factions passed the 100000 for the 1st time. new studies show it's less likely to put people in the hospital. the un security council approves the sanctions exemption for afghanistan, allowing vital aid to flow back there. and the madagascar government minister says he swung for 12 hours for safety. after his helicopter crashed, while on the rescue mission and sports, the nfl has confirmed it won't be sending players to next year's beijing olympics in as many times as the regular season has suffered. major disruptions did research . in corona virus case, ah, the head of the world health organization has hit out at wealthy countries. rushing to roll out cobit 19 booster shots, while large portions of the globe remain unvaccinated. tedra sat down, and gabriel, susan says they're only deepening vaccine inequality and prolonging the pandemic by giving the virus more opportunities to spread. and to mutate, the global prairie to must be to support all countries to reach the 40 person target as quickly as possible. and the 70 person target by the middle of this year no country can boost its way out of the pandemic and boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to go ahead with the plan celebrations without the need for other precautions. well meanwhile, and israeli government panel has recommended the force dose of the cobra. 1900 vaccine is needed for people over the age of 60. if this happens, israel could become the 1st country to roll out a force, a job. harry for such reports from west jerusalem. israel was an early leader in mass, vaccinations against covey 19 the 1st country to go for the booster shot. now it's looking to break new ground again. an expert panel is advised the government to offer a 4th shot to everyone over 60 to those who are especially vulnerable and the frontline medical stuff. i don't know. i think that there's a lot of a lot of confusion and i feel at that point what i do for myself and my children is part of the advice about personal dr. israel's prime minister has called the recommendation. wonderful use and says he's impatient to final health ministry approval. his campaign to increase the vaccination rate among younger children, though, and the double jabbed to get the 1st booster. the sofa fall short of its targets, combined with a hundreds of thousands who refused vaccine altogether. it means about 40 percent of the population is estimated to be under or i'm protected against army chrome. we are made a lot of fe into few interviews with doctors with the nurses, a we are going to the schools to convince them to come to have a vaccine. yet not all of them are conference, like much in the world's response to the sudden breakthrough of on the chrome. this is a decision that's being made without the full information. one small is really study into the effect of a 4th vaccination. has yet to report its results. nonetheless, it's been decided that this is an opportunity, the greater protection that's worth going for. one public health expert says with the efficacy untested promoting a 4th injection could add to the mistrust of those hesitant to be vaccinated. so we are doing something that is unusual reverse epidemiology, we 1st duty intervention, then we studied it. it's not done in preventive medicine. you may do it in severely sick patients that you have nothing as to offer and you say ok, we need to try something. it's make sense, but you don't do it with preventive medicines within the government panel though, the counter arguments when the day 86 percent of its members voted in favor of the additional booster, not for the 1st time the world will be watching israel results. hurry for sit out to 0, west jerusalem. germany's health minister also says a 4th dose of a cove in 1900 vaccine will be necessary because if only crone the government's order that 10000000 doses of vaccine made by pfizer, by on take specifically targeting the new variant. it's also getting millions of the newly approved novak's and the yet to be authorized to have a job. they will arrive early next year. when. meanwhile, the ohm icon outbreak in south africa squatting province appears to have passed its peak about a month after it was 1st discovered there. the number of new daily cases is now falling. although scientists say that that could be down to lower levels of testing ahead of the holiday period. but data collected by the south african institute for communicable diseases shows on the con continues to appear less severe than previous variance. it found patients what 80 percent less likely to be hospitalized in those diagnosed with another area. and now where you case study has found that on the cronies 40 to 45 percent less likely tickles hospitalization than the delta variant. on the con is driving a surgeon cases across the u. k, with daily infections exceeding a 100000 for the 1st time ever. on wednesday, over the past the days the u. k. is seen as high as numbers of new cases since the start of the pandemic. but only 8000 people are in hospital with the virus far lower figures than during previous waves. meanwhile in scotland and wales, have they both tight and restrictions to slow? the spread of the con, the british prime minister boris johnson, has chosen not to impose similar measures in england, at least not until after christmas. but parts of the economy are suffering any way because of a fearful public, and staff shortages will be challenged reports from london. it's one of london's best known restaurant chains, but you'll have no problem getting a table at the also lanky and spittle fields right now. it's normally the busiest time of the year, but like hospitality businesses, up and down the country, auto lanky, if desperate the customers in the last week we had like over a 1000 cancellations for lunch and dinner days. we do 100 for lunch, roughly a 100 for lunch, and then 120 for dinner. we're doing about 40 for both. on the grown has made a brutal time for restaurants, cafes, hotels, clubs, and theaters. the government ended speculation on tuesday promising no new restrictions in england this side of christmas at least. but people have been heeding advice to limit social contact and responding to alarm calls from hospitality. $1300000000.00 has been pledged to help the industry. it doesn't seem nearly enough of his man to be con, says that while any government support is welcome, what's on offer really does not cause it. he says that a with them show closed for a week and cost $330000.00. an average nightclub say, is expecting to lose, perhaps $34000.00 over the christmas period. so the government's offer of just a $1010.00 per business. he says, is just a drop in the ocean layer agrees and says they also need more guidance. tell us what to do, what is actually happening. you know, if we're going to close and if restaurants are going to close, they need to let us know or so that we can plan as well rather than just saying, okay, we're going to make an announcement on the 27th because it's been a lot of rumors, while england tries to boost its way out on the crowns, clutches, changes are being made twice. elation rules, the eas, crippling staff shortages across many businesses and services most vaccinated and vaccinated. people can now enter the 10 day isolation, 3 days early. if they test negative, today's running, as long as they test the negative through lateral flow tests on day 6 and they 7 take 24 hours apart, they can leave isolation. if you are someone that works in a care home or the at a chest, even, you can return to work. but of course, those people will also be following the rules that affect by the workplace is where they test regulate. meanwhile, the u. k. is infection rate push $3100000.00 a day. for the 1st time on wednesday. the country isn't tacit. microns clutches yet . well by any means. reach helen's out there. at london. nigeria has destroyed more than a 1000000 coven. 19 vaccines health officials say the doses had a short shelf life and had expired. it were donated through the international kovacs program and delivered within weeks of expiring. and as fidel is from by reports now from a boucher, the authorities hope that publicly destroying the doses will boost confidence in vaccines law, grandmother, health officials and journalists watched as more than a 1000000 doses of expired astrazeneca vaccine were crushed. he destroyed vaccines, were part of a massive shipment of more than 2000000 doses received in october. it domission from developed nations. by november, many of them had expired before been put into people's homes. the government was came to show people that no expired vaccines would be given out in the beat, to post confidence in the facts in program. the head of niger, as primary health care agency, says the procured the vaccines on the very difficult circumstances. adding that the step was taking to protect the public. we accepted in vaccine in an environment where despite the interest, despite consorted effort by the federal government to procure these vaccines. this vaccines were not available in the open market a few months ago because they had largely be mobbed by the wealthier nations. and we had no choice. huh. to accept this vaccine with short sales life because we're interested in protecting our citizens from covered 90. the government has made repeated efforts to get more people vaccinated, including restricting access for the on proximate to some public buildings and events. but so far that made limited progress, the government has set a target to vaccinate more than half the population. by next year was less than 5 percent of the country's population of about $200000000.00 have been fully vaccinated according to health officials. authorities have blamed the low to an out of illegible citizens, to take the shocks for the spread of the coroner virus. at this vaccination center in the missions, pepito some residents, i tried to encourage orders to get their shots. i think the best i can do also as a parent, it's not the only 2. 0, baby could be 19 basic rules, but also coming out to take the by sin. because our missions are trying the best that i can to compact to be could be 19 despite of probably 90. and i've seen a lot of people lost their loved ones. so the best i can do is come out, take the lesson, we just got got out of the polio epidemic because of the vaccination that was taken place. so this deborah, i employed people to come and take the city's spare, less. the country has witnessed a spike in cove inmate in cases in recent weeks and health officials, c b, a preferred to handle the 4th wave. and we have the 3 products available. now. we have the pfizer. we have them. we're dana, and we have us rosalyn. you can all be by far. your soccer. we don't have any shop each other. missouri has recorded more than 200000 cases of coven maintain. and nearly $3000.00 debts says the outbreak of the bun demick last year. fidelis member alger 0, a butcher. more than 13000000 people have been ordered to stay home in the chinese, a chinese city of shan, or on the 140 cove at 19 infections have been recorded there over the past 2 weeks . and a new restrictions announced on wednesday. only one person per household is allowed to leave home every 2 days to buy essential goods. it's not yet known how long the lockdown will last. china is on high alert for outbreaks as it gears up to host the 2022 winter olympics in february, entry rules to thailand have been tightened once again due to the spread of the on the con variant. the government says the measures will be reviewed in early january, but a stony chang reports now from bangkok that may be too late for many struggling businesses to that are trying to survive. the beaches. a pickup may look busy, but this is as good as it's going to get less than 2 months after fully opening its borders. thailand is once again shutting down luxury gun. for now, we will issue no more permission and this is the same for ties up from now we're back to the old system of quarantine when entering water in an attempt to slow the spread of the oma chrome variant visitors to thailand will once again have to quarantine for a period of $7.00 to $10.00 days, depending on vaccination status will or relatively few cases of the new there into been detected. only 63 percent of the population a fully vaccinated. but the health benefits may be outweighed by a tourist industry that struggling to survive. this measure a sir flagger almost like a bits and, and for the choice industry, i think it had them so math. we've just been opening for a few months after the cross shall fall on 2 years already. on bangkok, famous cow, san road. a few tourist arrivals. those who are already have approval can still enter on the thailand's test and go scheme. but with so much uncertainty surrounding international travel, many will choose to stay away. be runs a hair breeding business. she's just surviving the things a going from bad to worse. if they ever delay, feel all of this net get worse. of course it will and it's never been the same since before the country shut, tao. this do have a few customers, but they are all tight. it's high season for the tie tourist industry. many had been banking on a busy holiday season and a fresh start in january. but the promises of the thai government to live with cove at 19 now seem a shaky as their hopes for the future. this is normally the busiest time of year on the telson road. these new regulations mean the tourist won't be burke, and for the ty tourist industry. 2022 is unlikely to be a happy new year. tony chang alger. franco, coming up on this news hour from london, the un says it will have to reduce food rations for 18000000 yemenis. because of a funding shortfall. bombed out of their homes and now flooded out of their makeshift shelter as the terrible toll of winter on, displaced the syrians and coming up in sport, a painful twist. for le bron james as his theme suffers another defeat ah desperately needed aid will soon be sent to afghanistan after the united nations security council voted to allow a sanctions exemption. it means governments and agencies can send money in goods to the country for the 1st time since the taliban took power. international aid made up about 75 percent of the previous government's budget, but that was suspended in august, leaving the economy on the brink of collapse. the central banks overseas assets of almost $10000000000.00 were also frozen. meaning the state employees haven't been paid in months and cash has been hard to come by. according to the world food program, more than half of the countries 38000000 people are now facing acute hunger. while $3200000.00 children under 5 or malnourished, 7 out of 10 families have resorted to borrowing money for food, which is pushing them deeper into poverty. kristen salumi is at the united nations for us. she says many donors had been reluctant to send aid to afghanistan because of sanctions against the caliber. the situation was getting extremely dire in afghanistan with us so many people in need of help due to a lack of cash flow in the country. china has said that this meeting, leading up to the vote on this resolution, which kind of clears the way for, for the money to get in that, that, you know, those, the sanctions are against individuals or against entities. humanitarian aid should automatically be exempt from that. this is for the people not for those who are on the sanctions less, but the united states said that it agencies had a right to be concerned and that by passing this resolution, it would clarify that there are in fact exemptions for humanitarian aid. through this resolution, we have proposed to day the security council can decide to exempt humanitarian assistance to enable more life saving, aid and other activities to meet basic human needs of the people of afghanistan. the resolution was welcomed by the humanitarian chief here at the united nations. martin griffith. he said he's been calling for the counsel to do something to help the situation there. he said this will allow the un to bring in much needed aid according to plans that they've been developing a just when they most crucially need it. the un says it's been forced to reduce food rations for millions of people in yemen due to a lack of funding. it's wolford program. agency says there will be serious consequences. as hunger rises, the cutbacks will start in january am and has been on the brink of famine since 2016 because of the war. 5000000 people are close to starvation and millions more rely on aid. the organization needs almost $2000000000.00 to continue to deliver vital food assistance. half the population of yemen is facing food insecurity. foot short, the just they are unable to put foot on the table for the family. these 5000000 of these are in, in a very precarious situation. that's what we call the emergency food level of emergency level, the food insecurity. so meaning that if you know, if the situation gets worse, they'll be the 1st ones to be in a famine like condition. it's a very serious situation. if the causes of the hunger crisis are complex, but the impact on the people of yemen is very clear. the, inadequate for the consumption as whitening food prices are increasing, access to food is becoming a major challenge and we still have acting active fighting in many parts of the country. thousands of people have been affected by flooding in the syrian province . they live in the area is home to many, internally displaced people who are stuck in the area under the control of rebels. aid workers say hundreds of shelters have been inundated, leaving many without a safe place to sleep. acid, vague reports their homes bummed, displaced in their own countries, and now the syrians must endure floods. yes, i don't know about the em. you've been called for 4 days now. the heat is not working, and the tensor leaking water in a situation is miserable. we've been displaced for 3 years and have no idea whether we will return or not. people have lost hope to return home. it's not just the water they have to contend with. temperatures in winter can drop below 0. this struggle is to stay warm as well as dry o leather. so roughly on the little common known every morning i wake up and find that my children aren't near me, shall they go out early to collect scraps of plastic from the streets such as bags and shoe soles, whatever they can find to feed the furnace hero m riots which we can use to keep warm and cook her meals highly. but what the children collect to burn is bad for their lungs. i don't like any mother. i can't afford a boiler and fuel is expensive. we need fire to do everything. i can't feed them because i don't have an oven in the winter is very hard. welcome home. at least there's something to keep them warm as would the hot to be ahmad read? what will i put in it to our neighbors all gather here in my tent to stay warm, but i have nothing to burn in it. we don't get any aid or anything and that's our situation. it gets crowded with around 15 people crammed in 110 where they eat and drink and set them. but some are beginning to feel the effects on their health. lori hack the, the smell is strong and there is a lot of smoke. yesterday. my chest started hurting and i wanted to go to see a doctor, but i couldn't afford it if a law, as the adults tried to repair the damage done by floods, the children who have known nothing else except this camp. try to make the most of what they have a sad, vague al jazeera libya's parliament says the presidential election planned for this friday will not go ahead, leaving the country's peace process in chaos. the electoral commission is proposing it be pushed back a months to january 24th. the vote, which has been marked by disputes over its rules and regulations. as valley china reports now from tripoli. just 2 days ahead of what had been scheduled as the 1st round of a presidential election. he high national elections commission released a statement suggesting polling people's pond for a month to january. 24th. more than 2 and a half 1000000 people had already picked up the records for the december 24th vote . but the whole process has been marked by controversy about rules and regulations . many say without a constitution, a presidential election will only lead to more division and conflict. it's now clear, it won't go ahead as scheduled. i dan co. morse is a member of parliament. he says the delay was expected that the man had that unborn . busy we were expecting that the elections one's going to happen on december 24th . but now setting a new date will also be a contentious issue. from a legal standpoint, the parliament must agree with the high council of state on a new date. the question now is no matter how long will the postponement be far and will they come to an agreement on a constitutional framework anyway, according to a previous political agreement, the parliament basin eastern libya and the high council of state in the west must agree on a constitutional framework to hold the elections that never happened. here in this coffee shop in tripoli. some people tell us they don't think a presidential election is the way forward. and as far as elections are concerned, i think we need to have parliamentary elections 1st and then a presidential one. the parliament has been in power for several years and they haven't done anything for my limited myth. i'm happy the presidential elections on happening to hold elections. you have to have a foundation. now, foundation is a constitutionally, if we don't have a constitution that identifies what kind of governing system we have yet, and the powers of president has, how can we fight for a president on that? libya has seen 10 years of political divisions and conflict since the revolution that toppled, war more get duffy in 2011. the international community has painted presidential and parliamentary elections as the only way to unite the country, or without a constitution or legal framework. many here believe a presidential election will only further the conflict. mat latrina al jazeera trib lou. if he, if his military says it has recaptured the town of cekada in southern to dry, it would be a significant loss for the gray and rebels who announced that they will withdrawing from the neighboring regions of a foreign tamara. on monday, the government says rebels were forcibly clear, then did not retreat. voluntarily thousands of civilians have been killed as a result of the year long conflict and millions are now facing famine. madagascar is police minister and another man have survived the helicopter crash and see the minister says a base that they jumped out of the aircraft and swam for 12 hours to reach shore. they were flying to investigate the sinking of an overloaded cargo ship, which is thought to have killed as many as $83.00 people. now conway reports for fishermen found madagascar please minister, swimming near the coastal town of my humbug says gala had been in a helicopter that had crashed at sea nearly 12 hours before my time to die hasn't come yet. i'm cold, but i'm not injured. the prime minister came to meet him, the helicopter. he was in a sling to investigate a ship wreck when it crashed or knocked. it was like any other accident from all of a sudden there were gusts of wind and the chopper dove. if we're still alive, it's because we were flying at low altitude. we didn't fall from very high because we were flying low and following the sea. kelly says he grabbed onto the helicopter pilot seat and used it as a float, the pilot missing, and so his galleys assistant, that the helicopters, mechanics survived. he also swam for about 12 hours towards the shore before being spotted by some fisherman. he turned asia and i'm going out of what it was about 4 o'clock in the morning. we were adjusting our sales and we saw him. and he called for help. he said, help helicopters down, help us to get a colleague. say he's, we've been a strong swimmer. many of those on board the wrecked ship weren't so lucky. somebody's have been recovered and dozens are still missing. malcolm web out, a 0. the growth more filter come this, our growing anger in the 7 philly people were survivors for typhoon ry. feel forgotten by the government. the celebration of winning numbers are drawn in phase 2700000000 dollar christmas lottery will tell you why the ticket sellers are interest and information update on whether the world number one will do defending himself. fraley, a new title ah, getting going for thursday, december the 23rd, here's what you need to know for europe and africa. hello everyone, that cold arctic air sling and further toward the south. so put the colors on here . the darker the purple, the lower the temperature, moscow minus 12, minus 8 degrees. now in terms of that active weather, we've got some rain being thrown into northern ireland, western and northern portions of scotland, swath of snow, and speaking of snow, we're also going to get a light dusting through denmark. so copenhagen couple centimeters. same goes for the northeast of germany, drenching rain, cutting across iberia temperatures have fallen in seville, 16 degrees. and i think the worst of this will be for that western portion of spain on thursday, and for italy and the bulk and nothing really here to speak of just some cloud covered temperature is pretty well where they should be, you know, it's down bowl low temperature is a gloomy pattern here, but give it time sensor about to change years or 3 day forecast. you shoot up to 14 degrees by sunday, syria temperatures both by day and night, above average. now for the top end of africa, both for the west and east, we've got some showers working across a boat for northern sections of egypt, at least cairo. it's going to be 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