the ruling party, the west bank for already has wide support in these local elections. will lead to dead who is the head of pulls that the palestinian center for policy and survey research. he conducted the pool in some of the villages where elections are being held ill by lay her barbara. people usually choose their candidates based on familial relations and not political affiliations. also into math is not running. we can't measure the popularity of political factions based on those elections. half of the 1800 people pulled describe the status of democracy in the west bank as bad or very bad as promise me day of him now in service and will near ramallah in the occupied west bank. it strikes me from this misty report that there are 400000 people who could potentially vote today, but this isn't the election. they want to vote. and many palestinians say that they want general elections where they can vote for the political leaders. because as you know, these local council do not pass legislation are treated with national politics so low that there's a lot of obstacles th

there she is now in the village of soda town near rome muller in the occupied west bank need it. how much interest do you thing in these elections this morning? i mentioned it was 400000 people eligible to vote. we're not seeing large numbers of people coming to vote here in sort of the village. there is around 3500 people here and there are 5 lists competing for 11 council members. but all in old people usually start showing up around noon. they don't wake up in the morning and go vote. so there is some sort of an interest, but we will see as the day goes by, how much that interest is and how many people are going to vote just to give you an idea. these elections are taking place in more than 150 villages across the occupied west bank, but there are 500 and more than 570 lists competing. so all in all, we are talking about 3 candidates for a seat, and this is a place where, or these villages are places where already enjoys wide support. we're talking about inclusivity and you mentioned in, in your report as well need or a big push to get women involved into politics. there is a

half of the 1800 people pulled described the status of democracy in the west bank as bad or very bad. net ever made that report his life for us now in the village asserted, which is near ramallah and the occupied west rank morning. nita. 400000 palestinians eligible to voters. how much interest would you say there is because from your report i got the impression that they really want to be voting in a different election. indeed, they want to be voting in general and presidential elections. but in the mean time, all they have is that these municipal elections are local councils whereby there is a lot of emphasis, unfamiliar ties on relations between people and the services that are being provided. these councils do not have any say in the national politics. they don't pass legislations, so people are here yet eager to vote for in the general elections to choose their own leaders to decide where their political path is going. they've been under occupation for decades now, and they don't see their political leadership hunting in any direction that is listening to the people's voices. so

the attack led to a major manhunt in the north of the west bank, along with several apparent reprisal attacks by settlers against palestinians. now to serious harry force reports from the occupied westbank. a man hunt lasting more than 2 days ended before dawn on sunday is really troops detaining 6 palestinians near janine and the occupied west bank 2 suspects in a deadly shooting attack for others accused of helping them. israel security service says the men belong to palestinian islamic jihad a couple. there was a success in closing a circle around the table in a very short space of time without allowing them to disappear into the field. thursday's attack killed 25 year old is ready, settler, yahoo demon man injuring to others in the car. he was traveling and they were leaving the illegal outpost of ha, mesh in the northern west bank officially withdrawn from in 2005, but still operating as the site of a jewish religious seminary. the shooting here was the latest and assertive attacks carried out by palestinians against israelis in recent weeks. but it also comes in the context of i

hurry for set out 0 and the occupied west bank. now the latest tories to visit the international space station or on the way back to earth, japanese 1000000000, the air you saw cool missouri on the left earlier bid farewell to the space station . crew, missouri and his production assistant spent 12 days in space full year traveling on a russian sawyer's rocket duty expected to land in kazakhstan in the coming house right on time. ah, don't forget, check on the top stories here now to 0 left is gabriel. burridge has one chilling presidential election, he defeated his right min opponent, jose antonio cast by 11 percent a much bigger margin than was expected bar, which was promising to be a leader for all challenge in little, you know, our government has the conviction to look forward to the challenges that we have before us. it cannot be just changed by talking to the mirror. i'm not sure to only speak to people who think like me to change the way people.

he said that this was a way of trying to head off an explosion in the west bank. certainly as far as he is ready to concerned, there was a lot of weight to the idea of trying to quell the security situation in recent weeks that have been a number of attacks by palestinians on his readings, but also from the palestinian side. and urging to stop a weight of sackler attacks that have been carried out against palestinians, especially in the occupied west bank of the idea that this government, this has really government could really move on the political front. it does seem a bit hard to see given that is a very broad coalition from right to left, which has said that it isn't going to make major sort of policy strategic changes particular in the field of the israel palestine conflict. and that was gonna really be my next question because obviously, you know, raw international views. they won't realize perhaps that the internet, the israeli government currently is a coalition government. it has extreme views to the left and to the right. and any agreements made here mig

and west bank gall flooding will be a concern here. speaking about flooding, we have seen it on so the ways the about $900.00 homes destroyed landside reported a deadly landside in west javin. the rain is still coming for jakarta with a hiv $31.00 degrees. seen a lot of rain for central areas of vietnam, almost a meter of rain that's destroy $2500.00 homes. things are starting to dry off to hang a hive. 24 degrees on thursday. high pressure is carving out. sunny skies across says central and also eastern areas of china. so not much to report here. and the rain has made a clean sweep across areas of japan, but look at this some see and do snow for the western side of honshu and hope hydro is wall and burn. we've got some chilly temperature support. oh, just a high of to that's it. see you soon. lou with sponsored by katara, always a going ecologist, working as a volunteer in the areas of conflict. he's not only a school. he's also known for delivering babies to women who medical services are limited. you're truly a doctor of humanity and

on december 16th, hundreds of settlers attacked the town in the occupied west bank earlier this week . hey, fosset is there. he's joining us for an update so. so tell us how events folded unfolded rather last night. harry? well yes, this was another closure of this village by the israeli military. you can see just behind us here the, the aftermath of what was taking place during the night. they've been closing off the entrances to the village because of the recent settler attacks on this village . however, as far as the palestinian residence of the town are concerned, they don't really see it in that way. they see it much that the the activity is really military activity is essentially part of the same issue. and we're confrontations between the palestinian residents here and members of the military soldiers during the nights. and as you're saying, substantial number of injuries at least 7 injured by direct live fire and dozens more injured by rubber coated steel bullets. this does as you say, fold into the recent high contentions around this area and there was violence elsewhere in

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 recovered. a cell phone that recorded 27. miss messages. we've lost father's mother's brothers, sisters, sons, daughters and others, teens from department of homeland security and the federal emergency management agency or fema, are now on the scene. but the likelihood of finding more survivors dimini

restrictions. palestinians don't have access or control over the majority of lands in the occupied west bank. some are trying to install solar panels on rooftops to overcome this challenge. the abraham reports. this is the largest power plant in the occupied bank. it has 20000 solar panels and is now generating electricity for 3 palestinian institutions, including this hospital and ramallah. before switching to solar energy hospital manager save a paid $1000000.00 a year in electricity bills for the past 2 years. that electricity has been free of charge for dr. henley, but up in solar panels are covering all of our needs over the tricity as a hospital. it's part of our social responsibility to use in the tricity that we're generating and, and reduced out dependency on israel and 90 percent of the electricity used in the occupied west bank is bought from israel. the rust comes from jordan and through renewable energy sources. the local ballast indian initiative aims to install more solar panels in the west bank to increase reliance on green energy from 6 percent to 70 percent. what is really

the settlers of cool for reinforcements. harry faucet al jazeera in the occupied west bank. the head of the united nations says that the world isn't doing enough to help lebanon avoid economic collapse. antonio garage has visited a route port, which was devastated by last. he has massive exclusion. he met the families of some of the more than $200.00 victims. the secretary general called for more international support for lebanon's overwhelming debts and to cope with more than a 1000000 syrian refugees. ethiopia, government says rebels from the to grey region, a withdrawing their faces from several northern territories to client forces had been losing their foothold in the am hotter and a far regions in recent weeks. prime minister abbey armored earlier demanded their withdrawal as a requirement for cease fire talks. hong kong see the cali lamb has praised the outcome of sunday's legislative election despite a low turnout. brewbay jane candidates swept a victory winning a seat in every district about 30 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots. it was the 1st selection,

hurry faucet out 0 in the occupied west bank. a couple more stories for the latest tourists to visit the international space station or on the way back to us. japanese billionaire used to come as our on the left there early. a bid farewell to the space station croup mozilla, and his production assistant has spent 12 days in space travelling on a russian soil is rocket, which is expected to land and catholics down and coming out and then christmas, which is just a few days away and around the world many joining in the festivities in venezuela. they've had a center run or a cycle, in some cases, creating a sea of red and white, but has been stressed up as far the christmas for the 10 kilometer run. residents said the events allowed them to reunite with family and friends after the corona virus restrictions ah. on al jazeera, these are the top stories left us gabriel botches one chillies, presidential election. he defeated his right wing opponent, jose antonio cast by 5 percent larger margin and was expected. but it is promising to

but he lost the whole city, and he also lost the west bank.d in the muslim world. >> despite losing the war, king hussein remains in power. he rules jordan for 47 years, until his death in 1999. >> the loss of 1967 also shattered the image of nasser in the arab world. >> nasser sees, for the this was a complete miscalculation, the king of jordan is very angry, he lost all of the west bank to israel, syrians lost the golan heights, and the egyptians who were in gaza lost gaza. >> he offered to resign in a tearful speech to the arab masses. >> by 1970, nasir would die of a heart attack. >> that crumbles the dream, this idea that you could unify this different peoples, armies and countries together and get them to have a common vision and a shared sense of destiny. after '67, you have to acknowledge that this is a divided region and they were never able to regain that sense of purpose again. >> we loved him, but the lost of egypt that was for him a mistake, but for me, it cost me my freedom. it destroyed our dreams. we lost our country completely

he managers eat off the occupied west bank. these 4 people have been killed and several others injured after a tornado toll through eastern parts of the united states. in illinois, the extreme weather caused a roof to collapse. at an amazon warehouse emergency crews are still trying to rescue dozens who are trapped. the governor of kentucky actually believes is likely to be at least 50 deaths from the tornadoes, and he's warned residence to stay vigilant as conditions make it worse. the damage is significant and we expect multiple fatalities graves, county and specifically the city of mayfield have been hit really hard and we are still awaiting more reports of the surrounding area. this is going to be some of the worst tornado damage that we've seen in a long time. if you are in the area, there are still active cells in severe weather, so stay safe. now hundreds of people have been evacuated from their harms off to heavy flooding in the french pyrenees. region. residents and southwest france are being urged to stay at home is f

or israel is advancing at system of surveillance in the occupied west bank by including face scanning cameras and smartphone apps. former israeli soldiers say they've been ordered to photograph palestinians to build a digital database of the population, palestinian c as yet another invasion of their privacy. the abraham has mourn out from hebron even before. yes, edible man he presents his identification card at this is really checkpoint. the soldiers already knew who he is. he has to cross this checkpoint to get to his house in hebron, in the south of the occupied west bank. many cameras monitor his journey home. they're a part of an advanced israeli surveillance system that includes face scanning cameras and like tracking the cameras are so close to asters house. he says his family has lost any sense of privacy and did. but all the stuff that we had, she threw curtains before. all the choir changed him after i heard an israel soldier say i can zoom in train house. i want a little and see what happens inside. in addition to these cameras that have been put up by the israeli army, jus

hurry, faucet al jazeera in the occupied west bank. this adelaide coalition in yemen is accusing the hurry fees of using the senate, a port to launch ballistic missiles. during a press conference, coalition spokesman, turkey leaky said, saudi arabia has been targeted by more than 400 ballistic missiles. bobby, i'm group since the start of the fighting. the civil war began in september 2014 with the satellite coalition intervening. 6 months later, the coalition attacked the airport earlier this week. sure, i had 2 of these slides clear that the hootie militia are using the sonata port as a civil part, but also a military use. also on the slide, you can see the presence of the hootie militia on the tarmac at the top of the tall marquis conceit and preparing to launch a drone. as you can see on the upper right hand side. and you can see how it's being used from santa international airport. this confirms the militarization of santa international airport by the who t's and who says the al bouquets. he is a political commentator and journali

he was traveling and they were leaving the illegal outpost of homage in the northern west bank officially withdrawn from in 2005, but still operating as the site of a jewish religious seminary. the shooting here was the latest and assertive attacks carried out by palestinians against israelis in recent weeks. but it also comes in the context of intensifying settler violence targeting palestinians here in the occupied west bank. just hours after the shooting and dozens of kilometers away, a group of settlers attacked to whom in the village of car youth, beating wild mcbeal with iron bars. he remains in hospital. no such word. whilst father says the attack is pretended to be as ready. soldiers, once inside they smashed up the ground floor as well as attacking white l. yes, i'm mcbeal says he doesn't expect his uncle's attackers to be brought to justice. i believe they. yeah, they know where these guys come from because they, i believe there are organized and so do you think they'll actually be arrested in prosecutor coordinator? i unfortunately, we, i do have like a strong conviction that p

he that rahim elijah's eda, have brunner in the occupied west bank. the cranes president has called for direct talks with moscow in order to end the conflicts with russian bank forces in the east nato. foreign ministers are currently discussing the conflict at a meeting in latvia, kia research in greater military cooperation as a way of deterring russia. bernard smith, now from moscow, nato foreign ministers say there will be a high price to play for any new military aggression against ukraine. and moscow was reminded the west has already used economic, financial and political sanctions. we have seen the brushes playbook many times over. an part of their playbook is to attempt to create ah, and manufacturer, a so called provocation as justification for something that rushes planning to do all along. i. and so whether or what's been reported fits into that playbook home, i dont know. ukrainian forces are facing off against russian back separatists in the east of the country. there's been fighting on and off there since russia amex crimea, from ukraine

a local palestinian initiative aims to install more solar panels in the west bank to increase reliance of green energy from 6 per cent to 17 percent. but is really restrictions are complicating this process is real, prevents palestinians from developing the majority of land in the west bank, installing solar panels on school rooftop was one way around it with access to lance is not the only issue, even when electricity is generated. it's not easy to transmitted from one location to another. palestine on operates on low, low voltage and medium voltage grades. we don't have any transmission network that would enable us to do large scale projects. so we had to size this project, both in terms of availability of land and the capacity of the grid to carry and evacuate the power produced here. tens of thousands of past indians live off the grid. international organizations provided them with solar panels. now they are the only source of power. it's hardly enough to generate electricity for basic needs and only operates during sunlight. even though the electrical grid is meters away, better w

if he made some proposals within the west bank, mary silver or alice and junk fellow at the washington institutes for nearest policy. she says that it's unlikely israel or receive any pushback for its plans and the goal on high the by ministration. as we all know, has a lot of plate globally, but also with regard to israel in the middle east, i don't believe it will raise a fuss or really push back heart again. the recent announcement yesterday about the go on heights. we also have to remember that after trump recognize this really sovereignty over the go on height in 2019 the previous israeli government led by prime minister. netanyahu also held the stuff to cabinet session on the goal on hight announced widespread development plan for that territory. and nothing came to pass. so really the reality on the ground has not changed. and arguably, neither has the overall strategic contact within which israel hold the territory. the reaction in the middle east has been rather muted yesterday's announcement and that's not a surprise. there is a big difference between the goal and height and

half of the 1800 people pulled described the status of democracy in the west bank as bad, or very bad. and abraham joyous live now from the village of sort of daphne ramallah in the occupied west bank need a welcome to the news. these local elections are being boycotted by some groups. so what's the point to me? what will we learn from the result? there is little to learn from the results of these local elections for several reasons. first of all, these villages are that are undergoing elections though. the ones that have a population of less than 1100 or 11000 people, which is why these elections represent 30 percent of the palestinian people. 70 percent of voters are supposed to be casting their ballots in bigger towns and cities. elections, which are scheduled for phase 2, which will take place in march. there is little to know also because her masters boycotted the elections. they said they want general elections. they want presidential elections that can to and you for them to enter new parliament, which is something that has been postponed. the 2 parties accuse each other. there

he has to cross the checkpoint to get to his house in hebron, in the south of the occupied west bank. many cameras monitor his journey home. they're a part of an advanced israeli surveillance system that includes face scanning cameras and like tracking. the cameras are so close to asters house. he says his family has lost any sense of privacy and did, but all the stuff that we had, she threw kirkland before all the choir changed him after i heard an israel soldier say i can zoom in train house. i want a little and see what happens inside. in addition to these cameras that have been put up by the israeli army, just the meter down residence, dallas. that is really settlers have put up another surveillance system here in hebron, in 2019 the israeli military acknowledged this non official system exists. no children here, don't feel safe in their own homes. a few months ago israeli soldiers re that this house walk the children up here to take the pictures, a palestinian social justice. the surveillance system shows how much these radio occupation controls palestinians ought fi. lini melani

if he made some proposals within the west bank, the re silva is a journalist and other fellow out the washington institute for near east policy joins me now live via skype, from television. mr. miller could help you with the sun out there. thanks very much for your time. now, the israelis a confident that that within the right sort of to build on this occupied captured land of $967.00. but how will they bite administration react to that sort of thing relatively in line with the previous administrations of pro israeli stance? well, i think the by the ministration as we all know has a lot of plate globally. but also with regard to israel in the middle east, i don't believe it will raise a fuss or really push back hard again, the recent announcement yesterday about the go on heights. we also have to remember that after trump recognize this really sovereignty over the go on heights in 2019 the previous is really government led by prime minister and nathan. yahoo also held discussed of cabinet session on the goal on hight announced, widespread develop plans for that territory and nothing c

he that rahim elijah's eda had brought in the occupied west bank are still ahead here on out there. i am rob mcbride in western afghanistan at the border crossing with iran. that's been a barometer of the volatility on both sides of this frontier. i'm john again, raska in doha, looking at the technology, they'll keep stadiums code for the wildcat. ah.

you're right. >> anthony: elsewhere in the west bank, just outside of ramallah. the group of women who call themselves the speed sisters. the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> betty: hi. >> anthony: hi, i'm tony. >> betty: hi, betty. >> anthony: good to meet you. >> betty: when i'm racing a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing. it's in my blood, racing. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads, so when i drive i speed. i feel free. >> anthony: did you find that people underestimated you at first? >> betty: at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us, but when we got good scores, we win our respect. >> anthony: now they know. >> betty: yeah, well a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. >> anthony: yeah. >> betty: a lot of girls want to join us, the speed sisters. but some of the families are very reserved, they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know? palestine is a very reserved society. >> anthony: so are things getting better, staying the same, or worse? >> betty: you never know what's going to happen

next is through selim or in the west bank or in deb located gaza strip. so there are the moments the days sometimes the weeks in which there is visible violence bomb beings killings and saw on television what you putting a little then little a little bit. and then there is international media attention as indeed there should be. but when the cameras turn off, but athenians continue to be subject to daily routine, mundane. bureaucratic is really state violence through the imposition of travel restrictions and the needs for permits and the knowledge that if a family member is killed or injured, then the security forces that do it will enjoy almost blanket impunity. and the 1000000 other ways in which for the seniors are abused day in and day out and to suppress of reality. and most of the time it's invisible but for, for the world. but for the people that are living under the receiving edge of this reality, it's relentless and it will not stop until we see structural change as part of what you call your camera project. that cell has been working with palest

also the security situation in the occupied west bank and inside east jerusalem as well in recent weeks has deteriorated. and so there is some imperative there for the 2 sides to talk landless. heavy rain is making rescue efforts difficult in the northeast and brazilian states of bio water levels arising after 2 dimes collapsed following heavy torrential rainfall. at least 21 people have died and almost 80000 have been displaced. the former us senate majority leader harry reid has died at the age of $82.00. the democratic senator was nevada's longest serving member of congress. he played a pivotal role as an opposition trigger to the then president george w bush up next, the listening posts. after that, i'll have a quick summary of news for you at 60. we'll see you then until alger c. o a wild alarm is in we listen. design is are making serious efforts, you know? 18 t m to south to 10 of those. we meet with global use maintenance, but the stormy stun. madam analogy. hello. hello, i'm richard ginsberg and you're at the listening post. we're breaking format this week with a special progra

to lumala over to, oh, is ralph security tree good now rolled over a 1000000 palestinians in the west bank, gaza and east jerusalem. the american colony hotel remain neutral. ooh oh, there's the spotted. vesta died in 1968. the hospitality in warmth had succeeded in transforming the american colony into the american colony hotel. ah. ready his son horatio and his wife valentine, took over the helm slowly, transforming the hotel into a luxury establishment. they installed a swimming pool and fitness room to accommodate the wishes of a new generation of tourists. ah. busy we started to get a reputation for food and so people started to come out, juice started coming up from tel aviv to non cursor through him at the only place that we were. we were importing lobsters. so these rallies could come in a lobster. the american cousin i asked when she asked my father, i cuz they used to keep the lobsters in the fraser. and i asked my wife, i said, what if nobody lodestone you his i said, how did you deal with the loves? he said, we get it out of the freezer. we got you out of the fraser every day.

the abraham has more form bethlehem in the occupied west bank. there is a lot of increasing tension that's taking place in vertical and in order vintages around the north of the occupied to a bank where palestinians are saying that they've been sending for themselves. and they've been organizing local committees to try and send off the facts that have been on the rise later happening pre things ever since last week when the have been in some policy and fight as a shot at. and it's really 2nd car in the hills. one sefner and injured others and ever since then the lives have been marching and trying to get to any legal is really is sacrament. for thomas has been the victim from settlers in 2005. but then 2nd as a tier than open some sorts of a sensor there. busy and this is the location where the 2nd thing has been killed and is waiting settlers. i've been trying to get back to whole mission. they wanted support from their political leadership to kind of have a 2nd. and instead of it being and, and recognize our food. 16, they didn't get that for f

also nearly 10000 people who live in the west bank and gaza without proper papers. they will have the residency status regularized and more than a 1000 people who are senior business leaders, high profile, west bank and gaza. figures as well as senior officials will have special permits that will allow them to travel more easily in and out of israel and into the in and out of the west bank. so that is some sort of deliverables that presumably ma, what about can point to benny guns. also saying that he wanted to see the housing authority crackdown on an uptick and violence in recent weeks. similar calls from the other side, the palestinian saying they want to see an end to the recent wave of secular violence against palestinians also in easing in occupied east jerusalem in terms of demolitions and threatened evictions. a reversal of betty got his own decision to outlaw and ban 6 human rights groups, calling them terrorist organizations. and we have also heard this call about a political horizon and a possibility of making progress on the political issue. that is, som

also hundreds of palestinian protest as are injured in the occupied west bank as tension escalates over attacks by israeli settlers to re scenes in the rocky city of rebel as bodies of migrants who drowned while trying to cross the english channel. i returned home ah welcome to the program, we begin with breaking news coming out of south africa where the nobel peace prize . when a desmond tutu has died, appointed the 1st black archbishop of cape town to, to rose, to prominence in the 1980s as a vocal opponent of apartheid. he was 90 years old. let's crossovers while corresponded for me. the miller, who's in johannesburg again, it's what late morning, back now for me to the news has obviously reached most people across south africa in the tributes are coming in. they certainly are and the hearing a number of a lot of words of compassion and sadness around the death of the archbishop as to has been described as a giant amongst men. and, and one of the things i want to read out is from the presidency where he's been described as a man of extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility

the shooting 10 days ago has led to reprisal attacks across the west bank, but it's here in berker, where the threat has been most concentrated and most constant. the village remains on alert. hurry for sit al jazeera in the occupied westbank check on the world, whether an ex, with car, and then water wasn't everywhere. thousands of people in northern brazil front and side by side, but with very different agendas. we're taking a closer look at how the relationship between europe's powerhouse germany and france might evolve in 2020 ah, hello there, there's more wet and wintery weather to come for europe at the start of the week. the things are going to 10 miles in some places, and we will see the temperature come up, but we've got that wet weather that's plaguing the south. it's rather unsettled here. rounds of rain rolling across the iberian peninsula into southern areas of france. we could see some flooding from that heavy rain, and if we take a closer look, we're going to see it push across corsica taking heavy rain here. some snow in the alps as well, and it's going to make its way tow

neither abraham al jazeera, the occupied west bank. ah, di brokercheck of the top stories here on al jazeera, british prime minister, boris johnson as announce. what's believe to be the world's 1st confirmed death from the army? kron variant of cove at 19 was strange. extracts to the dominant in london within 48 hours. 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 recognise the sheer pace or which.