, there'll be a website that will allow americans to access about $500000000.00 rapid tests. and the reason this is a big deal is that this will essentially the white house hopes, curved, the spread, if people know that they're a positive for covet 19, they won't go out that will reduce the infections. but the other reason this is a big deal is the fact that this is something that americans haven't really had access to prior to this. as i wrap it at home, tasks are expensive, they're hard to find. and now that is something that many argue will be a game changer, but it's not all the presidents going to be talking about at 1930 g m t. he's also going to be talking about is going to ramp up production for hospital so that they will have the test. they need also tapping in to the national stock pile. so that ventilators for some of those hard hit hospitals that they have the supplies they need. and finally, the u. s. president will also be announcing that there will be an employment of 1000 troops with medical skills to support the very much fatigue to medical professionals. that are really finding that this is getting hard as we enter the 3rd year of this battle and, and the fact that they are seeing yet another search. all right, kimberly, how can back, thanks so much. well, scotlands canceling, it's new year's event, says 1st minister nicola sturgeon imposes new rules from the day after christmas they'll be new limits on the number of people allowed to mix indoors and outdoors. no, more than $500.00 people will be allowed. outdoor public events for 3 weeks. sturgeon says she's concerned about the increasing pressure on hospitals. we need to get cases coming down again to relieve that pressure and the pressure health pressure, but also the pressure that comes from staff absences in the week at quoted. there was an exemption from isolation for any no use. so that will help to some extent to a

u. s. consumers jump nearly 7 percent compared with just 1.25 percent a year ago, triggered by the corona virus pandemic inflation set. everything from food to energy and from health rentals to cars. but the u. s. federal reserve is still hesitant to take serious action to curb the spike, such as raising interest rate. economist peter earl told us that higher inflation drives people to take on debt. there's a view that low level inflation is, is good for the economy. i'm not sure. i subscribe to that, but certainly the kind of place we're seeing now is a very pernicious that makes life doubt as many aspects of the economy in many ways in the pandemic, or rather, the central banking response of the pandemic is the main factor that's creating in place right now, last year the federal reserve increase the years wanted to supply by between 30 and 40 percent. and the root cause inflation is lots of money chasing the same are fewer goods and services. so that's the main one that is going to try to lift interest rates to, to tamp down of this in place. but they can't do they stop to open market bond purchases? nate said they won't stop back until april or may of next year. so it's gonna be a while th

u. s. public health officials have shortened isolation for positive asymptomatic people from 10 days to 5. the cdc also recommending no quarantine after exposure for those who have received their booster shots. the u. s. is reporting an average of $100000.00 cases per day for president biden says the health system is prepared.

u. s is administered more than 480 million doses and more than 200 million americans are fully vaccinated. one year later, health officials in the u. s and around the world are trying to contain the omicron variant, fox news correspondent david lee miller shows us more. several states are doing what they can to curb the spread of delta and a micron variants. california has revised their indoor mask mandate as virus cases jumped nearly 50% in the past two weeks . and here in new york the vaccine mandate is now in effect for 5 to 11 year olds. it applies to gyms, restaurants, entertainment venues and some school activities. this is preemptive strike to make sure that we could protect people stopped this from spreading, particularly with the unknown characteristics of the new variant. a new study from south africa finds two doses of fighters. covid-19 vaccine provides just 33% protection against the crown variant. despite this, researchers say those infected are less likely to be hospitalized with the strain. the news comes as the variant sweeps across the globe. including the united kingdom, where officials expected to be the dominant strain in just a matter of days. the uk's four chief medical officers raised the covid at that level to four. its second highest level. because of the evidence that macron is doubling here in the uk every 2 to 3 days, the world health organization also raising concerns about vaccine access to poorer nations. the ung it may take several years before a majority of african nations are able to hit their vaccination targets for africa to reach the global targets. at the current rate. you're going 70% this, maybe let august 2024 tuesday marks one year since the first american received the covid-19 vaccine. since then, more than 200 million americans have been fully vaccinated. in new york. david lee miller, fox news. san jose state university is once again holding in person commencement ceremonies for the first time in two years, graduates got to walk across the stage in front of loved ones, classmates and faculty. this morning's commencement at the provident credit union event center was held for part of the class of 2020 outgoing university president, dr mary papazian shared her pride in the students who overcame unprecedented challenges. by being part of this resilient, historic and transformative graduating class. you are now part of santa's a states celebrated history and legacy. you will never