concerned by the new crone of iris variant, omicron. the world health organization says there is a high risk that it could lead to a sharp increase in the global number of cobra. 1000 cases, the trial of british socialite, gillian maxwell has begun in new york. the 59 year old is accused of enabling the crimes of convicted peter fall. jeffrey epstein. she denies any volunteer and talks to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal have restarted in vienna. iran's top negotiations said he was optimistic after the 1st meetings were held on monday. iran will. all us sanctions dropped before agreeing to any deal. activists in lebanon have been blocking roads in protest against deteriorating living conditions caused by the economic crisis. the local currency is in free fall, and the government has failed to provide a social safety net for the poor. after scrapping subsidies on essential goods said a 100 reports from beirut. these young men say they've run out of options and that's why they've returned to the streets. lebanon's economy has all but collapsed . now, we are hungry and buying meat for our children and that is a dream. we are living a life of emily and i read in there is no end in sight for the financial meltdown. the country needs international financial assistance, but politicians are not reforming. a state riddled with corruption. i also know really the moon on the bottom of the wall additions are destroying us. they made us for this young man don't have the crisis is not new, but it's got worse because the government lifted its subsidies on essential goods due to a lack of foreign reserve. the fall out of the economic collapse has left to 3 fourths of the population poor, and the united nations is warning of even worse conditions. if no solution are found. the local currency, the lira continues to lose its value against the dollar. it's affecting purchasing power, while a cash strapped state has so far failed to give the poor promised financial aid. all the while inflation is climbing things and the dollars exchange rates fluctuates every hour. that's why we don't put the prices on good side. and since they are adjusted auditory, the crisis began in late 2019 authorities use force to end the nationwide protest movement and thought about cabinet seats for more than a year. they form the government in september, but it hasn't met for 6 weeks now, because of new political divisions in lebanon. we're not like any other country where people are going to the stated things would change because we're not on the confronting a government. we going from the government, which is backed up with a very power militia, been laying around and age images as well, but many worn growing poverty could change that mother, mom, we don't have money to buy bread and medicine for our sick family members. we can't cope with the situation. many have lost faith in a political class blamed for ruining the economy after decades of corruption. but for now, there is little hope for change. the road to recovery appears blocked. then there elisha zita, they root on doris, could be getting its 1st female president after lang left wing candidates show matter. castro claim victory in sunday's election. castro says that voters have reversed authoritarianism, but the governing national party also announced that its candidate had one well, minor one half hello, joins us live now from day home during capital to goosey guys back. and i know good to see you so ahead of the general election in doris. there were concerns over violence. how if things played out and are we any closer to hearing an official announcement as to who actually one that's right, barbara. there was a lot of anxiety growing among a 100 citizens, especially in the lead up to the election during campaign season. and really since last year, since the end of the primary elections, in fact, there were more than 30 candidates across the country either for, for local offices, may oral candidates who were killed in the lead up to this election with many people anticipating that. but that violence would spill out under the streets on election day. but that wasn't the case. what we saw yesterday was very peaceful turn out of voters to the polls and a last night, even before the preliminary results were announced by the national electoral council. people were already on the streets celebrating what they said was a victory of the opposition party from left. his opposition leader, seal marquez through. now what we have a heard the latest numbers from the national electoral council is that only 51 percent a little bit more than 51 percent of the vote has been counted, but the general trend remains in the favor of the opposition candidate sumani castle with 53.61 percent of the vote. so she is still in the lead, but only a little more than half of the votes have been counted. and this process seems to have been stalled a little bit. we believe that they may, that may have something to do with votes that, that some of the machines that were used for the voting failed and they had to be used as paper ballots. people needed to cast their votes in the way that it was done in the years prior. and that has actually slowed down the process. but honestly, people out here don't seem to be too concerned about that. the attitude from people on the street is that of joy celebration, a very different atmosphere than what we observed in the 2017 election. where violence did break out in the days following the announcement of the election result more than a dozen people were killed in riots. after electoral observers. international electoral monitors said that that victory by the governing national party was a victory that was achieved by fraudulent means. but that doesn't seem to be the case right now. if anything people are celebrating an end of a 12 year rule by a single party here and 100, well certainly relief that we are seeing a repeat of the violence of last time. but there's a sense that these elections could have big implications just for who tourists, but potentially for the region. how would that work out? absolutely. the implications of these elections go far beyond the national borders of hundreds. but for starters, just the voter turnout. the number of people that went out to the poles on sunday hasn't been this high since the 1980s when hundreds returned to democratic rule. and if the national electoral council were to grant that victory to opposition leaders who might account. so she would become the 1st female president in the country's history. but we also have to consider the context of what's going on in the country. this is why this has of regional implications. these elections, honduras is one of the primary countries of origin for thousands of migrants that make their way north towards the u. s. southern border and the site reasons such as corruption, ramping corruption, that seems to be endemic in this country. that that's grown over the 12 years. many blame the national governing party for allowing corruption to grow and intern fueling worsening of poverty. the poverty rate hunters to somewhere around 75 percent. so people across the political spectrum here, hunters are hungry for a change. and the most radical change is represented by the opposition candidate. so not a gas through so many people are hoping that a change in government, a change in, in, in what they've seen and live where for the last 12 years could improve conditions enough to stem that flow of migration. that historic flow of migration that we've witnessed over the past few years. barbara manual happened with the latest there from the capital of honduras to dig. lucy, got them anywhere. thank you. magdalena anderson has been elected sweden's prime minister for the 2nd time in less than a week. the new vote in parliament was 5 days after she became the 1st woman to hold the office, but she lasted only a few hours in the position before her coalition collapsible sweden's green party withdrew support over anderson's budget proposal. this time, her social democratic party is forming a single party minority government. it's less than 7 hours to go until the clock strikes midnight in barbados and the country becomes the world's newest republic. the caribbean nation is cutting ties with the british monarchy around 400 years after english ships 1st arrived and turned the island into a sugar colony. built by hundreds of thousands of african slaves forbade us one independence from britain in 1966, but retained the queen elizabeth as its head of state. the monarch will be replaced by barbarian president, elect, dame sandra mason. the queen's son, prince charles, is in the country for the transition ceremony. barbados will remain a member of the commonwealth group of nations where latin america, who see a new man, joins us live now from the capital bridge town. so it just, we know what's happening, but tell us why. why is barbados cutting its ties with the british monarchy now? hello, barbara. well, that is a very, very good question and i'm having a lot of trouble trying to get a proper answer. but 1st, let me tell you, we are in what, in the main square where the festivities will be starting fairly soon. in fact, 1st of all, with a barbarian steel pan orchestra, not a band, an orchestra, and a huge amount of people. going to need a lot of music, a parade. people are going to be all out on the streets. they're allowed to be out until past midnight for the 1st time in months because there's been a strict curfew. it on the island. but when i asked people why they had different reasons, some in fact, don't even agree with it. some say that the prime minister imposed this decision on them. there was not a referendum that it was just simply an announcement made, but i have been reading up on barbie in history and i could tell you that for a long, long time they were at large segments of the population that were pushing for this to happen. they said that this was the, the last vestige, last remnant of the colonial period here in barbados. and it was a very, very brutal period at times when great britain had a colony here that was a, mainly a sugar plantation all run by slaves. so practically, everybody in barbados is a descendant of those slaves. but to talk about that a little more, i actually have a citizen of barbados and i, and he is with me right now. robert mullin. robert, thank you for joining us, marlene richard, i'm sorry, i just changed your name. that's terrible. but i can't say that you're a begun. if amber begun is what is a person from barbados to tell me why is it that you think that this is a good idea? because i know that you agree with the decision to become a republic. yeah, because a thing that the prime minister you have is a very intended yet for a minister. she knows what she's doing. she was your own government from small on the morphy, if you get a rear from boss, cooler news, cooling, cool, cool colonialism. we're rich cream, too much power over the island on the people were icy, still like sleep by it a different form you're washing is trying to do is bring to barbados into the 21st century and put things in place and change the laws already are more up to date with the rest of the word of a democracy. i make things better for the young people to come because i'm over 50 . i to one day, she's not doing it for me. she is doing it for the next generation. the next group of young people who are, who are here, are yet to come medicaid for her to get a better education, more jobs, more creative economy. i entrepreneurship rare people who gotten started on business before with the dad nor chance of dog eyes you develop into in many different ways. tell me something though, but you know, you said earlier that the fact that barbados has been part of the british commonwealth has been, i still, i still had the queen and since head of state that that hadn't made any positive differentiated weren't giving him economic benefits from that leisurely walk room, barbie said once enough in that the queen leave em barberic a university. nobody on athena. i know you are here new. you have the queen im in the hospital. any are through the all through that need fixing and a cleaning and coming back until at let me doing it money and fix that brake is silly. already charged me that generation garcia. but it queen did some thing for barbados because i don't see nothing. i just hear people talking about, but most of the queen family own plan, pierson and barbara i, wendy green, come there bar with most of the time she went to visit her family at applied vision to i'd want to see the benefits augustine onto the queen anne a lot of the laws are still old, dated more slave laws. the is live, the people your display minister miss me. amadi is trying to bring barbados the 21st century life. easier for the people make a better economy is not one of the easy because you have apple damage. sure you get this my guy and my point of view. i think he's going to bid for the citizens on the table and bobby won't have to leave it there. i'm afraid we're running out of time with thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us. very interesting indeed, we will get different opinions from anywhere from a lot of different people. some say the country is not ready. others that have been late in coming, but i will be keeping you all informed as the events take place throughout the next few hours. very, very exciting moment. lucy newman with the latest i from bridge town. lucy, i think international observers say they're relatively happy with the integrity of sunday's elections in kurdistan. they came a year after a disputed vote led to political turmoil, but opposition supporters of rallied outside the election commission alleging irregularities. same was ravi as following events in the capital. bish kick curtis thumbs parliamentary election report card international observers say the country has potential but needs improvement. maint assessment is that yesterday's parliamentary elections were competitive. fundamental freedoms were generally respected during the campaign and the thought to displace the political will to ensure clean elections. however, strict enforcement of subsequent measures they're 2 candidates campaigning with caution. most pulling stations were well organized in the day was peaceful, but voter engagement was low. the next parliament will be less diverse and have fewer women. and significant vote counting problems opposition, party said, or signs of government fraud. the country security council, secretary blame crashes on technical glitches possibly hackers if the government cannot secure server said one opposition leader. how can it hope to secure the country? do you intend on carrying out more rallies? will you bring more protesters to the street, or will you debate these results within the holes of government? form of projects. so we don't have the forms of protesting. of course, he will appeal to our quotes, but we have no trust in them. that's why we and our citizens only have the option to conduct a rally. it is a constitutional right. we don't have any intentions to act radically because we are still demanding things that are written in the law wouldn't be far from conceding, those who lost are planting the seeds of distrust and both automated and manual vote counting. the rally here today was peaceful, small and short, but it's only the 1st day after elections. and if these rallies continue, if they get bigger, if they spread, that could become a problem that could take her guest on down a familiar path. political dialogue in this country can unravel quickly and spill out into the streets, but he did debate a vocal opposition protesters raising flags instead of fists. all still so far. hallmarks of democracy zane basra b o z rubbish. still ahead on al jazeera. busy finally, hands free south korea's driverless cars that take to the roads after years of difficult research. cut out as footballers are out to show what they can do with just the year to go until they host the world cup in 2022. jemma will have more in sport on the eve of the arab cup. indo ah ah, with with mm pool. ah ah. it's long been a dream of city planners, but driverless cars are finally becoming a reality in south korea's capital sold. the 1st pilot route is launching using cutting edge technology and 6 fully autonomous taxes. the start of an ambitious 5 year plan. alexander lush reports on the latest leap forward on a road that's not always been smooth. these driverless robo taxi's in souls sang em don district aren't a publicity stunt. their part of the city is a $125000000.00 scheme for self driving cars. from tuesday they'll ferry passengers between the digital media city rail station, a nearby apartment and office buildings. charging passengers about $3.00 a trip. by the end of december, they'll be joined by several more driverless cars, as well as a bus to ease safety concerns. the mayor stepped in as the 1st official passenger window wasn't targeted her goal. at the beginning, i felt a bit awkward and a little bit nervous, but soon the car pulled over and started and changed lane. i made a left turn and a right turn, very smooth. as i experienced this, i believed it would be a good start to the commercial surface. it's a small step, but a large leaped considering the difficulty of the research involved. the technology behind driverless cars is being sought after by many major technological companies . us base tesla, the market leader in electric cars is still several years away from completely removing drivers from the equation. its full self driving system is still being tested and requires operators to keep their hands on the wheel at all times. earlier in november, 1 of its cars crashed in california after a malfunction. but in so the outlook is more optimistic. so your hands on cars are no longer simply about moving around autonomy the vehicles have shifted the paradigm leading to disruptive innovation autonomous vehicles. prevent careless driving by humans minimizing social costs. early next year the city says it will add 10 driverless taxes to the gang them district as part of the pilot project. second faith. and if everything goes off without a hitch, the city government wants to grow itself driving fleet to more than 50 vehicles in the next 5 years. alexander lurch, al jazeera. ok, it's time for sport know here is gemma. thank you, barbara. lena massey has won the battle door the award are given to the best footer of the year. for a record extending 7th time, the parents sent him and argentina ford helped his country. when the copper america is 1st international, honor, you'll say good 40 girls in 2021, including $28.00 for boss lane and his final season that wind me next year. i can't remember. dusky came a 2nd with chelsea midfield at georgina in manchester. united have named ralph a, rang nick as they in to rim manager until the end of the season. the germans appointment comes just over a week after they sat on the gun associa magnet cars coast, a number of clubs in his home country, achieving back to back promotions with hoffen home. eating shall cut to the german cap and establishing. i'll be like sick as a leading of and is like it's him during t spouse as their coach, united. they certainly need him to turn things around. they currently say 8 in the premier league. the feeling around the club, the culture, the levels of performance, recruitment coaching, ronda has been boy to do it all. it's more her project. the just focusing on the team is he's the kind of guy who is very data driven. there's a lot of analytics behind his play in the aggressive start of play that he likes to implement or certainly not sit well with every single month just, you know, to player. and i think that's where you basically, we doubt the mediocrity. it really is a full scale overall. i think christiane renados is the perfect example of this. he said that he was really disappointed in the dropping in standards when he left in 2009. so he's come back 12 years later. and this just really seems like it could be run, it started to come in and make a massive statement and was definitely his biggest role so far in management. the arab cut begins on tuesday was house cats are taking on bahrain and want to fall fixtures. it stadiums that be used at the world cup next year. the certainly isn't the biggest footballing task that i have ever faced, having won the asian cup in 2019. but it will be a chance to gather momentum before they take on the world's best teams app. katara 2020 day coach at phoenix. sanchez is help them to 51st in the world. he says the team is looking beyond next year as it tries to rise up the rankings and cut that is working very hard to develop the football in the country for the last more than the game. so it's been a long way and i think the you can see that the results and we hope that after the woke up, sure, the company will continuing the same way to try to develop and to try to improve, to reach a better and better level to be able in the future to compete against the best iraq. currently, our cup for time is between 964 and 1988. they would do very well to when it, again they having brought something of a youth squad with them to tasa that ahead of their rotener against a mon there coach it says the iraqis and not just there to enjoy the world cut infrastructure yet to folk. andrea, that the facility unbelievable. everything is perfect. we are very happy to be here, but we are not here for the holidays. we are here for our upcoming and we tried to do best for our county paris. sam asked our name, our won't play again this year. the brazilian will be out for up to 8 weeks after injuring his ankle during p. estes, when i was sent at san on sunday name or suffered a sprain and indignant damage. it means he could miss as many as 7 and the games and one chance usually match the man who breakthrough, one of golf last racial barriers and the elder has died at the age of 87 out. it became the 1st black plan to compete in them off the tournament in the u. s. in 1975, paving the way from later when as such as tiger woods, he became an elite gopher. despite a tough thought to life. having been orphaned at 9 years old, he shrugged off the persistent races to be se, but attracted a huge following along with gary player, he also help if not appraisal to black players in apartheid of south africa. elder died at his home in california on monday. novak joke of ich could skip the upcoming australian open if rules uncovered 900 vaccinations aren't relaxed. that's according to his father speaking on sub instead of asian, his dad described a tennis australia vaccine mandates as a black male joke of is defending champion for the tournament. and has declined to disclose whether he's vaccinated knowledge, surely nature or whether he goes or not. depends on whether very well the 9 time went to go all the way to really yeah, of course he'd like that with all of his heart because he's an athlete. and because there are so many of our countrymen that he can't wait to see novak was that i really don't know under these conditions, under this black mile is done in this way. probably not. it's a fight that's been a decade in the making. i'm a con and cobra will finally settle the biggest rivalry in british boxing. as no love lost between the 2, they had to be pulled apart at the announcement which will take place in manchester in february, both a former while champions con, hasn't fought since victory. if billy did in july 2019 while brook lost his last fight to terrence crawford a year. okay. no coming in for the period because you don't get any live to me. everyone. there was his father because of the garage matching could of the extra m running away, never one in the fire. you know, man, i was then running away cow. i was fighting the bigger names as find the bigger fights i was. my dream was always to fight in america to become and don't want to lose one of our bread us. whereas you give the big talk book likes i will see while for the night, but like you. but again, i, jim, as are training, you look well over way other one out interview or some pounds or no ma'am and what we're fine into a week probably read. i don't you were a little bit less. no. okay, listen. tend to get the bit right 1st we can get my master fight. confab 19. we both going to perform our best and we're going to be ready for our missing filess may show you eternal. cannot wait for that fight. back to barbara answered. jammah . thank you. well this is it a for this news hour, but stay with us. i'm going to be back in just a few minutes with more of the day's news. thanks for watching us in a 2nd of i ah ah. and a december jesse patel, host the fif arab cup, a 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