thousands of homes destroyed by a typhoon in the philippines. i remember yelling, teaser taser teaser and nothing happened. and the former minnesota police officer who killed black moses dante wright breaks down as she takes a stand. ah thank you for joining as we begin in the u. s. y corona virus cases and hospital admissions are rising and alarming rate as the winter search continues. the number of infections has increased by 40 percent compared to last month, while hospitalizations have risen by around 45 percent. many universities across the country are reverting to online teaching, and sports events have been cancelled off or spawned. it comes, as experts predicts the army con variant will soon become the dominant strain there . micron is increasing rapidly and we expect it to become the dominant strain in the united states as it has and other countries in the coming weeks. we've seen cases of on the crime among those who are both vaccinated and boosted, and we believe these cases are milder or asymptomatic because of vaccine protection for the un vaccinated. you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves. your families in the hospitals you may soon overwhelm, that's bring in al jazeera is alan fisher in washington, d. c for is. alan talked to us about this increase in cases where they concentrated wallace go back to july, and joe biden said then that the u. s. was kicking the but of the covert virus. now, the white house is seeing that is facing a viral blizzard over the next few weeks. 18 states in washington, d. c. have seen significant increases in the number of hospitalizations over the last few days. concentrated mainly in the mid west and the northeast. take connecticut, for example. 24 per cent increase in the number of people admitted to hospital in that small state, just north of new york, michigan also facing problems in double digits as well. there is a concern in the white house and among health professionals that the fact is that people have not gone and gotten the booster or some people haven't even been double jobs yet. almost 40 percent of americans still haven't got the vaccination and that is where they see the big problem lies. there's another problem to remember about a month ago, we were talking about the big thanksgiving holiday here in the united states and how millions of people were on the move it really pills into insignificance to the number of people that start their travel this weekend for the christmas holidays and the new year break. a lot of people disappearing over the next couple of weeks . millions and near millions and trains, millions on the roads. and they're all heading for big family gatherings as well. that is a real concern. the hospital systems across the united states could be overwhelmed by the omicron wave that could come in the next couple of weeks, allen, all the messages from the white house about getting vaccinated or, or getting the book. the job is any of that getting fill or some of it is, and certainly they've seen numbers of some vaccinations going up the keep because people are concerned about this, but they have a real problem. and that problem is that when joe biden says get vaccinated, it could save your lives. there are republicans who are sitting back going under the listener. anything this guy says and they refused to do it, and those numbers are borne out by studies only around 40 percent of republicans have been vaccinated. that's not 40 percent of half the country being 50 percent republican. that's 40 percent of all republican. so you can see the like, well behind. and if you look at some of the studies that have been done, the number of people that are dying who had dental fires, republican, we in excess of those who are democrats. so there is a health problem here. and there's a political problem, and certainly there are those and the white house or our gym republican leaders to do more to get people to get vaccinated. but again, there's a large chunk of the republican movement, the republican base, who still think mass mandates or a bad idea, that closing restaurants are a bad idea. the getting vaccinated is a bad idea. and it's those people that the white house in the health professionals need to make the break through with, if joe biden is to be able to turn round in a few months time and see when it came to alma kron, we kicked us but as well. and keep her and fish alive for us in washington dc. the u. k. meanwhile, has seen a rec number of cove in 1000 cases for the 3rd day in a row. more than $93000.00 infections were registered on friday, around center only con cases. total numbers nationwide have increased by about 39 percent in just a week, and the death rate remains relatively low. where we challenge has more from london on a study by researchers in the u. k. that the thresh see only con variant could pass . studies has been done by imperial courage, they've, they've stress that they don't really have the moments particularly good data to go on. so these are figures that could change, and particularly when it comes to the severity of the micron varying. that's one of the big questions we have to have answered, and we have an awesome quite soon when people get it all day, going to end up in the hospital. how many of them are going to going to end up in hospital? the worrying these that's coming out of this study from imperial college is that there's nothing that they have seen at the moment to suggest that alma crohn is any less severe than the delta variance. although they are caviar caviar thing that with saying that, you know, they, they need to see more insights. the re infection rates is 5 times higher as he said than, than, than delta. and that's also worrying. but the good news is that the boosters do provide 85 percent protection against getting it severely that slightly less than the protection against the delta variance, which was at about said 95 percent. but it's still something france has announced that major public parties in fireworks will be banned on new year's eve. s. corona virus infections wise. prime ministers can fix, says old citizens, even if fascinated, should take a south cast before attending social events. he said the only constraint is likely to be the dominant strain from january. fans has been reporting an average of $50000.00 new infections each day. at tasha butler has more from paris on how you restrictions are affecting travelers. pull the french government's decision to pan, all non essential travel between france, me, u. k. from saturday, has caused a lot of disruption and disappointment for people in both countries who are hoping to spend some of the holiday season with family and friends. so lot of people have had to cancel their trips, others have been scrambling to try and get a plane or a train before those restrictions come into force. and we've been speaking to some of them here at the cross channel train terminal in paris. i thought i would have made it work anyway. had i booked to train is late like this. i got this train by chances i missed that district. i'd probably i would have on my way to make it work anyway. wouldn't quickly change my train made i wouldn't want to, i wouldn't want to spend christmas by myself, her people that i have to take the train to come to paris, whatever. and it's unfortunate and inside, but the same how many people are just trying to get a hold of what's going on and kind of have to have empathy for that. even though if it comes to the point of impacting people's lives, you know, in a negative way, but it's been 2 years up. this has been dragging on so you know, it sucks, but it is what it is. well, the reason for these travel restrictions, according to the french government, is because they say they've been looking at the situation in the u. k. with a lot of concern. they're seeing the high number of cov, it infections there. and particularly the spread of the army con ferry. now, even though there are registered cases of on the corner here in france, the government says that what they need to do is try and slow down is transmission . and this is just one of the ways they are trying to buy time time for people to get their a booster, a dose of coven vaccine. they are all they've also approved vaccination for 5 to 11 year olds across france. that will help to they say the government, a warning, the next few weeks ahead could be very difficult. indeed. we know already the doctors are saying that i see you beds already filling up in the world. news united states has called on all sides in ethiopia, is year long war to renounce and end finance against civilians. the united nations human rights council has agreed to set up a commission to investigate and lead to abuses in the country. the un says it's receiving credible reports, sent all sides in the conflicts are committing human rights violations. the estimates are shocking. according to information at our disposal. from november 2020, to june 2021. over 2200 survivors reported sexual and gender based violence to health facilities across the gray region. one of the one stop centers reported that the victims in over 90 percent of cases were miners and estimated that visit's to the center had quadrupled since the complete iraq that a year ago. it is important to keep in mind that this figures are most probably an underestimation of the true extent of the sexual and gender baselines being perpetrated al jazeera malcolm web has more from nairobi. some i've expressed concern is the european union. that's cool. so this extraordinary session of the you and human rights council, you've heard that some of the biggest economies in the e. u of actually been quite reluctant. it's other members of the you, the driving force behind this, the u. s. state department has been outspoken about this issue as well. just last week we were saying it was to me through the abuses in the i'm horror. region of easier now easier to and government itself and some of its allies, very much against the setting up of an international commission to investigate rights abuses is destroyed. a what he says is in the neo colonial or takeover of the human rights commission to of human rights council to try and interfere with his own sovereignty. it says that it's capable of investigating these abuses and delivering justice. domestic legal rights groups say that in spite of promising to do that before it's failed to do so. to date the philippines is counting the cost of typhoon rye, which has scaled at least $12.00 people and destroyed thousands of homes. the storm hit, the central and southern regions, forcing hundreds of thousands to seek safety. it's now heading towards vietnam in china. jamil island again has more from the philippines, capital manila. within 24 hours since stifled ry 1st made landfall in the philippines. and many areas will be cut off. government leaders admit they are struggling to get an accurate picture of the typhoons impact in their growth. and siri, ga profit. in the town of marie pro hawk and the whole province rescue operations are still underway. local government workers there say at least 20000 families have already been evacuated from their homes. and many more are in desperate need of rescue. evacuees can't stay in where we shelters for too long because if cov 19 restrictions, social distance, think impact evacuation sites is difficult to implement. many see there are more worried about the long term impact of this devastation. millions of filipinos are already bearing the brunt of the economic recession. they fear the latest typhoon disaster could obliterate whatever livelihood they have left. the government has repositioned aids and military as 1st responders across the country. but many communities remain cut off that the officials and even age groups are still struggling. how and where to send aid to those who need it most. di food ride, devastated huge parts of the vi sayas and the men to now regions. these pictures show extensive damage of the international airport in civil power and communication lines are down and some hospitals are reported to be damaged even for a crunchy often yet by natural disasters. this damage is being seen as unprecedented. a. c jamal ali dog and al jazeera manila. still ahead on al jazeera al jazeera speaks to iran's chief negotiator about congress that talks to revise the 2015 nuclear deal, and celebrations and protest to monta measures revolution de, exactly many years since spring began. ah, it's the weekend, here's your forecast for the americas. hello everyone. we have this threat of some severe storms bubbling up across texas and also oklahoma. let's go in there for closer look. i we could see some hail, very strong. when with this line of storm stretching from kentucky rate down to the gulf of mexico bare. so that's something we'll continue to watch. as we head toward the east shield of snow across the great lakes, could produce about 5 centimeters of snow into toronto. messy conditions though, for the new england region. if we go now to the west, states have quite a down for california, los angeles at 17 degrees, but look to the top. that's another push of some moisture for british columbia. snow levels are falling here to about 200 meters and we'll see accumulation 5 centimeters. but of course, vancouver about 2 meters above sea level. so it's rain for you. look at the cold air across the canadian prairies. next stop central america. and the rain is where we would expect to find it along that's caribbean coasts for central america, some storms across the caribbean as well, but mostly sunny conditions to be expected here. storms flare up through the heart of the amazon here and i think not so storing for that southeast corner of brazil, some showers for sale, polo on saturday with a hive. 20 degrees. that's it. enjoy your weekend. the the 20th century 1st genocide thought that the blueprint for the holocaust is too often overlooked. this then will come in very everything. but for some reason, they refuse to bury these people. they want the story to be taught over a century on the injustice still echoed down the generation and the pastor, reparation is not an easy one. namibia, the price of genocide, people and power on al jazeera. ah ah, welcome back. a recap of our top stories on al jazeera u. s. grown of iris cases and hospital admissions are surging on average. more than a $120000.00 infections are reported each day, an increase of 40 percent on last month. the u. k. as seen a record number of covered 19 cases for the 3rd day in a row. more than $93000.00 infections were registered on friday. the booster program is accelerating. half of all adults have received a 3rd job. and the un human rights council says has agrees rather to set up a commission to examine abuses in ethiopia. conflict. investigators say they've received credible with poor sarah. all sides are committing violations against civilians. in the us, former minneapolis police officer came potter has apologize in court for the fatal shooting of a 20 or black man during a traffic stop. she is facing 2 charges of manslaughter. over the death of dante wright. she claims she meant to draw her taser instead of her gun. her defend seem argue right, resisted arrest by driving away. video of the shooting was recorded on police body cameras and shown in court. why steph set off protests across the u. s. john hendern is following the trial from chicago. this was a divisive and highly anticipated case, and it came at a crucial time. it came in the middle of the trial of derek shaven. he's the police officer who was ultimately convicted for killing george floyd by kneeling on his neck. now during that trial, kim potter was a police officer in the neighbouring suburb of brooklyn's center. she was with another officer supervising him as he stopped a car. and in the course of that, she pulled what she says, she thought was her taser, which was on the left hand side. instead, she pulled her gun. she fired after yelling kayser taser taser. and she said, that's when she discovered she had actually killed a man. here's a little of what she had to say. it's just, it's just one chaotic, a it and then i remember yelling, teaser, teaser teaser and nothing happens. potter is charged with 1st in 2nd degree manslaughter. now legal experts say under minnesota long, they probably have to prove that she acted with some level of consciousness that she knew that what she was doing was excessive force. the defense is arguing that because she didn't know that she had actually pulled a lethal weapon. she was not aware of that. ultimately, it's the jury that will design the 7th rhonda talk. same that reviving the 2015 iranian nuclear deal have concluded in the austrian capital of vienna. the parties to the talks are hoping to revive the agreements that's easy. ron limit is nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief. a spin breach on both sides seems united face all that 3 years ago. the are opinions delegates, his progress has been made, but they're still a long way to go. we have found a lot of work ahead, a very complex task. i had to say difficult political decision had to be taken. now it's time to take to focus on priorities to focus on what is the most important for each litigation to take decisions accordingly. and to go ahead, because again, we don't have much time. there is an obvious sense of urgency in everything we do here. so we will resume, we will resume soon and we will be, i hope, a hub in the final french of these negotiations are just there is dawson jabari has spoken to iran's chief negotiator. she has this update from vienna. the chief negotiator alley buggery. connie was very optimistic about what's taking place here over the past week. and he said that at the last few days has been very, very difficult, but they've managed to get what they wanted. meaning that the 2 proposals, the iranian team put forth at the beginning of this round on november 29th, have finally been accepted by all other sites. and he also said that the most important thing that they've achieved so far is that they've managed to be able to come to some kind of terms with the americans about sanctions relief. that was, of course, one of the mean sticking points for the reason for coming here at that they wanted this sanction lifted, that the u. s. had imposed on her on since leaving the deal in 2018 robbery. connie told me that to add, they are now going it through a process of back and forth to the with the americans via the your peers, of course, because they are on, on the u. s. don't speak to each other directly. he said that they're now going through the fine prince about exactly which sanctions and how they will be lifted once said the radians are now air coming back to once they come back to the nuclear deal. he also said that the 2nd proposal, iranians put forth about iran's nuclear program and what technical aspects of it they were willing to negotiate and go back into compliance under the 2015 deal has also been accepted by the europeans, which was one of the mean obstacles them, which is why, according to the written official, these talks have taken this long to actually get to the point where all parties now are on the same page about how to move forward. so they are going to take a break for the next few days, and they're expecting to come back later on in december to move the talks into a much more detail as stage. the united faith says it is prepared to talk to russia about it. demand curve made her active duty in eastern europe. moscow has announced proposal of calling on nato to limit new membership and restrict activities in former soviet countries. person joe biden national security advisor says consultation with european partners is under way. the u. s. is increasingly concerned by russia's military build up on the border with ukraine. we have been clear as the united states and just yesterday, the 30 nations of the nato alliance were clear. and a statement that came out of the north atlanta council were prepared for dialogue with russia. we've had dialogue with russia on european security issues. for the last 20 years, we had with the soviet union for decades before that that has sometimes produced prob, progress sometimes produced deadlock, but we are fundamentally prepared for dialogue. russia has now put on the table, its concerns with american and nato activities. we're going to put on the table are concerned with russian activities that we believe harm our interest and values. thousands of to nations have been protesting. on the 11th anniversary of the uprising that triggered the irish spring revolution, crowds rally to both for and against praising chi side. he recently announced a constitutional referendum for next july that will be a year after he suspended parliament. his opponents described the move as a court elisia volcom and has more from tennis purchase on the 11th anniversary of the start of the to nation revolution that led to the end of the authoritarian rule of presidency in aberdeen. been early on the 17th december 2010 mohammed bruises, he set himself on fire in the city of city. busied in southern tunisia in protest at police, stopping him from selling on the street. his death started a popular revolt that spread across the country with millions to nations demanding the resignation of the president. and starting the process of transition to democratic rule. events in tunisia ignited the arabs spring revolution and similar anti government uprisings in the middle east countries including egypt and libya, 11 years on and these dimensions demonstrated against what they say is the ongoing qu, bye president, ty side that began in july, when he 1st parliament and sacked the government. early this week, president side who's ruling by decree announced a referendum on the new constitution to be held next july. but protestors who condemned the president's plans want to return to the 2014 constitution and to have a functioning parliament again, they're demanding new elections and to return to democracy that was so hard. 111 years ago in houses where he de luca muddled up in the only thing that was clear in the speech was the announcement of elections on december 17th, 2022, whether it is but on which basis you vowed to protect the constitution and now you say elections would take place in 2020 to have it. where is the constitution? well, where is the election law been unlocked? hubbard, some police prevented auntie to demonstrators reaching the main avenue in the capital of tennis, which saw the climax of the popular rising. that ended the dictatorship into nature in 2011. and is this journey is an emerging democracy, has been a lucky one, making economic problems because the revolution 11 years ago remained. and since then, the countries had to overcome many catastrophes, such as the terrorist attacks in 2015. however, more and more to nations are prepared to fight for their democracy. despite all these hardships, protesters today said that they will stay on the avenue until what they call kind sides. true to talk comes to an end flashback in northern iraq have killed at least 12 people and injured hundreds more. one person was killed after being struck by lightning, while others drowned inside their homes. dozens of houses, you know, bill have been damage in buses and trucks. have been swept away while heavy rain is forecasts over the next few days. a chiles next present will be elected on sunday and was being described as the most unpredictable vote there in a long time. the runoff is between a far, i conservative and a progressive social democrat, and the deciding factor may well be how they plan to solve unprecedented levels of crime and social unrest. a latin america is lucia newman has more from santiago. after 2 years of constant protests that too often end in violence, especially on fridays, got little cd is closing. what is arguably santiago's oldest and most famous sandwiches. hurry her here everything has been vandalized. the took out the furniture and destroyed it. same thing with the pizzeria, the pharmacy that was here on the 2 of the 18 businesses on this block have survived. he complained that thousands of jobs have been lost since chile social uprising began, and a public order has been abandoned. on this friday, protesters are already gathering nearby these riot police are expected to soon move in to crush a demonstration that's just about 50 meters from here. they believe that it will soon get violent and destructive. and although it's usually only a very small group that take part in acts of vandalism, many chilean say that these kinds of protests have gone too far and they blame the chaos that they believe is taking place in this country on the left. why left and center left wing politicians condemned police abuse neglected to show support victims more so called revolutionary violence by protest, hers black in that, but it assume their interpretation was wrong, and you actually does not want a revolution. he didn't actually once reforms change improvements, but done with moderation in peace and tranquillity. many are also afraid of the current people in south central chile, where armed indigenous my push a groups who are claiming ancestral lands are carrying out constant attacks. all this ex ainsworth, extreme conservative call sampling your cast until a few months ago considered an outsider was being seen as a savior by chileans who yearn for law and order. oh yeah. oh, the terrorists, some consider men extremist, but to persecute terrorism is not extreme. no, where is the violence worse than in low income neighborhoods were organized, crime and drug trafficking have taken over, especially since the pandemic for millennial 11th, and on 26 year old mustang castiel gives us a short tour of lloyd mila, where ordinary citizens are too afraid to go out at night and they are blanket during the day, looks more normal, but at night this is a no man's land. every day people are selling drugs on every corner or waiting to my get home. the knock was set of fireworks to cover the noise of the gunfire or to announced arrival of drugs one possibly. if indeed, monica bastions, mother says that those who sleep downstairs are less likely to receive stray bullet . but that it's more dangerous for her daughter who sleeps upstairs. at least 60 children have died from stray bullets in the last 3 years. i asked left wing candidate gavin, but each would he do about it. my little girl, martha gamma, will be ruthless with drug traffickers, will strengthen arms control laws and redistribute police to where they're most deemed it when they're not where there's more money. whether with a harder or softer touch, ever when sandy's elections will be expected to make julian's feel more safe again . lucy, a newman, al jazeera santiago. ah, no, again, i'm fully back to bo. with the headlines on al jazeera us corner of iris cases and hospital admissions are surging on average. more than a $120000.00 infections are being reported each day. an increase of 40 percent on last month.

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