tony chang has more from bangkok. it seems that the mere ma military is pushing it.

i'm tony chang on the time. yeah, ma border where the piece is holding at the main border crossings. the fighting is broken out for the downstream. also in the news talks resume in vienna to revive the iran nuclear dealtech rom says it wants guarantees that us sanctions will be lifted. and the indian government blocks foreign funding to a charity founded by mother teresa. ah, starting with cobra news and the amazon variant is continuing its rapid spread around the world with a number of countries seeing reco levels of infection. however, the u. s. has decided to have the isolation time for a symptomatic patients, at least giving from 10 to 5 days. president joe biden says the health system is prepared for the rise in case numbers, but admits the response hasn't been sufficient, or for my waters corresponded kimberly hallett. in the us cases of coven, caused by the arm across the very end, are soaring, and expected to get worse. in the coming weeks. the stream is being felt in hospitals, new records are being set

chang who's alive from the time myanmar border in the town of may sot tony. this been intense fighting over the last few days at that border. tell us about the situation right now. well, it's a lot quanch's day. we have had a few little clashes. we heard her some bangs inside murmur, but the fighting seems to have moved in from the immediate border area. that's what the time military were telling us. they seemed a lot more relaxed, very different from yesterday when we saw fighting really right up to the river. my that's the, the border itself and villages pouring across. we even saw an attack helicopter operating along the border. a lot of villages said that that was the thing. they were really most scared about. the air strikes that had been coming in to the places they lived there. still on the tie side, there are more than 5000 people who came across in the last couple of weeks that we spoke to a couple of them who said they still don't want to go home. they're still concerned, but they want to monitor what's going on. across the board, so they want to ma

tony chang has more from bangkok. it seems that the mere ma military is pushing into these areas which over the last 6 months have seen a lot of people fleeing from the cities unwilling to accept the crew. but they were also believed to be sheltering. a lot of the members of the energy, the national unity government, which is effectively a government in exile which has been established for the point when the military coup can be overturned. as we approached the anniversary, the one year anniversary of that who it seems, the military of very keen to stamp down their authority. and these areas along the board with thailand that they traditionally don't have a lot of control. there are ethnic on groups that operate relatively freely the in these areas. security forces in sudan have fired tear gas at protesters in the capital cartoon. tens of thousands rallied to call on the military to stay out of politics. it was the 10th major demonstration since october. the palestinian red crescent says, israeli forces have injured 2

tony chang reports the me and ma border fires burn in the hill, top town of tent along and chin state northwest and mamma. the destruction caused by artillery shells and fires set by mamma's military, appear part of a concerted policy of scorched earth. most of the towns, $10000.00 residents, have fled across the nearby border into india, powerless to do anything to save their homes. others fled chin state for the simple reason. they couldn't find anything to eat in the creek about what i mean. but especially in my 2 p, there was a here food shortage. the people couldn't access to farms. also, as the military had placed my zondaway, no transportation was available and people couldn't go from one be led to another. internet access and phone lies were shut. satellite photos show how starting in september, systematic and coordinated attacks destroyed 580 buildings in the town. these attack takes often associated with me and mars military. and all because the residents had shown resistance to february's military coup. even in the berman heartland, home of mia mars majority, ethnic group o

tony chang al jazeera, on the time near my border. plenty more still to come for you. here on this half hour of al jazeera will use, including the policy in president, goes to israel. we'll hear who thinks that was a bad idea. plus a memorial services are held across the country of south africa, remembers the antea party icon. archbishop desmond tutu. ah, hell i once again beg contrast the temperatures across north america at the moment, got some more, very warm air down towards the southeast corner record heat. it up towards the northwest states, record low temperatures coming back in temperatures well below freezing minus $27.00 celsius. therefore winnipeg plus $27.00 celsius there for new orleans. as we go one for the next couple of days, the malware will try to not a little further northwards, doesn't really make too much progress and we are going to see it sitting in a similar areas. we go on through the next couple days with more winfrey, weather coming in across the pacific northwest. western pass of canada, doubts water. se some severe storms for a time on thur

tony chang al jazeera. on the time, ma'am ma border. the fallen president of south korea has been released from jail part. good, good. hey, has served almost 5 years, but more than 20 year prison sentence for corruption. president means i gave jay and gave the 29 year old a special pardon last week. south africans are paying their respects to our bishop justin to to is. but he lives in state for 2nd dead cape town. people are passing through saint george's cathedral where to do preached and served as archbishop for a decade. south africans lined the streets to say their final goodbyes to the anti apartheid leader who are railed against white rule in the country. as we teach who died on sunday, 890 pseudo will be held on saturday. italian government is committing billions of dollars to transform one of your largest steelworks into a hub for green steel is part of its plans to tackle climate change and reduce carbon emissions. but actually say the plants which has been linked to high country rates and toxic pollution, should be closed at

tony chang l to 0 banker. now if you're a budding artist, you might like this story. how much would you pay for this black canvas museum and denmark gave an artist more than $84000.00 to create a piece. the frame was supposed to be filled with the cash. but then the artist sent it back empty and he kept the cash for himself. mohammed jump june reports from our book. there is now a publican legal dispute about whether the empty frame is mod not or just theft. just days before new cove at 19 restrictions forced the closure of museums across denmark, art enthusiasts, in the city of alberto, take a peek at pieces, questioning how happy we are with our jobs and why there never seem to be enough hours in the day. the exhibit is called work it out and museum director lassie anderson tells us one particular piece has created quite a stir. when you work with artists who they chelsor way we perceive the world. and you can you can never know what you get. the constant museum of modern art certainly had no idea what they'd be in for when they loaned danish artists. yes, honey. mo

ok, tony chang there. bring as the very latest from bangkok. tony, thank you. south korea and australia have st. a defend, still worth more than $700000000.00. south korea will supply australia with artillery weapons and supply vehicles and read ours is the largest defense deal between australia and an asian nation and comes at a time of height and tensions between australia and china. the french specific territory of new caledonia has voted overwhelmingly against independence. president emanuel macro has welcomed the referendum results, but pro independence groups of boy concert the false plan to appeal the results at leon nighted nations, cassie lopez, hurry ann reports with her. a new caledonia is remaining a french territory. although voter turnout was low at around 45 percent 96 percent of fire lenders who did vote projected the latest bid for independence. it was the 3rd and final referendum in the past 3 years. both are cited with france in all of them. said that girl again, only city this victory is beautiful, is the beginning of something new in the fr

tony chang al jazeera on the time here my border made you freedom in hong kong has been dealt another blow as police wait at one of the last remaining pro democracy websites. standnew says it's shutting down after its assets were frozen on senior staff, arrested brit planets reports. hundreds of hong kong place rated the stan hughes office in the early hours of wednesday morning using a warrant under the much criticized national security law to collect boxes of what were described as journalistic materials. on how 6 people linked to the independent media outlet were arrested under separate laure on sedition from the british colonial era. by wednesday afternoon stand, news announced it was closing. after 7 years. we will be talking to report of you on the talking the good of the media. we just targeted national security law. the officers among those arrested was well known singer and activist denise, whoa, and former politician margaret on both former stand use board members. so i know why the police turned up at the home of stan, use deputy a simon editor, ronson chan. office is telli

tony chang, reports from the me. a mar border fires burn and the hill top town of tent, along and chin state northwestern. mamma the destruction caused by artillery shells and fires set by mamma's military, appear part of a concerted policy of scorched earth. most of the towns, $10000.00 residents, have fled across the nearby border and to india. powerless to do anything to say their homes. others fled chin state for the simple reason. they couldn't find anything to eat. ready the creek, i mean, but especially in my 2 p, there was a here food truck age. the people couldn't access to farms also asked the military had placed my on away. no transportation was available and people couldn't go from one be led to another. internet access and phone lies were shot. satellite photos show how starting in september, systematic and coordinated attacks destroyed 580 buildings in the town. these tactics often associated with me and mars military and all because the residents had shown resistance to february's military coup. even i

tony chang al jazeera on the time you're bored and germany is closing 3 more nuclear power plants as an aims to phase out the energy source entirely. by late next year, the decision was made also the focus human nuclear accident in japan, decade ago, stepped vast reports from bavaria. it's been a controversial policy given nuclear energy is a big help in reducing carbon emissions for businesses. a farewell gift made by a local priest, a calendar of the nuclear plant that became part of the community in the last 5 decades into it as our heart. pleased to see such an advanced, well functioning and safe installation. close stone. but we have no choice but to accept the good timing. a nuclear plant in buffet area has not always been safe. in 1975, germany's 1st nuclear accident happened here to work as died. but rather than say, they never felt unsafe. the installation functions without problems, they could easily continue. they've invested so much money into other countries that produce and continue to build nuclear power plant. and we shut them down such a waste. for decades, germany h

tony chang al jazeera. on the time, ma'am ma border. still head on al jazeera us troops have and did a combat mission in iraq. but it's still opposition to if you remaining on the ground, we'll tell you why. and as the clock lines down on 2021, we look back at some of the biggest stories covered by al jazeera. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by cut on airways. hello, parts of the u. k. are enjoying their warmest new year's eve on reco temperature in liverpool in the north west of england. was it sir? 15 degrees celsius at 5 am this morning, so he's going to warm up a little more as we're going through the next few hours. of course, the record was 14 point a, so that's been smashed. here we go though, when i say enjoying, we're looking at cloud and rain and quite a stiff wind blowing in across that northwest corner of view of the mild air is across many western and central parts. if the truth be known, even towards the east temperatures are running above average as that won't fall away down towards the iberian penin

tony chang al jazeera. on the time ma'am ma border. well, a $105.00 wrangler refugees from me and ma had been addressed on his thinking boat are now safe in indonesia after almost a month at sea. the boat which had $47.00 children on board. busy was offered by fishermen on sunday, united nations humanitarian agency. the you and hcr is praised indonesia for taking the men. jessica washington reports from jakarta, indonesia ante province a dangerous and exhausting journey has finally come to an end. these were hanger, refugees are finally safe intending to reach malaysia, they perilous journey. saw them stranded in indonesian waters for days. for now they're staying in an empty government building in northern uh, j o. they are off fellow muslims. so we aren't going to complain about having them here. overnight, a navy vessel pulled their boat to shore in effort that was complicated by strong waves and heavy winds. representatives from the you and hcr and local and cios waited anxiously for their arrival. ready to assist young? i'm a fell

tony chang in bangkok following this one, what more of you got on this tony? well the supposed to been a very swift reactions of the flash mob that hit the streets about mid morning in came in dung districts which is in central yang on just a few streets away from the iconic, showed the gun pagoda. the crowd had just assembled and as you can see in videos posted on social media a, an armored shock appears to move in very quickly from behind at speed powering straightened to them 5 reported to have died dozens more injured bodies lying on the street. you can see in the aftermath it does appear to fitz or so the pattern that we've seen emerging a protest as who still wants to maintain their presence on the streets. and there are visible objections to the queue that happened back in february, but very aware that the security services are going to crack down harshly with very little thought for the preservation of life. so that they're doing this very quickly in younger and other big cities across myanmar. but clearly in this instance, the security services were o

tony chang al, jazeera of the bodies of 16 people have been laid to rest in iraq. they were among 27 migrants who drowned in the english channel last month trying to reach the u. k . it was the was such disaster on record. and then our crossing between southern england and france of mileage, the wide reports these people are mourning the loss of their loved ones who drowned in the english channel last month. the bodies of the kurdish migrants arrived here at it a bill, a poor wow. ambulance is sirens rang, i crossed the city in the early hours of sunday. as they were carried to be buried in their home towns. i crossed the kurdish region of northern iraq. women and children were among those who died. most were young people. oh, so it's a bit of a life abroad. oh, and live eloquently thunderbird her. unfortunately, during the past 8 years, young people in kurdistan lost hope because of the financial crisis against they wanted to live in a country that respects human rights. because here, there is no respect for human wrangler. humbly, a dingy carrying the migrants ca

tony chang al jazeera, on the time, ma'am ma border. a mare and colorado says he saw houses exploding before his eyes as the us state battle. some of the most destructive wildfires on record, hundreds of homes have been destroyed, present, joe biden has cleared the way for a major disaster to be declared. 2 towns near denver, a hut, a tit where the situation has been described as by threatening lord burton. many reports, this is the moment a huge fire came rolling down the foothills of boulder, county and colorado. the false moving blaze engulfed hundreds of homes. local say they haven't experienced anything like it's you know, this is the 1st time i've really been involved in anything like this and i'll tell you it is really scary. ditches and things in the trees. oh, they're all up and flames. like there's embers everywhere. so it makes me very frightened, of course, with the wind that it's gonna continue to spread to other homes. strong winds, and dry conditions of fueling the flames. official say some of the fire to spot by falling

now tony chang is got more for us from bangkok, so was this a freak accident, or is there a packing of these kinds of incidents happening here? this so appears to be an intentional action by the security services. this flash mob protests had just started in the cuban bang district of yan gone a just a few streets away from the shredding on her. her go to her that i cannot curse of centerpiece of yan gone at the crowd, which according to the video reports that are out there is, was still not very large and had just started moving very quickly. an armored cheap purse to approach at speed from the back and power straight into the back of those people who were on the streets or 5 people ring reported dead dozens more injured video shows people lying motionless on the street. and this does follow a pattern that we've been seeing emerge in near mars, major urban centers, principally, rank on, and mandalay are a little further north where i think they're the protest is, are very aware of the fact the security services will do anything to shut them down and clearly they are not concerned about

tony chang al jazeera banker in scotland, adam brown, new year's eve street party, has been cancelled for the 2nd year in a row. new restrictions will come into effect the day after christmas. the number of people indoors and outdoors will be limited. scotland is also struggling with current virus infections driven by the on a crone, variance on to other news. and severe weather is having a devastating and in some cases, unprecedented impact on large parts of southeast asia. in malaysia flooding has killed at least 27 people. and its display 70000 dozens are missing after days of torrential rain trigger and some of the worst flooding in years, the military is rescuing people who are still trapped in their homes. forest, louise joining us from kuala lumpur. so how is the rescue effort going florence and how extensive is the damage? the damage is quite extensive. we're talking about at least 6 states that are still under water and this is according to the latest information from the disaster management agency. there about 70000 people who've been displays and the worst effected area is

tony chang al jazeera on the time, me on my border. hollins president has vetoed a controversial media ownership bill seen as a threat to freedom of speech. it had recently passed in parliament. government has been accused trying to use the media last a silence or us. oh, news channel, critical of its policies, the legislation would have prevented any non european entity from owning a stake in a broadcaster of more than 40 percent. well, germany marked the end of an era this year with anglo merkel stepping down as chancellor, after 16 years. her successor, sholtes, and his party have signaled the return of more or less leading politics across europe. but the regions other power center france is hoping to keep the balance as it is. john hel, reports from berlin and paris. ah, it was the end of an era in germany. and gala merkel 16 years is conservative champs. the defined by economic strength, stability, and european leadership. in her place came a shift in tone and direction. if not pace, a quiet man from the center left in the cottage should see the tape guns from the ola sholtes and

tony chang al jazeera on the me on my border patrol. when is the executive director of the burma human rights network, joins us by skype from london. good. have you with us? so does it look like the military are using massacres now as a kind of weapon of war? this is not the new thing that if you following up the all the situation in burma scott's policy, the strategy, the military has been using to eliminate the population that if opposing them, this has been consist with so many crime against humanity and walk around as you look at the 2 only in december this month. therefore, event where monica has heaven and nearly 60, more than 60 people has been killed in very brutal way. so this is only the situation in december. there has been have these kind of similar to kind of atrocities and killing happening in burma. it's long time. it is several decades. i mentioned ball, the big one is the military now and broadening the strategy before for example, it was targeting the wrangell muslims. there were a lot of allegations, at least from hum

tony chang l to 0, banker, now abroad broke out in parliament and gone out on monday during a debate of a proposed tack on electronic transactions. divide at the house for weeks, some a piece through punches and grappled with each other. while this tried to stop the fighting during the late night session, the controversial levy which would include taxes on mobile money payments, has been fiercely challenged by the opposition since it was proposed last month. i say it will hit low income people and those outside the formal banking sector, but gone as finance minister augi the move could raise an extra 1150000000 next year. lashes running high to lead on the new south africa's talk football styles is scheduled to take part in the confidence biggest tournaments, but will it go out as planned? modern art or theft? i. blank canvas is called take the money and run a drawing people to a museum in denmark. ah. ah lou ah ah, welcome back sport now with far. marian, thank you so much. they had an african football patrice months. that bay has confirmed the continents biggest tournament. will go

but as tony chang reports from bangkok that may be too late for many struggling businesses to survive the beaches, it 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 lots 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 in an attempt to slow the spread of the micro barian visitors to ton and will once again have to quarantine for a period of $7.00 to $10.00 days, depending on vaccination status. although relatively few cases of the new variant have been detected, only 63 percent of the population are fully vaccinated. but the health benefits may be weighed by a tourist industry that struggling to survive. this nature is just like, almost like a bits intent for the industry. i think it heard them so back we've just been opening for a few months after the course. yeah. for 2 years already on bank cox, famous cow son, road, the few tourist arrivals. those who are already have approval can still enter on

tony chang al jazeera on the time your mom bought. it's been 10 years since kim john own became the leader of north korea. he took control in 2011 after the death of his father, kim jong il. while his leadership style is widely criticized. few dare to question his grip on power. catcher lopez, or to yahoo has more. he became north korea's leader before turning 30 at the time many hope king jam own would lead the country into a new era. one though it opened the reclusive nation and its economy to the world, the sun. okay. and i'm wondering if one of the got and stand can step he'd empower, has been defined by brutal violence nuclear weapons and meetings with donald trump . it's my honor. he will have the relationship, i have no doubt 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. and president of meetings to gradually the nuclear arise, the north in exchange for sanctions relief, ultimately failed, and threats against the regional nei

tony chang al jazeera. on the time, ma'am ma border. israeli forces have shot dead, a palestinian man in the occupied west bank. the incident took place near the i'll settlement south of nablus. israel says the suspect was attempting to stab civilians and soldiers at abbas station. the palestinian ministry of health has confirmed the death and there in colorado says he saw houses exploding before his eyes as the us state battled. some of the most destructive wildfires on record, hundreds of homes have been destroyed and present. joe biden has cleared the way from major disaster to be declared. colors. governor says he's amazed that no casualties have been reported, considering the scale of the damage rom. this was a disaster in fast motion all over the course of half a day. nearly all the damage, many families having minutes, minutes to get whatever they could, their, their pets, their kids into the car, and leave or the last 24 hours have been devastating. you know, it feels like we've experienced enough l

tony chang l to 0 banker. though the government occur, gets done as to control of a private gold mine saying it had concerns about the safety and environment of it. the canadian owners say the environmental concerns are a pretext for nationalization out. 0 has been given unprecedented access to the mine. same bas ravi has more from cargo stands is a crew region. the foothills of the te and shown mountain range, dramatic terrain that stretches across 5 countries. its highest. pete is the central asian nation of kurdistan, where i do look landscape, hide the secret what the country's precedent described as an environmental disaster . for 30 years, a major industrial operation has scarred the land and been at the center of serious industrial accidents. earlier this year, following decades of public protest, the new government seized operational control of the contour goldmine from its canadian partners, centera gold standard, beautiful not compatible. interesting though, this was done only with cool totem because

tony chang al jazeera on the time your mom bought. hundreds of people were killed when super tie. fin rice land into the philippines. earlier this month, dozens more remained missing. the devastation is widespread. and weather i expect say the storms intensity was unexpected. it highlights the impact of climate change on extreme weather events and rises. fears about what's to come on below reports, women, enough typhoon, ry, packed winds of more than 200 kilometers in our mead landfall. 9 times last week. from the east to the far west of the philippines, central and southern islands, millions of people are having to pick up whatever's left of their lives. the devastation is unprecedented. state weather forecasters had predicted a powerful typhoon, but when it hit the country, it exceeded their expectations. it actually entered the period. i'm so sorry the arrested development where there's really much, much, not much going on in the storm based on a satellite observations. and then it is after that, which is the interesting part after the arrested development period. it's sudden be ra

as tony chang reports now from the tie, me and ma border, the small arms and automatic gunfire echo cross the banks of the more river can side me in. a plume of dark smoke rising after not tillery strike, a few 100 meters away on the tie side, and make shift shelter for refugees who fled across the river. for the moment, they don't want to move too far away so they can monitor what's happening in their homes. they can also hear the ferocity of the fighting. so it's obviously, the more the situation is very bad. they're using helicopters to drop bombs and all had to run to survive the children and adults to get to the site. maybe it's not safe to go home because they are playing or hate shooting. we don't feel it's safe to go back. the border police and thailand say the fighting, broke out at dawn as it has done for the last 2 days. the time military have returned fire on a number of occasions. just warning shots they say, some munitions have fallen on the ty side. this farmer, pointing out damage from shrapnel of the several motors fell in his fields. those wounded in the crossfire come a

tony chang al jazeera. on the time, ma'am ma border. a 105 wrangler refugees from me and mark had been addressed on a sinking boat and now safe in indonesia. after almost a month at sea, the boat, which had $47.00 children on board, were spotted by fishermen on sunday. united nations humanitarian agency to you and hcr as praised indonesia for taking the men. jessica washington reports now from jakarta, indonesia anti province. a dangerous and exhausting journey has finally come to an end. these were hunger, refugees are finally safe. intending to reach malaysia, they perilous journey, saw them stranded in indonesian waters for days. for now they're staying in an empty government building in northern uh, j. o. they are off fellow muslims. so we aren't going to complain about having them here. overnight. a navy vessel pulled their boat to shore, an effort that was complicated by strong waves and heavy winds. representatives from the you and hcr and local, and jose waited anxiously for their arrival. ready to assist? young farmers, gabriel

tony chang has more now from the time border town of my salt. it's a lot quanch's day. we have had a few little clashes. we heard her some bangs inside now mom, but the fighting seems to have moved in from the immediate border area. that's what the time military were telling us. they seemed a lot more relaxed, very different from yesterday when we saw her fighting really right up to the river . my. that's the, the border itself. and village is pouring across. we even saw an attack helicopter operating along the border. a lot of villages said that that was the thing. they were really most scared about. the air strikes that had been coming in or to the places they lived there. still on the tie side, there are more than 5000 people who came across in the last couple of weeks. we spoke to a couple of them who said they still don't want to go home. they're still concerned, but they want to monitor what's going on across the board. so they want to make sure that everything is secure. nonetheless, it does seem to be a little bit quieter today. so i think everything in the bord

tony chang al jazeera on the time your mom bought a memorial services are being held across south africa for archbishop desmond to to the saw. the city of cape town is hosting a special tribute for the nobel laureate. so me, the miller is for the summit for me to of course it continues to be a busy time for those wishing to remember the late archbishop what's happening and what's on the agenda for this evening's event. ah, well this evening we are in the city hall of cape town and this is also a very iconic place in the city. given this is where the archbishop welcomed nelson mandela once he was released from prison in 1990. the memorial service, taking place behind us, is quite an intimate and simple affair, really, and very much according to what the archbishop wanted. he said to his family, who is also present at this memorial this evening that he didn't want too much pomp and ceremony. and that is likely what we'll see on the day of his funeral on new year's day this evening. there is an interfaith service, which really is testament to the kind of message the archbishop are repeatedl

i'm tony chang on the time. yeah. mom go to where the piece is holding at the main border crossings with fighting is broken out for the downstream. also in the news, the indian government cuts foreign funding to a charity founded by mother teresa. and we're bringing update from brazil with dozens of cities and towns are flood. ah, you know, the cotton varied of cove at 19 spreading rapidly around the world with some countries seeing record levels of infections. the u. s. has decided to have the isolation time for patients with symptoms from 10 to 5 days. president joe biden says the health system is prepared for the rise in case numbers, but admits the response hasn't been sufficient more from what has corresponded. kimberly how could in the us cases of coven caused by the i'm a crime very, and are soaring, had expected to get worse in the coming weeks. the stream is being felt in hospitals, new records are being set with daily infections. rising past last winter's pandemic peak in ne states like delaware, new jersey,

tony chang al jazeera, their ven emotional scenes in northern iraq. after the bodies of 16 migrants were returned from france. family members gathered its appeal airport to receive their remains. the victims drowned in the english channel last month as they were trying to reach britain much more than we had isn't baghdad. and he's been speaking to relatives of the victims. each one of them has their own histories. they have the women and children among them. they have a 24 year old woman, was she planned to travel to the u. k. to meet her fiance. they also include children, a family husband, wife and 2 children who wanted to seek asylum in any are the victims of families that say that the migrants left iraq or noted in iraq because of the lack of jobs because of it can almost get decline. and because of any stability in some areas in northern iraq, they're also victims. companies have been speaking, blaming the french authorities for not doing enough to rescue the victims or to respond to their distress goals. libya's high council of state has critici

tony chang al jazeera thank up. in scotland, adam brand new jersey street party has been cancelled for the 2nd year in a row. new restrictions will come into effect the day after christmas. limits will be placed on indoor and outdoor gatherings. scotlands is also struggling with current virus infections driven by the army kron variance portugal. meanwhile, as opposed a number of new crew of ours restrictions is on, the kron cases rise. night clubs and bars have been ordered to close and people must now work from home. outdoor gatherings are limited to 10 people in each group on new years eve, a negative current of iris test is also required to enter public places. portugal has one of the world's highest vaccination race. libby as elections commission was proposing elections take place on january 24th. the vote had been scheduled to take place on december 24th. the ballot has been marred by dispute over rules and regulations. let's bring an malik train. he's a lie for us from tripoli. so it's just 2 days before the o

that's where tony chang is. the tie bought a town of my salt trade resumes across the time in my border of the weeks of bitter plaiting in the area, long boats laden with goods bearing their loads to and fro the molly river that divides the 2 countries has been quiet for several days, but further inside men mer biting has been fierce. the battle rages inside the grounds of this temple in the town of may totally fighters from the korean national liberation army against forces from amazon be in border defense force. it's an uneven fight. the fighters for independence spacing, a fully equipped modern army with heavy artillery and support. most weapons, they have a rocket propelled grenades. this man crossed the border with a group of rebels overnight. he wants his identity hidden, but he says it's the attacks from above that most people there you know now when i don't know exactly what they are. but the throwing large bombs out of the helicopters and soldiers sitting in the shop is firing machine guns at the people

tony chang al jazeera on the me on my board. the damaged boat carrying we're hanging migrants near indonesia is being towed to shore. the boat of mostly women and children was left the drift of the coast of anti province for days while attempting to reach malaysia. indonesia government decided to give them shelter on wednesday, saying they were facing emergency conditions. hundreds of the most minority fed me and mall have reached indonesia over the years after a perilous journey, often lasting months of us and russian presidents are due to a phone call later on thursday, they're expecting to discuss ukraine. the white house says that i'm approved and requested to call with joe botton, the 4 talks in geneva next month. the grand denies war grain wargames rather than their ukraine border are a printing pre route to invasion. algebra has been told that an agreement to revive wrongs. nuclear deal with wild powers is still far off. the ground of talks between diplomats commenced in vienna on monday. forces close to the negotiation s

tony chang al jazeera on the time here my border still ahead on al jazeera. this is one of 3 nuclear plants that germany will close by the end of the year. germany will face out nuclear power by the end of 2022 completely disputed decisions within the e. u. i'm steadfast, reporting from good timing. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored my cattle airways. hello, we got some very unsettled weather across a good part of the middle east cloud and rain streaming into many areas. you see the wet weather just around the levant, pushing into that eastern side of the mediterranean, sliding down across sir northern parts of saudi, just pushing over towards the gulf there. and it will sink further south with some lively showers coming through q wait scenes and big down pause. i suspect there will be some flooding, perhaps some flooding to the eastern parts of iraq western past around some heavy down polls here and some snow over the high ground evening to praying us here in class. we will see the chance of a shower or 2 as we go through the next c

tony chang has more from the ty, bought a town of may sot it's a lot quanch's day. we have had a few little clashes. we heard her some bangs inside miramar, but the fighting seems to have moved in from the media border area. that's what the tie military were telling us. they seemed a lot more relaxed, very different from yesterday when we saw her fighting really right up to the river more that the, the border itself and villages pouring across. we even saw an attack helicopter operating along the border. a lot of villages said that that was the thing. they were really most scared about. the air strikes that had been coming in or to the places they lived there. still on the tie side, there are more than 5000 people who came across in the last couple of weeks that we spoke to a couple of them who said they still don't want to go home. they're still concerned, but they want to monitor what's going on. across the board, so they want to make sure that everything is secure. nonetheless, it does seem to be a little bit quieter to day. so i think everything in the border ar

chang. he's in bangkok. well, the supposed to have been a very swift reaction to the flash mob that hit the streets about mid morning in came and dung districts are which is in central yang on just a few streets away from the iconic troy. the gone for go to the crowd, had just assembled. and if you can see in videos posted on social media, a and armored track appears to move in very quickly from behind at speed powering straightened to them 5 reported to have died dozens more injured bodies lying on the street. you can see in the aftermath it does appear to fit. also the pattern that we've seen emerging a protest as who still wants to maintain their presence on the streets. and there are visible objections to the queue that happened back in february, but very aware that the security services are going to crack down harshly with very little thought for the preservation of life. so that they're doing this very quickly in younger and other big cities across myanmar. but clearly in this instance

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tony chang l to 0 bank. and you can follow that story. recovering here on the channel by log into ours, our dot com, our top story is about the micron numbers across europe and into the u. s. with a jump of nearly 70 percent across the country. ah. what channels are there with me? so rob, reminder of all the top stories, the head of the world health organization is calling for limits to gatherings during the holiday period. dr. tundra said that there's evidence the constrain is more transmissible and kind of a vaccines, but he insisted it's still too early to say if it's milder than the delta variance, all funds are seek off this bundle. all of us want to spend time with friends and family. all of us want to get back to normal. the fastest way to do this is for all of us leaders and individuals to make the difficult decisions that must be made to protect ourselves and others. but uneven council is better than a life cancelled. it's better to cancel now and celebrate later zahn to celebrate the now and grieve

tony chang has more from bangkok we understand from reports and villages that the attack with the shootings actually happened on friday evening. but they said they couldn't get near the area, which is just outside most of the village in kaya state or in the south of me on my close to the border with thailand. and they said when they were able to get close, they found the, the burned out shells of several flat bed trucks with bodies inside their report. the elderly women and children being amongst those dead. as you mentioned, save the children, said 2 of their staff, missing their car. they were working in the area. they were on their way home for the holidays. the burnt how it car has been found nearby. and i think they're very concerned for those 2 members of stuff. and consequently they've suspended operations in many of these border areas where fighting is ongoing at the moon. this is an area which has been seen a lot of fighting over the last 6 months. we've seen major military offences in the capital of kaya state in legal and it seems to be part of a push from the last couple of thos

tony chang al jazeera, thank up to the world news now, and the un security council has agreed to a resolution to provide humanitarian aid in afghanistan. it said the support would not be in violation of sanctions against the taliban, which now rules the nation. afghanistan is facing food shortages that may trigger another refugee exit is christian salumi has moved from the un. the situation was getting extremely dire in afghanistan with 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 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 list, but the united states said that 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 do the security council can

tony chang has our port now. trucks burn at the end of the dirt track in kaya state, southern myanmar. after the fires have died down, other videos, show charred bodies in the wreckage. generic, $38.00 people, a few including women and children, reportedly rounded up and executed around the village of mo, so by the mere mom military. among those missing 2 workers from the charity save the children who had been distributing aid to internally displaced people in the area. they are burnt out vehicle confirmed to be amongst those destroyed a written statement from the charity said. save the children condemns this attack. as a breach of international humanitarian law, were horrified at the violence carried out against innocent civilians and our staff who were dedicated humanitarians supporting millions of children in need. across myanmar. further south, close to the board with thailand, attack helicopters and aircraft, seen operating in areas where tens of thousands of civilians are trying to escape the fighting men mas military seeming now to be in a full offensive against armed ethnic gr

tony chang al jazeera. on the time, ma'am ma'am. border. on a $105.00 wrangler refugees from me and my had been a draft on a sinking boat and now safe and indonesia, after almost a month at sea. the bow, which had 47 children aboard, was spotted by fishermen on sunday night nations humanitarian agency. the you and hcr is praised indonesia for taking the men. jessica washington reports now from jakarta, indonesia anti province. a dangerous and exhausting journey has finally come to an end. these were hunger, refugees are finally safe. intending to reach malaysia, they perilous journey, saw them stranded in indonesian waters for days. for now they're staying in an empty government building in northern uh, j with oh, they are off fellow muslims. so we aren't going to complain about having them here overnight. a navy vessel pulled their boat to shore an effort that was complicated by strong waves and heavy winds. representatives from the you and hcr and local and g o is waited anxiously for their arrival. ready to assist them. yamaha marcella.

tony chang reports from bangkok the more than a century. one upon station in bangkok has stood as a testament to tie independence in the face of colonial dominance. opened in 1916 at a time when thailand was threatened by british regional control. it says at the center of se, asia's 1st railway network. but while m pong is due to close, to make way for new grand central station, at the heart of a high speed rail network. that's caused considerable concern for many, particularly as china is the main investor. i need a little padlock i'm, it's important to make sure that when china makes investment, how are we going to make people of this country or of this region get benefit from an investment? china has long held ambitions for a high speed rail network in to southeast asia. as part of the belt and road initiative designed to bring chinese investment to neighboring countries. laos opened at high speed rail line in december. but the huge cost of the project laying, lying through difficult terrain, has left allow government with a debt to chin

tony chang has more from the tab watertown of may sot. it's a lot quanch's day. we have had a few little clashes, we heard her, some bangs inside now mom, but the fighting seems to have moved in from the immediate border area. that's what the time military were telling us. they seemed a lot more relaxed, very different from yesterday. when we saw her fighting really right up to the river more that the, the border itself and villages pouring across. we even saw an attack helicopter operating along the border. a lot of villages said that that was the thing. they were really most scared about. the air strikes that had been coming in or to the places they lived there. still on the tie side, there are more than 5000 people who came across in the last couple of weeks. or we spoke to a couple of them who said they still don't want to go home. they're still concerned, but they want to monitor what's going on across the board. so they want to make sure that everything is secure. nonetheless, it does seem to be a little bit quieter today. so i think everything in the borde

tony chang reports, trucks burn at the end of the dirt track in kaya state, southern myanmar. after the fires have died down or the video showed charred bodies in the record on every 38 people. a few, including women and children, reportedly rounded up and executed around the village of mo, so held by the mere mom military. among those missing 2 workers from the charity, save the children who had been distributing aid to internally displaced people in the area. they are burnt out vehicle confirmed to be amongst those, destroyed a written statement from the charity said. save the children, condemns this attack. as a breach of international humanitarian law, were horrified at the violence carried out against innocent civilians and our staff who had dedicated humanitarians supporting millions of children in need. across myanmar. further south, close to the board with thailand, attack helicopters and aircraft seen operating in areas where tens of thousands of civilians are trying to escape the fighting men. mars military seeming now to be in a full offensive against armed ethnic g

tony chang has more from the ty bought a town of may salt. the law quanch's day, we have had a few little clashes. we heard her, some bangs inside ma'am. um, but the fighting seems to have moved in from the immediate border area. that's what the time military were telling us. they seemed a lot more relaxed, very different from yesterday when we saw her fighting, really right up to the river. moy, that's the, the border itself and villages pouring across. we even saw an attack helicopter operating along the border. a lot of villages said that that was the thing. they were really most scared about. the air strikes that had been coming in at the places they lived there. still on the ty side, there are more than 5000 people who came across in the last couple of weeks. and we spoke to a couple of them who said they still don't want to go home. the still concern, but they want to monitor what's going on across the board. so they want to make sure that everything is secure. nonetheless, it does seem to be a little bit quieter today. so i think every

tony chang is following the situation from bank hawk. this is a really major problem according to human rights, whatever. and we've seen this since the military cou, a lot of people continuing to protest, we've seen a civil disobedience moving, which has effectively shut down the whole country for the, for the last 10 months. but there has caused enormous problems for the economy, for the infrastructure, things i transport within the country of all, but effectively shut down human rights watch actually say that before the, the coo, there were a 1000000 people who were dis deemed to be in need of assistance that number, they say is now risen to 14400000, including 5000000 children. they so say those people are in desperate need of sustenance, of shelter, very basic things. they also say the world has a responsibility to a $109000000.00 has been pledged by the world. the aid to myanmar are but they say only 18 percent of their has so far been collected by the united nations. and that is desperately needed. and that's likely to be one of th