snowstorms. ah, in celebrations in south africa. as the governing agency party celebrates its 110 anniversary, mid internal divisions and allegations of corruption. ah, catholics, towns president has promised to keep up the fight against what he calls terrorism. of the days of violent protests already said of arrested, the former national security chief on suspicion of treason. the unrest began after a sharp rise and fuel prices on january. first, the demonstration spread to the biggest city, allah multi and president cousin german took i of authorized his forces to fire on protest is without warning book i of says, the anger against his government is being orchestrated by what he calls all the bandits. you sold russia's president of that of a person that while the situation is stabilizing, what he described as attacks were continuing more russia lead forces have arrived and marcy about 2 and a half 1000 soldiers on now. there was some gone and government buildings and the capital, no salt on their walker has more now from tbilisi and georgia on the significance of the former security chief detention what appears to be emerging is that kerry must seem of the head of the security services of cause it's gone, he was fired from his post early this week, but so was all of the government under the president. but now news emerging that he's been arrested and charged with treason, indicates that there appears to be a political power struggle that has been going on in catholic storm between president and the former president. no. so can, as by, of who, despite having handed over the presidency back in 2019, continues to wield significant power in the country and must seem of was one of his guys. now it seems that tough to okay have may have the upper hand having dismissed my scheme of arrested most females and dismissed other figures from their rows including the former president. that the buyer who had the roll. it said had a chairman of the security council. now it seems that the car has the upper hand and he's doing that. it appears due to his agreements, clearly thrust out with vladimir putin who had the security block that has been able so quickly to deploy to kazakhstan. so having russian backing behind him appears to be a signal to all those in the political elite and cause extent that sucks. okay, and he's now the man inch really in charge in control of all the leaves of power and in the country. i'll be there as ronnie grady is at the curb, as tom calls at san border min and soul thought i was asked to, although authorities and catholics don have repeatedly confirmed that order has been restored. we've been receiving reports at situation is still unstable and volatile from spread clashes to protest at various locations. up to recurrent come fire in and around l. matty. we spoke to a number of august on citizens who passed through the border crossing point behind me. they described the intensive security presence across the cities and streets of catholics done. extensive search and erased operations have not been interrupted with a total of 4 and a half 1000 people detained. so far. the quickest on these, we spoke to confirm that they themselves had been searched and passports verified, otherwise they would have been detained. it should be noted that the former president nurse will turn to the bias who has been absent from the political scene is confirmed to be in the capital, according to his press office. he's called on the people to stand by the side of the incumbent president to quiet to brave through the current crisis and maintain the countries unity. in addition, it's been announced that next monday will be a national day of mourning. at least 56 people have reported they've been killed in an asteroid, can ethiopia as northern to valley region. according to aid work is the strike had a camp for the internally displaced people. the town of the debits, near the early trained border of the attack comes as the if you of the and government and all that was releasing a number of high profile political prisoners, including members of the to grind rebel forces. the heart has more on the patterns . a lull in fighting has made way for potential dialogue. the ethiopian government is pardoning a number of high profile political prisoners, including members of the rebel to gray people's liberation front. the government has been fighting the t p l. f. for more than a year, amid ethnic and tribal tension prime minister abbey meds, government says the pardons purpose is to pave the way for a lasting solution to ethiopia as problems in a peaceful, non violent way. especially with the aim of making the all inclusive national dialogue a success. it was not immediately clear how many of those granted amnesty have been freed. ah, the war in the north has claim lives of thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands, more facing famine conditions and to grey, which is under what the united nation says is a de facto blockade. un secretary general, antonio gutierrez, welcomes the news of the pardon on twitter. sane. i will remain actively engaged in assisting ethiopia to bring an end to the fighting and to restore peace and stability. the pardons coincide with orthodox christmas. a day widely celebrated by christians in ethiopia. it also overlaps with a visit by us envoy jeffrey feltman, who was pushing for talks. the conflict has threatened to tear apart africa's 2nd most populous state and to stabilize the horn of africa region. what can the nobel peace prize winning prime minister negotiate a solution in his country divided by war? leah harding al jazeera take la gabrey, michael is a riser fatigue onto dot com, which documents war crimes and to growing, he says the prison is released is nothing more than a palace. don't buy ave on that. some numbers in the international community went into party mode, saying that this is pip in the right direction and that the price that they have been, they have been mounting will be hot. now the truth about this was positive news and its signal. and what is to come, but i go to ruin the party a couple of hours later, which was that he sent his newly acquired drones into wisdom to dry and rain bombs, teething 56 people and wondering what done. i think 80 people strike. i think it's important to see that we list of the political prisoners in its proper context or the past month, tens of thousands of to grounds and aroma around was happening. jay, in the something about unknown by releasing about i think 6 people 73 yesterday he tried. busy to create a positive environment around him to kind of chris roost that international community that he was interested in. the go see ation on resolution does a complete why in fact it continue doing what had been doing, which is bombing on trying to advance about terribly interested, right. as we speak, eric john and troops are trying to enter into to write just that the grant of money is due to want to resist par, cassandra, 3 of the hold on to help would rescue if it's after 22 people died in the snowstorm . many had ignored warnings, advising them not to go outside. thousands have been left stranded in the mountainous town of murray about 30 kilometers ne of his ahmad electricity supplies have been disrupted. come on, ha, has more from us. i'm about tens of thousands of people decided to go to the and station marie and i did go so of a popular tourist destination specialty during the winter when people come to watch their snow. but this also is an example of fish that makes failure because according to reports about a 100000 in waco's rain, to that hinge station, i, his station i got you narrow road. they were warnings of heavy snow. and that led to our daughter's catastrophe because people, i was stuck in the re code, the entire families, we're getting reports candidate because of the feeling where dad raker robado heaps of snow and this particular red the system had nerve damage in the south or along the coastal areas, but particularly up in the mountains because we have reported 3 to 4 feet of snow had been reported in certain areas. the avalon j landslides have blocked the road and gets help. god had led to the chief minister now declaring an emergency. they've got it in the key, a minister as gordon, the pamela k 40 and the manager to come and help rescued or speak. but i've got to stop more people from going to die to his station. south african president, sarah rom, oppose a says his governing african national congress policy needs to be renewed and rebuilt. he's been addressing a celebration of the agencies, 110 anniversary. several issues continue to tarnish the policies image, including allegations of corruption early this week. and inquiry found state decisions made on the former president jacob zoom were influenced by private interests. not only was states kept a systematic attempt at side funding off public resources and funds. it also destroyed the capability of the state and lead to the departure of paperwork. people from public institutions, as they resisted state capture, some were fired. some were forced to resign. melanie foul, it is a political analyst in form, a member of parliament for the agency. and to president nelson mandela. she says the party is very different now than when it came to power in 1994. at the moment, a party is struggling organizationally and they have struggled with a structure as they branches. and there was a structure financially struggle financially tremendously because of some new law that came in around are to political funding. but they've basically been bankrupt and not been able to and pay their workers for a very long time. and then of course, they also have this factional in fighting with those who stole support and presidents in my it is suddenly become less significant in the last few months. but it's certainly still there. and those who oppose drama also makes his life very difficult. and they, for, we saw in the last local government election, certainly a decline in support for the a and c. m. although it was not that it was interesting that research research showed us that voters didn't go to another party. they just didn't turn up to vote, even in the an see and even any speech today at the 100 and tenths a birthday celebration of the n c, the president acknowledged it and that they have not been able to live up to the vast majority of, of promises and of course done well in terms of democratizing the country of the fact that the majority of people now have a say in this country that is all very significant. and we mustn't forget that. and also way we would have been if that, that didn't happen if the aims he hadn't taken over. but of course, in terms of economic transformation and in terms of free distribution of wealth, even things like land, the agency has not done very well. still head on al jazeera, why mexico's government is being accused of negligence and it's fight against corona vines. and will tell you why these people brought traffic was down still on the busiest highway in serbia. they are demanding the or there's a project that they are demanding at the continents grant. ah hello, the weather looks like you troy, across much of the middle east. at the moment. a change is under way. we got more cloud to spilling after that is the side of the mediterranean, coming out of turkey, and that's it will. how will some wet weather for the levant parts of the middle east over the next couple of days for sunday? it's generally dry. not bad. here in 23 degrees celsius. 40 batter around 2021. as we go 13, monday, mr. fog, an issue over the next couple of days, but it stays dry. here is that wet weather coming out of that eastern side of the med, serial, lebanon, jordan c's, cloud and right, sliding across a iraq running down across northern parts of saudi arabia. and that where to where the will be across that western side of saudi arabia as we go through this week. i suspect here in kata in state ry plenty of hazy sunshine, even into a good part of the weeks are not too much right in the forecast. here not too much right in the forecast across north africa. we've got that where to where the de scraping the coastal shores of libya heading over to ward sir, will parts of egypt. and it is still seeing some lively showers. much of north africa is dry and fi because the seasonal range, of course, they're running across the tropic, some heavy down pool spilling out of angola. sab, you're seeing some heavy showers, mozambique still pretty wet with wet weather for madagascar. ah. whether you're streaming your favorite show or downloading the latest blog, it's never been more important for your connection to be quick and reliable. you want to lie free of buffering to expect your favorite entertainment at your fingertips on whatever device you use. this is the kind of service our sales sat spool car solutions deliver. 247 at sales that space to deliver your vision. ah ah, by there you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top story is this all authorities and calls us on say the of detained, the former national security chief on suspicion of treason out of days, a violent protest. because like president has promised to keep up the fight against what he calls terrorism, least 56 people have reportedly been killed and an asteroid is northern to dr. rich aid workers say this, try and get a camp internally displaced the town of the debits. now the eritrea border at least 22 people have died in northern focused on attempting to watch the 1st snowfall of the season. interior ministry says many ignored warnings, telling them not to go outside. the number of covered 19 infections in india has hit a new 7. mom pie. it reported more than $140000.00 daily cases. it's capital new data is among the worst hid region and is under curfew. travelers arriving in the country will need a quarantine at home for a week. but me bottle has the latest for new delhi when one of jellies business market that today back a deserted look as does the rest of the city with the laws shop. public parks are all closed because starting this weekend, which is saturday and sunday in india, there is a weekend for you in the national capital. what refuse is that unless people have an absolutely important reason to step out like going to the hospital or traveling they have to stay at home. of course, essential services like hospitals and food deliveries will continue, is now delhi already has a maximum number of restrictions in the country. a few weeks ago the government imposed in nice car fuel and also closed on school cinema halls. and jims, the city also slash restaurant capacity because of the rising rate of over 1900 infection. other states have also set up tubs, so in sudden, in the seat of thumb allowed will have locked down on sundays. and the fate of good not to go, which is also a sudden we'll have a weekend caution lighting for the next 2 weekends. the state of marashi has the highest number of over 900 cases. many of these are coming from in just financial hub, which is mon, but what's really wanting authorities is that many of these cases are coming from the city's poorest. the city is home to a, chas largest slum which is seeing its highest single. there's 5, very sure the beginning of the plan damage for now, the government that has rules out the lockdown process of being held in the french capital against moved to tighten restrictions against on vaccination people. the government tends to change the health boss and to vaccines off. it means only those have had the job would be allowed to enter public places. negative tests would no longer be enough to change is likely to become low for mid january. the only con variant has pushed the number of carbon 19 hospitalizations in the us up and tell the regulations say more children under the age of 5 are being admitted. why can has more from washington d. c. the increase in the case load driven by the on the crowd very in the incredibly infectious on the chrome varied along with the fact that the number of hospital workers have been infected, reducing the number of available workers. these factors come together to put and strain on the u. s. hospital system. the number of people hospitalized has risen sharply since last december, when there was some 80000 per day. now it's in the region of 135-214-0000. and so this is a shop increase which together with the shortage of health workers because of infections is a massive problem for us hospitals. but there is an issue here as well. and that is that the data is not that clear at present. and one of the reasons for this is that separating out those who go to hospital incidentally as those who go to hospital with cove, it is a major difference in governor of new york pointed out yesterday that 42 percent of those in new york state to be hospitalized were incidental. in other words, they will hospitalized for other reasons and would then found to have had cove it in subsequent tests. so these are the kinds of factors that make reading the tea leaves in terms of how the variance is impacting on the health system. very difficult indeed. more than 300000 people of now died with calls of 19, and mexico. there's also been arise in infections, some help experts believe it's being fueled by the contagious icon variant and largely spurred by tourism on desert manual law pallet reports from mexico city. it's fun in the sun in the resort city of kain, cood. but mexican health officials say a boom in international tourism has also led to a significant rise in covey. 19 infections. a warning that doesn't seem to be much of a bother to foreign tourists. i say far, we haven't felt exposed. there were protocols in place and we've been wearing our masks and everything following the rules and washing our hands, vacation hot spots or the only places where contagion is on the rise. in mexico city, a sharp increase in cases has also led to higher turn out at vaccination sites. concern is also spreading among parents as millions of children returned to school from the holiday break is a lot in which up with other one here. we have to be very careful because this is affecting the children more than before. so we need to have more safety measures. but with the support of us all, and the teachers, we should be all right. back with more than 4000000 cases of coven 19 have been recorded in mexico since the start of the pandemic, according to data from johns hopkins university and deaths from the virus have surpassed 300000. with such a staggering death toll, the government has been accused of negligence in it's handling of the pandemic response pepco. and despite a steep rise in new cases, mexico's president has denied the country has entered a 4th wave of contagion. is danella guardian thing is this new variance is very contagious, but luckily it is not requiring hospitalizations, nor have we registered an increase in the number of deaths. and that is the most important thing. mexico's government has not yet released official numbers of infections linked to the amik on various policy. analysts say this isn't the only area we're transparency is lacking. the one that calls that get that in the name of one thing that we still don't have in mexico, and it would be very important for the hot ministry to publish as a database on the progress of the vaccination campaign. we have any reports. yes. and what we don't have the database that can be analyzed, mexico's government continues to face criticisms over what many c as he relaxed attitude toward contagion, and for not requiring a negative cove at 19 test for foreign visitors. this recent surgeon corona virus cases is not limited to mexico, but rather a trend being experienced by countries all across latin america. manuel rap a low al jazeera mexico city and egyptian palestinian activist who had been detained in egypt for more than 2 years has arrived in france. balmy shaft was released on thursday before being deported. he was the co founder of a pro palestinian group in egypt. was accused of having ties with an outlawed organisation. chance was forced to renounce his egyptian citizenship as a precondition for his release. and a half years later, i still have all my resolve and my determination to continue. i am continuing my way, i am insisting on freeing my friends and my comrades in from egyptian jail, i'm insisting on human rights in egypt and insisting for a free palestine. i am insisting that this will continue and they will not stop us through what happened. 3 white men have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a black joker in the us state of georgia. the judge said 2 of them father and son, would spend the life term without the possibility of parole. art aubrey was hunted down while he was out for a run in a mostly white neighbourhood in 2020 shabba towns. reports booths, was the verdict ahmed abra. his family had hoped for that is life plus 20, travis mcmichael and his father gregory give him the maximum sentence for murdering 25 year old aubrey of to chasing him through a georgia neighborhood in february of 2020 william radi bryan, who joined in the chase was given a mandatory mud, a sentence of life imprisonment, but with the possibility of parole. after 30 years, the judge said that he, unlike his co defendants, had displayed some remorse. all 3 can appeal their sentences, but also face a federal hate crimes trial. next month, before the sentencing members of abra family made their case, a man who killed the master. salmon is called rome every single day. next to his father. and now we get there to the 6 next to my son, elbow again. and aubrey's mother addressed her son directly. i made a promise to you to day a lady to us. i told you i love you. and some day, somehow, i would get to justice. the presiding judge said he thought deeply about the case even paused in silence for a minute to suggest how long aubrey had been running in fear of his life before he was murdered. a fraction of the time that a mod armory was running in satilla shores and rendering his verdict. the judge alluded to the racial fault lines of this community in the deep south. i argue that maybe a neighbors more than the people who just own property around your house. i believe that is also believe that in assuming the worst in others we show our worst character outside the court aubrey's mother, thank those who supported her family and made reference to one of the most shocking moments of the trial. when one of the prosecutors alleged her son was on a victim, but a criminal quotes with no socks to cover his dirty tow. now, the long toenail that she bought the argument and she, she failed and mentioned that amount was lying up in the middle. the row with a big hole in the chit, outside the court celebration that accountability for the murder of a black man by white men in the south. too many of them still haven't gotten anybody arrested for killing their child. so this is about all of us. no more, no more. no more. but it should be remembered that in the altima aubrey's killing, the police and local authorities did nothing excepting the word of those now convicted of murder. that aubrey had been up to no goods. only when video evidence was released, weeks later, did state authorities act. she advertise, see al jazeera, have prime minister audio only has vowed to crack down on gang softer an attempt on his life earlier in the week. and the murder of 2 journalists covering gang violence, said he said, the 2 men were shot dead by armed bandits just outside the capital, ported prince, on thursday, on reporting on the deteriorating security situation. ahead on sundays, 33rd africa comp of nations, host country. cameroon, has launched a large vaccination campaign against over 90. 500 has more football teams are rising income marine south of the african cup of nations on sunday to attend the game must be back slated and show a negative case at 19. authorities have set up hundreds of vaccinations and for the course several cities on the fed. good as well as apart from the fact the docs that people will see the matches they will be protected against the complications of the disease to protect their relatives and their environment. covered 1900 could end if the majority of people are vaccinated. the tournament has been used as an incentive in the football man nation to encourage vaccine skeptics and youngsters to get vaccinated. only said, it is necessary to be able to have access to the stadium during the african couple of nations. so this is what pushed us camera unions to come here if you forgot to let me know if all of the camera reunions are vaccinated. we encourage all of the rest of the countries that are coming for the africa. come up with the camera with strips of hosting the african camping 2019, or the stadium construction delays and security threats in some parts of the country. many countries in africa are experiencing their 4th wave of corona virus with the chrome variant causing an enormous challenge to come a room. less than 6 percent of its 27000000 population is filling vaccinated, while many simply don't want to get the job. infections continue to disrupt preparations for the african cup of nations. egypt has cancelled training and delayed its players arrival to the tournament, and guinea has had to leave 3 plays behind after they tested positive baths. cameron hopes that this vaccination campaign could be its most successful. yet while promising a safe to ha i, i'll to environmental activists and serbia have blocked roads and highways as they try to stop the opening of a large lithium mine boy on us. so yeah, out of it has more from navi, sant environmental groups, are protesting across therapy at this saturday as well. activities are blocking growth and for the 1st time in history, the highway in the largest city in serbia novice activist there protesting again 3 of dental company and it's planned lead. you mind project there against any project that will lead to pollution of land and water. the prime minister of the country on the burnett beach said that they are close to for a feeling their demand. and the activists are planning to continue with the process until company re a teen thought leaves, serbia brought this the grocer. b, i started in november last year. the most powerful telescope ever launched into space a successfully completed its 2 week deployment phase. the main bearer of the james web space telescope is now fully assembled, unfolding of the merits was a crucial milestone. the telescope can see the fur stars and galaxies formed billions of years ago and is expected to help. and the studies of the big bang and solar system is now heading to its orbital point. ah.