it's been 10 years since kim jogan became the leader of north korea . it took control in 2011 after the death of his father, kim jong il, or his leadership style is widely criticized. few dare to question his grip on power. godzilla was already on reports. he became north korea's leader before turning 30, had the time many hope king jam own would lead the country into a new era. one, there were opened the recluse of nation and its economy to the world. a, i finally got up and stand. kim's decade and power has been defined by brutal violence, nuclear weapons, and meetings with donald trump. it's my honor. we will have to work with them. it wasn't easy to get here. and all prejudices and practices worked as obstacles in a way forward, but we are became all of them and were here today. unprecedented meetings to gradually the nuclear rise, the north in exchange for sanctions relief, ultimately failed, and threats against a regional neighbors and their allies continued. you will want to let you know he will. the entire united states is within range of all nu

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>> good question, kim. i'm an optimist, and i'm a hopeful person, and i'd like to think we are embarking on a new day in this country, a day where police are held accountable, where the notion that, you know, given the power that they have, they understand with that great power comes great responsibility. but i don't think we should read too much into these cases because there are lots of other examples where police officers aren't even charged by prosecutors for conduct that, you know, appears to be clearly criminal. i think we now have at least a roadmap. at least we know there is a pathway for holding police officers accountable in these cases, and maybe it's a wake-up call to any police officer out there that may be thinking, like 10 years ago or 15 years ago, that if they are charged, that juries are going to not find them guilty and not hold them accountable. so i hope it changes the conversation, the narrative that's taking place in police departments around this country. i hope other prosecutors thr

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i think, both kim jong-un more. but moon jae-in played in my view a catalyst role in using the olympics and giving trump the space what he wanted to do which was to directly engage, which in my view was the right move, so moon was instrumental in kind of that whole shift. and things were getting pretty scary as we all know, late 2017. and so i think history will be charitable there. 2018, obviously, hopes got really high and the process then fell apart after basically a year not even a full calendar year. and since then, moon has clearly tried to, you know, claw some way back to it. i think at this point he's hoping, the moon shot is one last summit and actually, i would not at all count that off. you know, the possibility. discount the possibility of that, but that, of course, won't achieve anything in its substance. so, you know, i think the answer -- this is how history often works, a lot of the answer to how moon is judged depends who wins the election in march and where things go from there and that's a whole b

i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> the growing threat of omicron is forcing governments around the world to take quick action to stop the spread. and while scientists work nonstop to answer the many questions about the variant, omicron infections are rising rapidly. but the delta variant is the main cause of surging cases right now. u.s. health systems are at risk of being overwhelmed, especially across the midwest, northeast and southwest. we'll take a closer look at the u.s. in just a moment. europe is also seeing rampant spread. the uk reported more than 90,000 new covid infections for a second day in a row. and that's prompting germany to take tough action, adding the united kingdom to its list of areas with variants of concern. only german citizens or residents will be allowed to enter germany from the uk. for more on the sky-high infection rates across the uk and a major announcement from the mayor of london i'm joined

kim potter is facing up to 15 years in prison. prosecutors have said that they're pushing for a sentence close to that 15-year maximum. neil? >> neil: garrett tenney, thanks very much. so what are we looking at with that sentencing? it could be right now up to 15 years. let's go to the former fell prosecutor, tom dupree, the former deputy assistant general. tom, let's begin with you on what you think an appropriate sentence or one ultimately that will be handed down here. >> neil, i'd be surprised if the judge went up to 15 years. i know they're going to puch for sentence enhancements. when you look at the totality of the facts here, the nature of the trial, the nature of the charges, i'd be very surprised if the judge went all out and imposed anything close to the maximum. i think it will be less. >> neil: katie, how do you think the defense handled this case? >> well, the defense handled the case with the facts that they had. as we know, in criminal law as a defendant, anything you say can and will be used against you. in this c

look at these temperatures, kim. temps running 20 degrees above average in atlanta where it should be in the 60s in new orleans, they will be in the 80s. even houston, 80s for the forecast where the 60s are normal this time of year. >> yeah, i was checking out that map in disbelief. so incredibly warm here in atlanta, where we are. pedram javaheri, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> ft. meyers, florida, where all eyes are on a pair of bald eagle eggs expected to hatch soon. parents spent more than a month guarding and incubating the eggs. right now, the mother harriet is doing her part. on sunday, a small crack appeared on one of the eggs. the first sign of a hatching. well, everyone's friendly neighborhood spider man is now a friendly neighborhood billionaire. spidey's latest outing spider-man no way home has crossed $1 billion at the global box office. tom holland stars as peter parker who is tasked with saving the multiverse from super villains spanning the character's nearly 20 year film history. no way home i

kim potter when — and he told me i shot him. kim potter when she _ and he told me i shot him. kim potter when she was giving evidence. she has been found guilty. let's cross over to washington. he had been following this so as we saw, breaking years that kim potter was guilty on both counts. that's right. it took the jury which is made up of six men and six women over 27 hours in the course of four days to reach their verdicts and they had asked questions to thejudge their verdicts and they had asked questions to the judge during that time sharing that they were really engaged in base right from the beginning returning that verdict and she was facing two manslaughter charges for his death and as he heard the defence had said she had she was trying to tackle someone who is resisting arrest and she had mistook her taser and her gun there at the prosecution said this is something that was just beyond an honest mistake and this was something much more serious than that and theyjerry and the case against her and finding guilty of both charges and just on the sentencing which as you

nobody was arguing that kim potter intentionally did this act. and so i think that there is a real difference here between as you were just noting say the derek chauvin trial. kimberly potter's case was much different. i think that it is true that the bigger picture here shows that jurors are willing to hold police officers accountable even in the context where it was a mistake. >> yes, notable. sergeant dorsey, i wonder, in your experience are police departments or police commanders around the country looking at the results not just of this case but the derek chauvin case, again, very different circumstances but two cases where juries held police officers criminally responsible, in ways that juries always, haven't always have. do you see police departments looking at this watching and listening? >> this should certainly give them pause. but whenever there is an incident, you know, police departments typically -- i mean what we do is debrief. this trial is no different. you want to look at what the officers could do differently going forward. wha

i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> whether it's delta or omicron, covid cases are surging across the globe, bringing restrictions and also protests. we'll have the latest from new york and london and rome. voters in hong kong head to the polls for their first election under a new system, but their options are pretty limited. we'll explain. >>> and despite 2021 being a tough year in many ways, we'll share stories from around the world about people determined to spread holiday cheer. >>> we begin with the growing threat of the omicron variant. cases are rising quickly around the globe. less than a month after it was first detected. in the u.s., experts are warning that americans could be facing a dark winter as omicron collides with the surge of the delta variant. the country is now averaging more than 125,000 new infections a day. cases are rising, especially fast in the northeast, midwest, and south, but experts say that's mostly being fueled by the delta variant, not omicron that's expected

i'm kim brunhuber live at the cnn center in atlanta. just ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> his lawyers insisting he's in an impossible position. he's trying to choose between his privilege rights and being held in contempt. >> they feel this is another stall and delay tactic on the part of mark meadows. >> what he's doing is taking a firecracker and tossing it into the january 6 committee room and saying, deal with this. >> it could be a major setback to the january 6 investigation. former trump official mark meadows is suing lawmakers to block their subpoenas. we'll tell you the committee's response. >>> the omicron variant of the coronavirus now in 22 states. health experts are predicting a winter surge and urging americans to get their booster shot. >>> and 2two more countries joi the diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics. we'll have china's reaction. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> it's thursday, december 9th, and we begin with the latest challenge to the january 6 committee's abili

i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom." ending 2021 like it began with covid cases surging in the u.s., difficulties getting tests, and healthcare workers pushed to the brink. president biden won't be ringing in the new year with a build back better victory. the democrats are plotting a new path forward to try and get his signature bill passed. and truck driver sentenced to 110 years following a fatal crash. now, a public outcry and a district attorney pushing the court to reduce his time behind bars. >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> all right. we begin this hour with the growing concern over the rapid spread of the omicron variant in the u.s. it's driving daily covid infections to highs, not seen since last january. this is the scene at testing sites around the country. long lines with people often having to wait hours to get tested. the white house is facing increased criticism over its handling of covid testing. here is what top health expert dr. anthony fauci had to say. >> we sho

you as police woman has apologized in court for shooting a black man who's killing spunk. protests kim potter says she accidentally fired her gun instead of a taser closing arguments in the trial in chicago. expected on monday, as john 100 reports, the fate of kim potter, a white police officer accused in the racially charged killing of a black man will soon be in the hands of a jury. members of the jury in highly anticipated testimony in minneapolis, courtroom potter took the stand in her own defense, breaking down, saying she meant to pull out her taser. with the former police officer who was a 26 year veteran, says she accidentally drew her gun instead. and fired, killing 20 year old dante, right. as he drove away from police, it's just one chaotic it and then he remember yelling, teaser teaser teaser and nothing happens. potter was supervising another officer when he pulled right over for offenses. she says probably did not merit a traffic stop. right had expired registration tags and an air freshener dangling from the rear view mirror. both technical violations that are often over

now former minneapolis police officer kim potter has apologized in court for shooting and killing 20 year old black man. dante wright potter, whose facing 2 charges of manslaughter, says she mistakenly fired, had gone, instead of had taser, video of the shooting set off launch protests across the us. john hendrick has moved from chicago. the fate of kim potter, the white police officer accused in the racially charged killing of a black man will soon be in the hands of a jury. members of the jury. in highly anticipated testimony in a minneapolis courtroom, potter took the stand in her own defense breaking down, saying she meant to pull out her taser with the former police officer who was a 26 year veteran, says she accidentally drew her gun instead and fired, killing 20 year old dante right? as he drove away from police, it's just one chaotic it and then i remember yelling, teaser teaser teaser and nothing happened. potter was supervising another officer when he pulled right over for offenses. she says probably did not married a traffic stop. right. had expired registration tax and an

potter remained composed but visibly disappointed as the judge read the jury's verdict. >> love you, kim. >> love you. >> potter's defense lawyers comforting her before she was led out of the courtroom potter testified that she pulled her gun out instead of her taser by mistake and did not mean to shoot wright as he struggled with officers but the prosecution argued successfully that potter was reckless during the deadly traffic stop. outside the courthouse demonstrators cheered and celebrated chanting dawn tai wright's name. she described how she felt when she heard the guilty verdict. >> emotions. every single emotion that you could imagine just running through your body at that moment i kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in the anticipation of what was to come while we were waiting for the last few days. >> kim potter's sentencing is set for february 18th. the more serious manslaughter charge carries a maximum of 15 years in prison but because potter had a clean record sentencing guidelines call for a sentence between roughly 6 to 8 and a half years behind bars let's bring

kim vanelle. this is al jazeera alive from dough ha. also coming up, walk around of ours cases. surge globally, south africa sees a fall allowing restrictions to be east. while that a 100 were hang a refugees drifting for days as see her towed to.

and, kim, the white house continues to put the blame on the pandemic. anybody problem that we have in america is,■ç apparently if, can be blamed on the pandemic. jen psaki did that recently as if somehow breaking in or smashing and grabbing at a jewelry store is because people don't have enough to eat. i mean, it just doesn't make sense. >> well, they have to blame it on the pandemic because otherwise it's going to be clear that it's because of their policies. and they have got a really growing political problem on their hands here, david. in november we saw voters reject the defund the police movement and progressive policing policies from coast to coasts across the nation. as you noted, all of these cities, democratic politicians are in charge. we've got democrats in the white house. these are their policies, the progressive legacy. and they're going to be confronted with it next year in the midterms. they're trying to come up with excuses, but it all comes back to their position. david: a big part of the midterms, no doubt. >>> still ahead, presid

when kim potter consulted a defense expert that that's because there were some inconsistencies in her story about how she reacted to the shooting at the time. but we really don't know a lot more. the judge says that she wants to wrap up this case by christmas eve that's on friday. but you really has no control over how long the jury takes if they're hung, meaning they are not able to agree. they could deliberate for days until the judge determines it. they are your reconcile aubrey irreconcilable at def, at odds. she's facing manslaughter 1st degree. and 2nd degree, the total maximum that she could potentially face if you were convicted of both crimes is 25 years in prison. more typically for someone like her who doesn't have a record, it would be 7 years on the 1st agree charge and 5 on the other charge. but when that verdict comes down to the court house behind me, there will also be a verdict in the streets. minneapolis is really the epicenter of the black lives matter movement. it was here that george floyd was killed. and of course this happened during the protests over his death

i'm kim vanelle. a travesty of justice is how amnesty international describes it. dangerous and misguided says julian sanchez, partner. she says the founder of the weekend leaks website is planning a last gasp, appeal to britain's highest court to stop extradition to the united states. britain supreme court has said to have the final verdict on the fate of the 50 year old australian. after the high court in london overturned an earlier will and that he would be a suicide risk if his sanctuary in britain finally ends. the whistleblower faith is up to 175 years and a u. s. prison if he is finally extradited and eventually convicted of nicking american military secrets, deem barbara has more from london company. oh, for supporters of julian assange, it's a worrying moment. 2 judges at the high court in london have ruled the wiki leaks found a can be extradited to the united states to face espionage charges assigned to his partner with whom he has 2 young children. was there to hear the decision. it's bee

filby, evidence suggests that kim compromised the operations. that's another another example of not necessarily peripheral operations but ramifications. it wasn't a hot car, it was covert action and it went very bad as -- because of the treasury of kim filby from a western perspective. now the baltic countries also were a bit of a battleground but i don't have enough expertise to really talk about those countries in particular. maybe you do, andrew. >> yeah, i think -- yeah, i think one of the main things to see to go back to the discussion on the cold war, the immigrant communities were usually important and especially on a multi-cultural country like the united states and the cuban community in florida and other places they're like -- they're usually important and i think that for the united states just casting an eye towards the future and thinking about intelligence and espionage, for human intelligence operations, you need people that can blend anywhere and one of america's strength and i'm seeing this obviously you can tell from my accent

kim carr's _ honey, i'm home. most of them. kim carr's samantha, _ honey, i'm home. most of them. kim carr's samantha, a - honey, i'm home. most of them. kim carr's samantha, a huge - kim carr's samantha, a huge part of eczema city, is not in this new series —— carrie. apparently because of a falling out with sarah jessica parker but other than the glaring omission and the new name for the show it all feels very familiar. if perhaps a bit more serious. ~ ., ., , serious. we are in a different cultural moment, _ serious. we are in a different cultural moment, we're - serious. we are in a different l cultural moment, we're talking about different things, we are dealing with different things. we thought how amazing to be able to tell these stories and not that we can solve anything, we cannot, but we can talk about it in the way that we did with women's sexuality in the first show. you know, we didn't solve anything, we just opened a door. it solve anything, we 'ust opened a door. , . . a door. it started with a conversation _ a door. it started with a conversation that - a door.

the defensive's strategy for exonerating the former police officer, kim potter. >> good to have you with us. more fears of an omicron takeover are becoming a reality in the united states. on monday, the cdc announced the highly contagious variant now accounts for more than 73% of new cases. omicron has been detected in all but two u.s. states. and it is even more prevalent in parts of the southeast and northwest. the variant's rapid spread comes during the busy holiday season, straining the country's testing capacity. some states are now deploying the national guard to assist and military teams are being sent to support overwhelmed hospitals in hard hit areas. meanwhile, the u.s. president joe biden will deliver remarks on the omicron variant in the coming hours. the variant is also leading to a wave of new restrictions across europe. on monday, london became the latest city to cancel its new years eve celebrations. experts say vaccinations and boosters are the best way to stay protected. yet millions of americans are still refusing to get the shot. here's dr. fauci fauci's message for t

kim will outline major policies for 2022 during this week's meeting. it comes as north korea grapples with an economic crisis and international sanctions over its nuclear weapons program. to brazil, where rescue workers are trying to help. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by flash flooding to dams have collapsed in the state of by here, and at least 20 people have been killed. he is alessandra romp. yeti. rescuers continues to work around the clock monday trying to reach residents still trapped across the north eastern state of by year. 72, towns in cities have been flooded by torrential rain stead. intensified over the christmas holiday. when to dance collapsed in the city of ether, buena, some residents returned to their homes to pick up their belongings to a 2nd floor window. emergency workers rescued, hundreds in nearby towns. but heavy currents on the swollen rivers continue to complicate the operations. real casual aquarius of all geography. his bill with this volume of water, it's difficult to maneuver, even with jet skis. it

the country observed 3 minutes of silence for kim jong il, his son and current lead a kim jong on was not seen publicly paying his respects like an all the years. now she lives presidential candidates have made last ditch effort to win or voters ahead of sundays run off and action polling suggests that will be an extremely tight race far right candidate. jose antonio costs finished on top. in the 1st round, he's overtaken his left wing opponent gabriel barge, but only by a slim margin. latin america editor lucy and human has more from santiago. this was the last chance to auto conservative presidential candidate for san antonio. pasadena had to convince julians that he is the man of the future. despite his past, which is so closely linked to discontinue former military dictatorship. however, he promises to restore law and order something that this country has not had for a long time. this, i mean more than 2 years of social uprising and upheaval, church and drug violence, and also an uprising, an indigenous uprising in south central chile. a, we're going to recover the state of law th

this is an agenda, the president when jane has been working with ever since 2018 when trump and kim joel were meeting. that's the time when the president, when jane began airing, the idea of introducing that declaration of the end of the war. and his term president james term is ending. this coming may after march presidential election in this country. so this is one of the legacy is he wants the stablished before he steps down here before he leaves his office. though for him, this is a very important agenda. but the thing is, the fact that this has not been materialized ever since. it's an introduction of the idea to 1000 a in tells us it's pretty much a daunting task. it's not a, in that a given results that we can expect. right now we have to remember at the present when jane had approval rating of about 40 percent. that's pretty high as the party present in korea. most of the presidents come in probably 7080 percent. the proven rating at the beginning of their term at the you know, the 5 year term by the time they leave their office, the number drops around 20 or 10. but the number f

over the summer that they had most by the shoot cars, i'm just now can you get a chance to get them to kim for them to come and live with 3000000 followers in the race next has long been an end to date, to state propaganda from i was talking to most about stay with carla, but it's like proud both arms to place had you which you leave the shadow. sheesh file, a 4th video audio, the command of suggest is to should level train your sister midwest. the platform continues to show chilling footage of life over the border. and there's nothing lucas shanker can do about it. here. can you bless social media listeners, any money? the book you can cite muslims of what you're looking for. the next the office has a permanent police guard. obviously, we are aware that there might be attempts out the lives even because this to the nature of these regimes. it wouldn't be the 1st time that opponents of the regime were assassin aided on foreign soil. most recently, lucas shanker stands accused of ordering the murder of italy, chauffeur, whose hanging body was discovered in august in a forest, neither ukrain

for me, kim vanelle and whole team here in dough half the bye for now. ah. with 30 just said and it's time for a different approach. one that is going to challenge the way you thing. we're ditching the sound bites and we're digging into the issue from international politics to the global pandemic and everything in between. join me as i take on the lars dismantled misconceptions and debate the contradictions. upfront with me, michael might help on out 0. if america held up a mirror to itself, what would it see in a sense, race is the story of america what's working and what's not? a lot of people were only talking about that. it wasn't at the top of the agenda. if america can't handle multiple challenges on multiple fronts, we need to go back to school. the bottom line on i'll just era. we know what's happening in our region. we know, have them get to places that others and not, as i said, i'm going the way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. ah, this is al jazeera. ah, hello and welcome. i'm pete adobe. you're watching the news. i live for

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. >>> and verdict watch in the trial of kim potter, who says she mistook her weapon for a taser when she fatally shot daunte wright. we'll have the latest on the deliberations and the question jurors just asked the court. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ ♪ >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin this hour with very, very disturbing coronavirus news, breaking news. the omicron variant, now, now is dominant here in the united states. let's go right to our national correspondent athena jones in new york for us. omicron appears to be spreading even so much faster than what the experts were predicting. it was 2% three days ago, now 70% of all the new cases. what are you learning? >> reporter: hi, wolf. is that right. this is sign of just how quickly this can spread and how much things can spread with the new variant just over a matter of days. the latest that we had was that omicron represented 3% of cases. now we learned it represents 73% of all new cases. officials in new york believe tha

. >> a guilty verdict in the kim potter trial. the guilty convicting the minnesota police officer of two manslaughter charges in the shooting death of daunte wright in april traffic stop. potter immediately taken into custody and held without bail until sentencing. wright's mother reacted to the jury decision. >> emotions. every single emotion that you can imagine just running through your body at that moment. i kind of let out a yelp. >> garrett's lodge in minneapolis with the latest. hi a garrett peters p.r. benjamin good morning to pick my producer actually ran into the right family last night while they were out celebrating. they said, they were somewhat surprised by this verdict. given that nine of the 12 jurors were white. he said that this outcome has renewed their faith in minnesota's justice system. inside the courtroom, we saw a very different kim potter from the one who cheerfully testified on the stand last week. as the verdict was read, she was stoic and had no visible reaction to hearing the jury found her guilty of

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kim: it is a little early to know if that is warranted. what we do know about omicron is it is highly transmissible. the numbers in the united kingdom are quite staggering. the number of new infections are doubling every two days and so if it is making its way around the president is right that it will come here and there's not much we can do it will rise but what we also know and are finding as it tends to produce milder symptoms. it is a risk to people who are unvaccinated but even in the uk they haven't had a huge uptick in hospitalization. it is a little early to go full-fledged to talk of big new restrictions until we get a better sense of this. eric: you look at the media coverage and the actions going on in new york city, broadway theaters shutting down, massive mandates being proposed, the positivity radon testing tripled or double in a couple days. there is a psychology that sounds like 2020, do you see it the same way? >> i see it the same way. this is precisely the problem. they are acting like it is april of 2020, not december,

i'm kim vanelle. a travesty of justice is how amnesty international describes it. dangerous and misguided says julian sanchez, partner. she says the founder of the weekend leaks website is planning a last gasp appeal to britain's highest court to stop extradition to the united states. britain supreme court has said to have the final verdict on the fate of the 50 year old australian. it's after the high court in london overturned an earlier, will learned that he would be a suicide risk if his sanctuary in britain finally ends. the whistleblower faith is up to 175 years and a u. s. prison if he is finally extradited and eventually convicted of nicking american military secrets. the dean barbara has more from london. oh, the supporters of julian assange. it's a worrying moment. 2 judges at the high call in london have ruled the wiki leaks found a can be expedited to the united states to face espionage charges, as and his partner with whom he has 2 young children, was there to hear the decision. it's been

ah hello, welcome to the program on kim vanelle. after 9 months and 7 rounds of talks, negotiations to limit around nuclear program and exchange for sanctions relief seemed to be heading toward a standstill. date is of the new iranian administration resumed talks with the signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal in vienna last week. but they ended without progress to iran wants to renegotiate some aspects of the agreement, and also wants reassurances that the u. s. won't repeat, donald trump's pull out of 3 years ago. the united states secretary of state says thereon isn't serious about returning to nuclear compliance. as a new draft deal near completion, european negotiate is accused the irradiance of taking a step backwards and a televised address on sunday, marking 100 days in office rounds. president said the lifting of sanctions is no negotiable if talks ought to continue. yet one saw the italian. well we stated 2 things from the beginning. one is to neutralize the sanctions and then to lift the sanctions. they would think that we

boy kim is concerned about the increasing number of patients who are critically o warned. the threat of the new omicron variant is becoming apparent. last week, the government announced strictest social distancing measures contain the outbreak . doctor alice town specializes in disease prevention at miss metty women's hospital and is a former associate professor at the samsung medical center. she says, case is started climbing again off to south korea. east measures in november listed many restrictions, including allowing visitations to long term care facilities such as complex hospitals and nursing homes. unfortunately, we did not take into account the amount of waning of community that had occurred, especially in people older than 60 years old. and so with measures lifted, there was an increase in community transmission which we expected. but unfortunately, there was also a huge spike in break infections, especially in people age 60 and above. and that's what caused a huge increase in the number of hospital admissions. and unfortunately, in november, i saw the largest nu

the number of coven 19 cases in south korea has exceeded 7000 for the 1st time. prime minister kim, booth, hume warn the threat of the new on the chrome variance is becoming apparent. loss me, the government announced stick to social distancing measures to contain the outbreak . gemini is marked angler michael's last day of chance last 16 years in power. i'll have shoals is set to replace her later this wednesday. 3 political parties have signed a coalition agreement paving the way to the formation of new governments. coming. i'm next to listening post a secret himalayan summit more treacherous than everest. cumber connor has never been tamed, revered and feared by locals. yet an irresistible challenge to western climbers, a sharper family must choose between going against their religious beliefs and guiding a group of mountaineers, or rejecting much needed income. the will of shadows on al jazeera, there's growing local calls is likely compose a very high risk. some readers will face a severe consequently, deeply discipline like this efficient policy. several countries both want insuranc

in this case, kim potter stood, was almost impassive. simply lowered her head when each of those verdicts was read . she now has been taken immediately into custody and is already at a prison here in the state of minnesota. now the u. k. is held security agencies as people with i'm a crohn, a 50 to 70 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital than those with delta, the country reported nearly 820000 cases on thursday. covent of ours cases in new york have risen 60 percent of the past week. almost 12000 new infections are reported on wednesday. and major in president mohammed bahati has visited my liberty in warner state despite several explosions. leah, an air base, at least 5 people have been killed and more than a dozen injured will. those of the head lice earth rise is coming up next. in the far reaches of the new siberian islands, gold rush, fever is in the air, hunted, searching for priceless woolly mammoth tasks of honor the holy grail. an incredible journey into the realms of science fiction, where cloning and synthetic biology have scientist playing god. witness genesis to po