oh, ah europe is back at the epicenter or upon the mc. va beaver one year ago. ah, the world health organization says europe is in the grip of a significant co with 19 resurgence. ah, that i'm hello my, he did this is al jazeera life and go home. also coming up iran's president to launch your sanctions be lifted as part of its return. the 2015 nuclear deal. the european union calls for an immediate cease fire and negotiations fighting

intensifies any few pier under pressure lebanon's pie ministers facing a difficult decision to heal the countries rift. saudi arabia ah, europe is once again the epicenter of the cove at 19 pandemic. that's the assessments of the world health organization, which says recorded infections are higher there than those in asia and africa combined. hospitalization, admission reach. duke of 19 more than doubled in one week based on w, your europe's latest data. according to one label projection. if we stay on this trajectory, we could see another half a 1000000 of it 19 that's in europe and central asia by the 1st of february,

next year. and 43 countries in origin will face high to extreme stress on hospital bits. at some point through the same period, jona hall has more from london 78000000 new infections currently recorded across those 53 countries. that number is higher than the cumulative total of southeast asia, east mediterranean, the western pacific and the whole of africa. and those numbers mr. clue pointed out a going up by around a quarter of a 1000000 infections every single day. and 3600 deaths being recorded every single day and half a 1000000 potentially by february. that's just 4 months from now. why is this happening? well, the w h o pointed to potential causal factors. the 1st he said was the relaxation

of public health and social measures. you can take the u. k. as an example of that were mandatory precautions were lifted in july, much of the population here going about their lives as if the threat has largely passed. and secondly, he said insufficient vaccination coverage. now broadly, that's about 2 things. that's about people who had their vaccination 6 months or more ago finding that their immunization, their protection is now waning. and also the problem of vaccine hesitancy in some countries. russia is a particular example here with a high levels of misinformation on social media and distrust of locally produced vaccines. russia, the worst country on the list, recording over a 1000 deaths every single day. the biden administration has announced that deadline for its corporate 19 vaccination mandate and heavy fines of january. 4th companies with $100.00 or more employees will be required to ensure staff for the fax,

unaided or tested weekly firms signed to be in violation of the mandates could be fined almost $14000.00 while and fisher joyce b a from capitol hill. allen, talk us through these measures that the u. s. presidents is bringing well, we knew they were coming, we just didn't know the days that they would be imposed. we now know it's january the 4th. that means 2 months from today, companies with more than $100.00 employees of got to make sure that everyone is vaccinated or else they could face, as you say, fines of up to $14000.00 for every breach at companies have been told that they must give paid time or for staff to go and get vaccinated. those who decide that they are not going to get vaccinated must take a test weekly and it must come back negative. the company's on obliged to pay for those tests. so there's another incentive for people to make sure that they do get vaccinated, so they won't be out of pocket. and if you decide not to get vaccinated, you must wear a mask in the office at all time,

as well as providing that negative tests. now if you're a health worker, none of those exceptions apply, you've got to make sure that you're fully vaccinated. that is what the government is saying. and that also includes federal workers to so if you want for a federal agency, you have to be fully vaccinated. the by the ministration is pointing to the excess of mandates. they say that united airlines insisted that all staff had to be vaccinated. many people said, well you're going to lose so much staff. in fact, 99 percent of employees have been vaccinated. similar so their story at tyson's foods, one of the u. s. biggest food manufacturers and 96 percent vaccination rate and the by the administration says they walk and the ad effective. but will the be legal challenges? of course, they will, accompanies general around the country are already seeing that this is the government going beyond the law that they can't do this particularly under the law . busy the implies that this is somehow it what place injury and so they can't do this, but the vitamin ministration is pretty sure they're on solid legal ground. and alan,

you're joining us. i from capitol hill. what's going on there? well, the a missing a senate hearing has just wind up it. it's planning for what happens know, essentially the quote together, the head of the cdc, antony, phone, she at various other government organizations who are involved in the fight against covered there was one bit of fireworks, were run. paul republican center from kentucky who is really good until he folk in his sites, said the antony folks he had to resign and all of this is a rover who actually funded the woo hon love at ron poll, believes that antony folks in and his organization were behind the funding at the lab, and it was a lab leak that caused the corona virus, anthony folk. he says that most verola just don't believe that to be the case. but a lot of the discussion centered around mandates with republican saying that they were concerned about mandates being imposed. they were worried that people were

being forced to do this. but we had from russia wazinski who is the head of the cdc centers for disease control. she said, look, my am for mandates along with vaccinations. lord of the day 3 lord hospitalization rates. so she's very much in favor of them. the committee has got to look at what happens next. of course, how they move on from this point. but the other thing they have to prepare for is what's the next public health emergency? many people believe the united states was caught unaware as cova draw coat across the country. they've got to be prepared for what may be around the corner, k, alan fisher. they're charging aside from capitol hill. thank you alan. after months on hold talks to revise, the nuclear deal have been scheduled for the end of november negotiations between the signatures in vienna stove and june. us welcome the returns and talks and says it expects them to pick up where they left off. will. speaking early runs, presidents outlined his demand for us sanctions to be listed as part of

a return to the deal. and rose. nicole had to let them have them and our family left here. today, our government looks to protect the interest of the nation. we try to preserve the rights of the people in any situation. to us talk should be result oriented. should bear results that include the reduction of hardships for our dear people. as we have said before, we didn't leave and won't be even negotiating table, but will resist excessive demand and stand in the face of the arrogant countries ignore the rights of the iranian people. we will resist the violations of international agreements. the rainy nation showed resistance over the past 40 years . well, kimberly hall could join us now for washington. d. c. kimberly, we'll see your strategy going into these talks. of the bible administration has been very clear that it will go into these talks, 1st of all, with the consultation behind it of partners and allies,

namely european partners to make sure that iran is clear and knowing that there is one key goal for the partners and that is, that they want to ensure that ron never has a nuclear weapon. and to that end, we understand that there has been a lot of consultation, even as recently as in the last week or so at the g. 20 you as president joe biden meeting with some of the top european leaders to compare notes on the iranian program and to make sure that they are singing on the same song sheet if you will. and this is something that has been echoed by the deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman, who spoke to al jazeera take a listen. we hope that iran comes in good faith to those negotiations because i think we could make very rapid progress. if indeed they don't, since their program has continued to move forward, of the window will close on whether the j c p away is the best vehicle and whether

we have to look at what people call generally the plan b, how as we can ensure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon as well as address all the other areas of concern there. now another message that is going to be sent to iran is that any provocations or escalations in the eyes of the international community are unproductive. there have been tensions in the last week or so a given the fact that iran has alleged that the united states attempted to detain a tanker in the region, something that the united states denies. oh, what we can tell you is, this is just sort of another example of just how fragile things stand going into these talks at the end of the month. and clearly, this is one thing that united states has said. they do not believe that any sort of instance such as this could lead to any productive talking. in other words,

they are trying to send the message. that provocations, certainly will not allow right to gain any leverage and therefore should not happen at all. okay, kimberly, how could i bring it up? says 8 from washington, d. c. thank you. kimberly. a jury has been selected in the us state of georgia, in the case of 3 men charged with killing a blackman evidence in the racially charged case for ahmad aubrey. would be heard by 11 white people and one black juror man accused of chasing and killing 25 year old aubrey last year. oh, he was joking. case has drawn national attention. i wasn't surprised. festus. some of what we've already been facing in this case. it's another part of the injustices that we see here in glenn county. not just with this case, but with many. so it's just another part of what we face every day. and b, c reports, a j grey is in brunswick, georgia. i've signed the cords, was

a long and very contentious jury selection process 2 and a half weeks to get this 12 member panel as you talk about, there's still a lot of contention over that 11 white jurors, one black jury members, the judge in this case is already set, and i'm quoting here, there appears to be intentional discrimination that by defense attorneys, he says in the selection process. but he also goes on to point out that they didn't violate any georgia state law by striking some potential african american jurors. and that this trial will move forward with this jury 25 year old amar aubrey's killing spark nationwide protest. he was jogging in a neighborhood here in brunswick when he was chased down, shot and killed by greg mc michael and his son travis, a neighbor william roddy, bryan captured the shooting on cell phone video. all 3 have been charged and his death. of course, that video will be at the center of this high profile case. so head on all to

0, india is investing heavily in wind and solar power. so why can't win itself over coal? we'll find age plus conflicts and climate change will tell you more about the twin crises, chance cancel. farmers are battling every day. ah hello, i see sunshine across middle east ash per usual, but we have got some way whether in the forecastle them areas will cease and cloud . and right. sherry ranges pushing i, which was northern parts of around western areas over the high ground. also seeing some unsettled weather, we'll see some bits and pieces of the cloud and rain, cherry damp was just moving away from north in all parts of afghanistan as we go

through friday. and on into saturday we will see temperature falling back to around 11 celsius into round. so a little cooler than it has been recently. a shower still very much in place here, but for most as you can see, it does look fine and tri, pleasant. 32 celsius here in doha, about where it should be over the next few days, then present to parts of africa. the shower said continue quite nicely. some larvae showers there into uganda, pushing across the western side. tanza, near democratic republic of congo, see the usual heat of the day showers a seasonal downpours, some wet weather, stripping its way down. now across a good part of angola might just see a shower or 2 into western areas of zambia as we go through where friday possibility of one or 2 showers to into botswana. and it's eastern parts of south africa. but i think for east the south africa, she grad sheet and little dry as we go on through the weekend, ah,

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corona virus pandemic. that's the assessment. the world health organization which says recorded infections are higher there than those in asia. and africa combines the biden administration has announced a deadline for its covered 19 vaccination mandates. any fines. january, 4th, companies for the 100 or more employees will be required to ensure a staff are either vaccinated or tested weekly, and talks to revise. the 2015 iran nuclear dealer shuttle to resume at the end of november in direct negotiations between all sigma trees in vienna. stall bloss june after abraham racy won the presidential election uganda as president as calling for east african leaders to meets and discuss the worst and conflict in ethiopia. or the u. s. embassy and addis ababa is allowing some of its staff and their families to leave. if he appears government has declared a state of emergency as

t graham rebels claim to have made advances towards the capital. the european union is among bills now calling for an immediate cease far priyanka cooked her reports. it's not the 1st call to arms spine. if he'll be in leader, but this time it's against an enemy within the prime mister abbey amad use the 1st anniversary of the conflict antique white to call on his citizens to fight and defeat the tiguan rebels. nebraska until ethiopia is free and peaceful. this is the time every citizen has to say. i'm an ethiopian soldier, to condemn this mischievous plan while standing next to the ethiopian national defense forces to humiliate the enemy. late last year, if he appear national army with a strength in numbers and significant err, paul, pushed to t grind rebels into retreat. since july, the rebels had been making new gains and expanding the battle from insight into

neighboring. i'm hierarchy of our region, the central day have not entered an unlikely alliance with the oral more liberation army, a band flint to prove from around the region home to few p as largest ethnic group when the federal military had to withdraw from pig right. and june, after suffering significant battlefield losses not really does seem to depleted the federal military. they've been on recruitment campaigns since including and lifting these regional forces on militia. but ultimately, that means sending quite roll new recruits into battle. and that seems to have contributed to the fairly consistent gain by the 2 great forces through eastern i'm hora. the rebels are threatening to move to south towards addis ababa after couching to strategic handler on a major highway linking the northern region with the capital to where the teacher

and leadership is highly unpopular. because i was soldiers are not fighting alone. we should know that for sure, our forces will never surrender despite all that you might see on social media on that like to tv. we don't need to heed the advice of foreigners about how to deal with this conflict. this is our rule against those who attempt to enslaved us. the us has been calling for immediate negotiations with our preconditions to end the conflict. it's allowing voluntary departure of some of its staff and their family members in the capitol because of escalating violence. washington has sent a special on war for the horn of africa to few up here. and there all to reach left to deescalate the you got precedent has called a meeting of the east african block to discuss the crisis. for no addis ababa remains on edge as neither side shows any sign of backing down the aisle to 0 lebanon's prime minister,

his face in pressure to dismiss his information minister for causing a dispute with saudi arabia. george cra, he made comments about the war and yemen that have angered several gulf states saying a 100 reports phone payments. this conference was about promoting tourism in a nearly bankrupt country. but instead lebanese prime minister, in se, because he had to address a crisis threatening his 2 months old government, saudi arabia and some arab called countries have severed ties with lebanon for what they see as an increasing dominance of the hezbollah armed group. and then on the moon, we are determined to restore ties with saudi arabia and gulf states. i'm repeating my cost for the information minister to listen to his conscience had put circumstances into consideration and take the dance he should take. this is the priority of the solution to get out of the crisis, jesse. and he had a hammerlock the, the, the, the latest dispute was triggered by the comments of information minister george

cred, hey, who called the human war, a saudi aggression. it's a difficult balancing act for a prime minister who wants to restore ties with the countries traditional economic and political partners, but whose cabinet is controlled by hezbollah and its allies. they have publicly back the minister who has reiterated his refusal to resign and also need to gain that consensus. agreement has a lot of movement to political parties, as well as the manner of the part the, the part of the minister could back a as not to resign as well. if the head is on, the diplomatic dispute is aggravating divisions and 11 on which is among the battlefield, where even in saudi arabia, geopolitical tug of war is played out and talk to them and help them. i live near at liberty's government, most over a can frank apology to saudi arabia and the gulf states. and i started a real demo to just controversial issues that includes ending his beloved military

intervention in yemen. the saudi arabia has long accused hezbollah, of helping the iraq back to, to rebels in yemen, a charge the group denies. saudi arabia is pressuring lebanon to take a harsher line on, has for law. but the lebanese foreign minister has said that kingdom is forcing impossible terms on the government. has bala, he says, is a component of lebanese politics. and this has a regional dimension which can't be resolved by. the authorities here already cabinet has been deadlocked for weeks after a dispute about the judge investigating last year's blast at the report. and now without support from gulf nations, it will be hard to secure, much needed international aid to stop its economic collapse that there elisha zita, beirut, ah, in the comp $26.00 climate summit to set its sites on the

dirtiest fossil fuel coal button. the government says it's secure the coalition of dozens of countries pushing clear commitments, the phase out cool power that there are new to civil absences, 3 largest consumers of coal, india, china, and the us have not signed. don't fill the u. s. climate envoy john kerry is told al jazeera, his country is green agenda is setting a global example. we are committed to be carbon 3 in our power sector by 2035. and the president has committed that we will have only electric vehicles by 2035, no more internal combustion engine. so we're moving ahead very, very aggressively. as we know, india has not signed up to the cold deal. and while renewable power generation has tripled there in recent years, the cool thing is also expanding. elizabeth per on

a report, some jock hands whom to india largest coal reserves. these fires have been burning across the jody a cold field in india's eastern state of johnson for more than 100 years. they've destroyed thousands of homes and made much of jody a town uninhabitable. philip bowery is now a single parent. after his 30 year old wife jani baby fell into a pit while taking the daughter to use the toilet the ground. he often caves in the cause of the fires. my daughter came running and said mummy has fallen into a bit. i rushed to the fort and i prayed to god that no one has to ever see your site. like julia is india's most lucrative coal field, but also the sight of one of its biggest environmental disasters on the ground fires were 1st detected in 1916 and abandoned mines, which weren't decommissioned properly. more recently,

2 decades of unrestrained open cost mining has brought fires to the surface, but the indian government is pushing ahead with plants, expand the sector in jack and, and beyond developing. it's just really, it's industrialized. and for that you need power more and more for what is needed for the 70 percent. we are depended on this come of india is already the world's 2nd largest producer consumer and importer of comb. jacqueline is home to the country's largest coal reserves, but also to forests rich and bio diversity. the coal block under these fields. and that forest was auction to one of the biggest companies nearly a year ago, but no work has started. that's because the state of jackson is challenging the central government's plans and the supreme court on environmental grounds. there are plans to convert these fields and large tracks of forest into mines. displacing

tens of thousands of people who often belong to indigenous tribes. politicians and jobs can say any expansion must take people into consideration. the problem here is we want, everyone wants cold government, one school we want expansion. but what does it cost? people are paying for it. the truth is that there is an expansion, but people are not getting the do you want to have a call back? you want to have to call what, what about the people living about the service? like thousands of others visit bodies says he won't leave jody because the government has provided proper accommodation elsewhere. as india is alec tricity demand growth with its economy. environmentalists say it must prioritize clean energy for any development to be beneficial in the years to come. elizabeth peron of al jazeera jock and east in india, so as to world words to transition to renewables. so the less need for old fossil

fuel infrastructure environments had stint at clark. as in the scottish highlands, where floating oil platforms wait for either new contracts or to be de commissions . chromakey further the kind of barometer of the state of the case oil and gas industry. because when there's a downturn, it gets pretty crowded in here. as unused, rigs are brought in from the north sea and a weight new contracts. back in 2019 new case oil and gas or 30 estimated there were between 10 to 20000000 barrels of oil left to be recovered in the north sea. and indeed, as we speak as a beard under way to open up the john camber oil field, about 250 kilometers north of here, around the shetland islands. for the truth is, as the move away from fossil fuels gathers momentum fights like this will become more and more common for there is still clearly a very, very long way to go. at the un climate conference in glasgow delegates there are

still digesting the news of emissions. and nearly back to pre pandemic levels and still increasing where there is some good news to on the 1.5 degrees celsius target . remember before the conference, we were heading for 2.7 degrees celsius. now go over latest national commitments. if nation sticks them were at $1.00 degrees celsius. still some way to go, but as a week left of negotiations. so that gap could narrow and parts of chance conflict is growing as fertile land shrinks dry zones, and expanding in the changing climates, making resources ever more precious. i mentioned race reports, another victim of climate change. a prized horse, sir, comes to the searing heat. here an exhausted lamb was left behind by my greeting hood, for wild animals to deval as his losses pile up idle muhammad, the rounds of his cattle and family, and had towards the border with cam rule. me,

well, i filled out over photo would. we are leaving to had a past years, greener and the weather's more bearable. the migration will save what's left of my cattle, the drought, and the rising heat. taken so much away from me. far removed from what wild leaders are doing at the climate change summit. his just trying to cut his losses and recover, even if that means risking attacks by bandits, bo quorum and corrupt officials as he crosses the chide come road border. mom would you bring expects the dry period and his losses to continue. our add them has have in the, the rains have failed us and the unbearable heat is drying up the little water that we have. it's painful to watch your animals die and there's nothing you can do about it is no sure if you will have any kettle left before the reins return. while politicians and expos discuss how to slow global warming,

actors say people in this a hell already living but gloomy future. the leaders are talking about. they say the region continues to see arise and temperatures. and v 8 could get worse. if it to them also come to the disease, i can definitely tell you that in this region with time has in fact run out to the seller. it's up to us to act and mitigate the impact walton voice hello. i'm grow still occupy like slaves of territory, father limiting access to water and land for agriculture. as the impact of climate change becomes clear, pasta really is up, forced to make a difficult decision to sell their animals are very low prices. all of them die. and when they bring them to markets like this, they find few people can afford to buy them. ahmed edris al jazeera jemina. ah, this is al jazeera, the.