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as thousands return to the streets of sudan denouncing protest, her deaths and the new power sharing div plus a vigil is held for those who died, trying to cross the english channel a day after almost 30 refugees and migrants struck you k scientist are describing a new cobit 19 variant identified in southern africa as the most concerning they've seen yet. the u. k. health security agency says it has mutations that could make it spread. and in fact, people more easily, it adds the variance, spike protein, is dramatically different to the original corona virus that cobit 19 vaccines are based on england is putting 6 southern african countries on its travel read list. the early indications we have of the varied is that it may be more transmissible

than the delta variant and it, the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it. our scientists are deeply concerned about this varied. i'm concerned of course, and that's one of the reasons we've taken this action to day. i will say we don't know enough about this very and no one does. i think probably the u. k knows more the most because the excellent work we do on surveillance. but i think it is right that we take this approach and we remain cautious. well, dr. eric fighting is an epidemiologist and senior fellow at the federation of american sciences. he says, the science so far are not good. it's in transmitting very quickly worldwide. it's also arrived in hong kong and had immediately to break through cases and which luckily were caught in hotel warranty. but it is very worrisome and the fact that evaded the vaccines of the 2 people. these 2

people in hong kong were both double. pfizer by onset vaccinated also lends credibility that this virus is very, very basic. and could both really bad properties and could become worse than delta if it's not stronger than what before say right now the king so far in the past 6 months is that delta variance, if it's not as successful as the delta variant, it's not going to succeed. because delta barry has, has become the global dominant strength. but if something is faster, bigger, stronger, in many ways, and more basis, more importantly, then that is what the variance could succeed among those parts of the world. where we have a lots of axes and lots of people who've been previously infected without varying and have developed natural immunity to the delta variant. but that to the delta, not to this be 115 to $9.00 new areas. that's why the,

the big worry is that this could be worse than delta, and that's what a lot of scientists urban thing. they have been this worried since they saw the delta. the checked government has declared a state of emergency in response to searching infections. there the new measures include forcing restaurants, bars and clubs to close at 10 p. m. hospitals operating scheduled surgeries or procedures on hold as could be 900 patients fill more beds. and a corona virus infection has put the check president back in hospital just hours after his release from a 6 week long stay. 77 year old me lost them and had to cancel a meeting, which was to officially appoint the new prime minister f. as to finalize a new government line up after recent elections has been delayed by them and treatment for a chronic illness, which hasn't been publicly named. slovakia has gone into a 2 week locked people can only leave home for buying essentials or if they have to go to school or work. those who can't work from home need proof from their employer

. they're also exemptions for vaccinations and medical treatments. lucky has moved follows austria, which put locked down into place on monday. well, the pandemic is one of the perfect storm of problems to be rail. the will supply chain networks, businesses everywhere are dealing with bottlenecks as they try to water goodson. countries like the u. s. a bracing for the delays to stretch into the period surrounding christmas. gabriel elizondo reports now from hoboken in new jersey. ah, there is no shortage of home in the frothy cappuccinos at cau bunker coffee shop. what there is a shortage of is pretty much everything else. the global supply chain strain has made it difficult to keep the coffee shop stocked with essential food and beverages . the sign on the door says it all. customers are urged to be patient with staff

members because they're out of a lot of stuff. we're short on everything from bacon. cran straw's cups, silverware packets, you know ketchup packets being just small things. take this coffee cup and it's lid it most certainly was manufactured in china. and according to one supply chain expert i spoke to, it probably took over 200 different entities to get this, the factory and china to the coffee shop here in new jersey. the supply chain is like dominoes one falls. they all fall the well documented supply chain problems could be exacerbated during the christmas holiday shopping season. and in the lunar new year in february, experts say a few big companies are prepared, but most are not. for 99 percent of the companies on earth, they are managing with spreadsheets and emails and it is taking 50 or 60 phone

calls to manage one shipment. and we have people in the industry literally breaking down in tears over the pain of trying to keep track of a 1000 shipments across the world. oh, it gets very hectic in here, especially saturdays and erica, when she calls her distributors, asking when she can reliably get supplies for the coffee shop. the answer she has given is not what she is looking for. right now we're being told that at minimum 10 months maximum about 20 months until our supply chain here is completely back to normal. you said also for her and millions of business owners around the world. it can't come soon enough. gabriel's hondo which is eda, hoboken new jersey. well as gave was hinting at the china is the center of world manufacturing and is struggling to get its goods out. its been hit by cooper, 19 locked downs, power cuts, outages and a shortage of shipping containers live. now to paging and correspondent net katrina,

you katrina, good morning. so the supply chain crisis is getting worse. how is china reacting to it or trying to compensate for it? well at the moment there's very little that china can do other than trying to improve the infrastructure, run it's logistics. one big problem is this simple surgeon demands of goods from china. now regionally, for example, when you take china in the u. s, there was a ready and imbalance and trade that you had about a choose one goods going into of us from china. now that ratio is as extreme as $5.00 to $1.00. so you have the ships packed with goods from china, leaving chinese ports arriving at the u. s. but not enough goods for them to justify having trips back. and so there's simply a shortage of freight, the chinese factories now. and that's adding to the backlog of many good kind to get over there. and also that's also led to a search in the cost of shipping. one exposure we spoke to ships bicycles,

to the u. s. as that one shipping container has gone to from about $7000.00 to costing $10000.00. and that's adding all sorts of costs to this whole process. so that's one thing. the other side is trying to is to one of the few countries maintaining 0 tolerance approach to curve 19. that means if there are few cases, even just single digit cases, chinese government react by severe lockdown and quarantines. and so we had major ports here in china, in the east and in the south, partially or completely shut down after some stuff reported infections. and adding to that incoming crews for crews still need to quarantine when they arrive in china . that's about $22.00 weeks, $2.00 to $3.00 weeks of extra quarantine and chinese crews coming home need to do even more weeks. they need to do up to 5 weeks of quarantine at the porch of origin . then an additional few weeks of quarantine here in china. and that's all

exacerbating these bottlenecks and adding to that problems that you referred to earlier. we had extreme flooding affecting central china earlier this year as well as power shortages. that's also handed manufacturing. so adding to all of this, it's really created a perfect storm of supply chain problems coming from china. katrina, many things katrina, you that join his life from the bureau in beijing. the deputy head of sedans governing council has told this channel that last month's military takeover was the quote's best option to stop what was a spiraling crisis. general mohammed hamden dead glue, also known as him. ed t says they discussed it with all parties including the detain prime minister, who he says was on board. the prime minister is abdullah ham dog. he since been reinstated by the military in that new power sharing deal comes in over here. what's happened on october 25th was the ultimate outcome of a long process. since that change started in sudan during such process. many

discussions were made. and many initiatives were proposed by various parties, the prime minister himself proposed to initiative. and during our meetings in the transitional partners council or the sovereignty council, with the cabinet of ministers, we made maximum effort. but we couldn't reach a breakthrough. and at that point, we were left with 3 options, the best of which was the move we had taken. who was it was completely agreeable to the prime minister himself of the work we did not make such a move on our own. and you can watch the full interview with general dec low on our program, talk to our to sierra 1st shown at $730.00 jim t on friday. and then it will be available through the website out to 0 dot com. thousands of people in sudan had been back out on the streets, renewing their demand for food, civilian government. the security forces cleared some of them

with us. the crowds also chanted messages to one of the, at least $41.00 people killed in the military crackdown that followed. the takeover officers deny firing live ammunition directly at the protest is the prime minister of dela handle has now ordered an investigation and we still conducting peaceful protests. but it's known that the security apparatus is turned into an oppressive apparatus at the hands of army generals who do what they want with it. they order heavy firing with bullets as well as tear gas and arrests. peace has been our weapon and we will hopefully bring us to our goals and the oppression that the security uses against people is plenty and intend to let making sure the streets voice is not heard. now i can hear the sound of bombs behind me, but there's also the sound of protesters remain peaceful. i say no to deals with the cool instigators. plenty more still to come for you here on our to see or

including australian troops arriving in the solomon islands were riotous. continue to torture buildings during political unrest. plus they went to see from a beach like this. i am andrew simmons reporting from calais on the biggest ever tragedy for migrants and refugees crossing the english channel. ah look forward to brighter skies the weather sponsored my cattle airways. hello there. let's have a look at the weather across south asia and remains very wet in the south of india, an sri lanka. but the further north we go, the dryer it gets that's not necessarily a good thing for new delhi. however, this was a situation where the smoke creating lots of hazy sunshine, the air quality slipping to very unhealthy towards hazardous is going to say like

this for the next few days. not just for northern areas of india, but for pakistan. and their poll is expected to change, hopefully from saturday, with a change in the wind. but further south, we are seeing that rain in hans, the northeastern monsoon, bringing heavy rains. it's humble not to put a cherry once again. we've got amber alerts out here. not just for that heavy rain, but for thunderstorms and lightening up in the northeast corner though it does remain rather fine and dry and settled as does the east asia, as we hope across the mainland china. we've got high pressure in charge here, keeping fine and dry for the korean peninsula as well. lots of sunshine coming through. it's sunny as well for southern areas of japan wet, windier and more wintery up in the north. we've got significant snow. we could see more, it's going to get wet across those coastal areas, cooler for tokyo as we go into saturday. the temperature sitting at 15 degrees celsius. oh, the weather sponsored by cataract ways. oh, there's a lot more in al jazeera than

t v. with our website mobile app, social media, and podcast. al jazeera digital is the world award winning online content. and each week on portal will bring you the very best of it. they're trying to frighten the people to be the, to go somewhere else. but the truth is that it got no where else to go. so if you missed it online, catch up here with me. sandra. got men on al jazeera. ah ah. quarter past the al, let's update the top stores for you. so for today you k scientists are describing

a new cobit 19 varian identified across southern africa as the most concerning. they have seen yet the u. k. health security agency says it has mutations that could make it spread and infect people more easily. the deputy head of saddam's governing council has told al 0 that last month's military takeover was the best option to stop. what was a spiraling crisis. general mohammed ham done dead glow, says they, disgusted with all parties including the prime minister, who was agreeable to it. and thousands of the denise sipping back out on the streets honoring those killed in recent protest or also renewing their demand for full civilian government. security forces cleared some of them away with tear gas. well and 50 people have died off to fire and smoke filled a russian mine in siberia. some rescuers are among the dead. 285 people were in the mind when the emergency started early on thursday. most managed to get out the senior managers have been detained for suspected safety violations. australian

peacekeepers have arrived in the solomon islands to help its government respond to protest and riots. the pacific nation, a few of them, 700000 people, have been beset by ethnic and political tensions for decades. the latest unrest was sparked by pandemic fuel economic problems and an unpopular decision by the prime minister to break diplomatic relations with taiwan and move closer to china. sarah clark is covering that story for us from brisbin in australia. sarah, good morning. we're hearing about a 3rd day of rioting. now. the latest reports we've had on the ground and honey, our with one of our colleagues is that the number one, the cookie has been lifted. this was putting place for 72 hours or up the 1st day abroad, which was on wednesday. there are still 5 burning. is widespread looting in parts of the capitol and that being around chinatown. and that's the main flash point and has been to the last couple of days. we can confirm the high school, a bank and

a number of other government buildings have been torched or damaged as a result. but as mentioned, the, the chinese i and institution, chinese funded businesses and the chinese area and chinatown that which is what the main focus has been. so the current count of damage on the 3rd day we expect for the more purchased, potentially to come to the around one structures have been damaged. now, as you mentioned, the prime minister he'd been called upon to resign from this my group of demonstrators who brought the malaysia province. and this is a product which is very unhappy with a number of things, a mix of reasons that the key is the government of filing to deliver on infrastructure, withholding funds, giving money to foreign things as opposed to local firms. and of course, the underlying or long running agreement. so anger is over the government, federal government decision to switch its allegiance to china after 36 years with taiwan. so that's been the key trigger,

the people so they were consulted and federal government is to remind place the todd to china, but the prime minister said he will not stand down. he will only stand his budget out of office and say, members of the australian defense forces and the police have arrived. what do we think? australia's role will be now moving forward? well, the 1st round of police, a small contingent saw that the federal police i arrived on thursday evening, another 40 or so or on they why now, and that the mix of federal police as well as the strain defense for that of course is around 20 or so apparently based from it's julia in the solomon on and he's trying to climb into stuff on friday. he's spoken this morning. he said they're quick to confirm the quit request was made by the solomon islands prime minister. so go by and it's an intervention only which he expects to last just a couple of weeks i, he's reluctant to get involved in the domestic affairs that are driving, certainly triggering these demonstrations. and he said there's no political agenda

that got lost. and of course we had a china reactor overnight on thursday night to the monitoring closely, but they do support the solomon islands prime minister. and they have confidence that he will be able to restore peace at night to have refused to wayne to any political agenda or domestic affairs at the state. so at the moment we had the strain defense for typing to quill be on risk, but certainly standing back from getting involved in any political affairs in the solomon islands. sarah, thank you very much. sarah. lot there. john is live from brisbin, the u. k. in france, calling for a coordinated response to stop people smuggling across the english channel. you ministers have been invited to paris for an emergency meeting. that's after at least 27 refugees and migrants drowned off the northern french coast while trying to reach the u. k. they had set off from near the port city of kelly, from their his andrew simmons rescue boats are on patrol less than 24 hours after the tragedy there. surveillance from above please. so using beach

buggies and what passes for normality in cali, migrants and refugees being escorted to buses, bound for some sort of shelter. no, for our police. and mobilized day and night. not only yesterday or the day before, but they have been from the very start. they are on our external borders. never has france had, is many police officers and it timed soldiers involved in a fight against illegal immigration. this is about addressing long tamper factors smashing the criminal dance at chief human beings as cargo and tack in supply chains. all along this part of the french coastline, more than 50 kilometers of it. there are spots where in secrecy, people smugglers arrange the sudden, boating of small inflatable boats. it's happened before, and it's still happening. these images were filmed on the same days. the migrants died. people intent on getting to the u. k. no matter what the risk. it's hard to

imagine the level of desperation for these people in braving the seas to cross the english channel, but they're doing so in their thousands of numbers are growing. this year alone, $25000.00 have made the crossing. that's triple the number of 2021. for many of the people arriving in cali, this is where they are given help, carrots as a charity tries. it's best to persuade people not to make channel crossings warning of the hazards. most of the time they fail. they don't just blame the people smugglers, they blame governments on both sides of the channel. even though after what happened yesterday, people will try again. so it's really time to change the politics here. it's really, it's really time to change the situation into an into open, safe and a guy routes to let people and to cover basic needs. when people are ear to lead them, settle in france as well. the british and french governments often blame each other

for the problem, getting worse. what's the rhetoric dies down though? there is some hope that wednesdays death could bring a new level of cooperation. what was intended to be a new beginning? was a tragic in for the men women and children who died in the english channel. how many more may have to die before there's an increase of humanitarian moves to help these people, instead of politically motivated actions on both sides of the english channel. andrew simmons al jazeera kelly. meanwhile, about 300 people have been rescued at sea by the italian coast guard cruz say the boat was in distress because of the large number of refugees and migrants on board in rough conditions. they were 20 kilometers from the italian island of glen producer, a frequent arrival point for those trying to reach europe. report into allegations of abuse committed under the full mac ambien president. ja jeremy has recommended criminal charges believe against those responsible. the can be as truth

reconciliation and reparations commission handed the report to his successor, detailing claims of state sanctioned torture, rape and death squads began be in foreign minister. told this channel. the government is committed to the report and its recommendations. what we want is the healing. and that hidden process moves lot of sacrifice. and we've seen dude in, in the proceedings of the data, see when some of the people accuse came up and did. there may or cooper, the victims were ready to forgive. but forgiveness does that mean impunity? the government is committed to implementing the recommendation and we are going to put emphasis on reconciliation. a striking guadalupe has kept the french caribbean island at a standstill for a 2nd week to lansing cove, with 19 restrictions, longstanding, socio economic problems protest. as our defiant,

the french government was called for. com, but no representative from paris has made a trip to the island yet natasha butler is there cause of forced to turn back as protesters block road on the french caribbean island of guadalupe, where anger continues to simmer. what began more than a week ago, as a strike of a mandatory vaccines for health workers, is now full blown demonstration against the french government. people here say they don't trust the vaccines, all politicians in paris. the problem or when we believe vocal people for the problems and guadalupe frontier, the cost of living is high and there is no training for young people, no jobs for the skilled. we feel totally ignored by france. they pile obligations on us without understanding us apart while i've hoss demonstrators of set up blockades like this across the island, making it difficult to get around. this is the main road, the links, the 2 major parts of the islands and it is blocked. it is causing disruption,

but what the protesters have done is put in place a system whereby essential goods, food and water can get through, as well as patients who need to go to hospital. despite the difficulties this paramedics, as he supports the strike, yes, it is. water, the curve it past the obligatory vaccinations. there are lots of people in guadalupe who say you shouldn't force people to do what the don't want to do. that's dictatorship at this hospital in the city of pointer pete, the atmosphere is festive with these health workers. say there is little to celebrate, suspended from their positions for refusing the covert vaccine. they say they'll protests until they get jobs back on the planet. you can't just interfere with my body, it's my body. and as my counsel prime ministers, every one's choice must be respected. we are human and so will remain against the vaccine and covered past because they are only aim is to destroy the economy. the head of the hospitals cov,

it units as widespread vaccine skepticism is putting lives at risk. yeah, it's only one 3rd of people in guadalupe vaccinated, so it's very, very low and it won't be enough. if a 5th wave arrives to stop a high number of hospital debts, the french government has sent extra police officers to the island and called for com. it says the covey restrictions will be lifted, but ministers will work on finding solutions where people here say they're fed up with being told what to do by paris. rather than being heard, natasha butler al jazeera. what look now, the president of kingston is expected to strengthen his grip on power after sunday's parliamentary elections. critics accuse sada joppa rav of suppressing descent. zane bas ravi is in the quickest on capital. bish kick where he spoke to a politician whose running against the ruling party, blinded by a child who disease thus unbecoming,

of struggled with depression at an early age. the pursuit of knowledge, he says, saved him and led him to a career as a lawyer. once a member of the party overthrown by curtis jones, president, southern of horror, the acting m. p is now running for parliament as an independent be his campaign slogan. i see the truth a play on his disability suggests he has not lost his sense of humour. and perhaps a jab at the current leadership. he may be blind, but even he is able to see the people's real problems. but you might so plan in social media is just like tv. you can be recognizable, you can make appeals from social media, but you will not lead your waters to develop boxes. that is why personal contact the moment when you are chatting with the potential voters, it better the chances that this water will come and vote for you in a system that has for years run on political favortism. thus done walking,

the beat makes him a rare breed the election for a new parliament is only a few days away. but walking around the capital, bish catch you wouldn't be able to tell. this is the lowest level of public activity this country has ever seen before. a vote. now that may be down to a nationwide case of what some experts are calling political fatigue. this is after all, the 4th round of poles this country is conducting in a year. political heat from opposing forces is also noticeably milder. descent has been muffled by allegations of corruption, opposition activists and leaders are out of the country or in prison. and front runners that are likely to fill parliamentary seats largely back the president. japira has not been as heavy handed his previous leaders, but has cracked down on political opponents, intimidated critics and pass laws to weaken press freedom things. he said he would not do the public promises that make him popular. his critics say, are a cover for the same corruption of past governments. many fear the elections will

be followed by hostility, probably nice, we're going to get some news, but i have no doubt that's going to have that history shown us that such dictators as the current government, white for elections only to strengthen their vertical power. as soon as i have enough support, as soon as they have the parliament and the courts in their hands, they will intensify. the fight against this voter turn is going to be an important indicator of the health of democracy in his phone. and after years of ballads cast out of fear, under pressure or for payment turned out. this time is expected to be extremely low . in basra. v o z rubbish, keck. ah, this is al jazeera. these are the top stories brochure. scientists are describing a new koby 19 very anti identified in southern africa as the most concerning they've seen yet. the u. k. health security agencies says it has mutations that could make it spread. and in fact.