o l g z o with whoa global alarm over a new cove at variance in southern africa, thousands of miles away. europe has its 1st case on prepares to restrict travel. the european commission has today proposed to member states to activate the emergency brake on travel. ah, hello i, mariam noisy in london, you're watching alger 0 also coming up on the program. just days after dozens of migrants perished and the waters between them,

france and britain stumble over politics and the search for solution. ethiopia as prime minister vows to bury the enemy as pitchers appear to show him on the front line against rebels. and americans hit the shops on black friday, but it might be slim pickings ah hello, welcome to the program. world health organization has declared a corona virus variant of concern warning of a new mutation which could spread more quickly just 2 days after it was 1st reported. the news strain has led several countries to restrict travel to southern africa, u. s. and european stock market also suffered their worst days of the year. variant is currently known as b 115 to 9, but has been assigned the greek letter, omicron. it was 1st spotted in south africa earlier this month in the areas

surrounding johannesburg. but is now believe to be present in almost all provinces . the change is in the 32 mutations to it, what is called the spike protein. this is what the virus use is to penetrate human cells and cause infection. it's also what most vaccines are designed to target, and it could take weeks of work to uncover what impact these changes could have on how effective the vaccines are out there as an a din barber has our report. now. it's the news. no one wants to hear the discovery of a new cobit very cold ami chronic 1st identified in south africa, has hit world stock markets as concerns grow about the new global threat to a health organization has labeled it's a variance of concern w jose. closely monitoring the recently report of a ryan b 11529, early analysis show that this ryan is a large number of patients that require and will undergo further study. the w h o

cautioned against hasty counter measures for now, but many governments chose instead to act fast. early indications show this barrier may be more transmissible than the delta buried and current vaccine may be less effective against it. it may also impact the effectiveness of one of our major treatments, one of the u. k. his lead by restricting travel from 6 southern african countries with the urging all member states to follow suit. cases of the new variance have been confirmed in a growing list of countries, including hong kong, israel and belgium. it is now important that all of us in europe act very swiftly. the european commission has today proposed to member states to activate the emergency brake on travel from countries in southern african and other countries affected. of course travel restrictions of designs not to hold the spread of the variance. it's too late for that. but instead to buy time,

this new variance is how much mutations that we've ever seen on crowd of ours. so 30 more compared to the original strain and about twice as many delta, it will take weeks to know all of that information. and we know that from previous studies on the alpha delta that it takes time to understand the transmission infectiousness. it takes time to understand the severity in the weeks ahead, the world will hold its breath, waiting to find out whether the new variant is a dark turn in the pandemic, or a false alarm. nadine baba al jazeera and some breaking years in the past few minutes, the united states is banning travel to south africa and 7 other nations. from monday onwards, not comes off to several other countries also brought in restrictions out. there is for me to mila reports now from johanna's bug frustration at janice birds international airport. as dozens of people try to return to the united

kingdom, it comes all was off. date was announced. a new variant of cove at 19 had been identified in south africa that led to the united kingdom announcing a new travel ban on people coming from southern african countries, including south africa botswana and some bob, which is a bit inconvenience. we had our flights book for a week time, but we got the news from our daughter in about 12 31 o'clock last night saying that you were going to introduce the red list. it's on justified. it's abrupt and it's not good for tourism, for south africa was seen these regulations laid off last night. people up front to keep trying to get back into the south. african scientists say they're worried existing vaccines may not be effective, and the new variant may spread easily. genomics develops in south africa has been

outstanding throughout this whole pandemic period. and that's why we've been able to identify when changes occur, the fact that we are able to identify changes quickly is good news is good news for the world. but we must be careful that we don't then jumped the conclusion of, well, that equals, it came from here, it came from there and it means it's there so that we need to understand much more about this. so far, dozens of infections have been identified in south africa. while in botswana, the government says the new virus was found in several foreign nationals on a diplomatic visit. while the south african government says it respects the decision taken by the u. k and other countries to limit travel to and from the region. and that precautionary measures may be necessary. it says the decision is rushed. the world health organization is meeting to decide what action to take. so we know been promised. interventions were been practicing. we did to

touch and dos with restrictions in terms of the regulations, whether they're with or that a possible 4th wave, compounded by the new variant may further strain and already overwhelmed health system in south africa for me to mana, i'll 0 johannesburg. and in the past ally tight restrictions have been announced in the netherlands, has collided to step boston who's in the hey covering this forest and step, tell us what these new measures involve. well the government, as mountain as for the lockdown, then they announce just a couple of weeks ago. infection rates have really gone up in the last couple of weeks. the maintenance is doing particularly bad here in europe. so the government felt they had no other choice but to impose what they call an evening lockdown. so

after 5 o'clock, all non essential. shops got faith restaurant. basically, the whole country should be close to people who would say endorse only essential shops can open until 8 o'clock. but interesting part of the whole packet of measures is that schools will still remain open. and this is a great comfort because a lot of infection in school right now, but the government didn't want to go that far. there was a lot of criticism on the prime minister. also the questions were asked, can people still trust you? he said that it was a difficult because he also felt it was very difficult for the government to convince people to accept these new masters. and while he was speaking, there was a noise demonstration right here. please just now clearing the area, but people who are making noise refusing all these new, marcia. so despite the fact of course, it is very and has now been found also the new varian from south africa in belgium, which is also very near food in islands to plains all to have arrived from south

africa this morning. these people are mount sofa in front of immigration, still they've still waiting for the testing results. so a very conflicting situation here with the reality which is very serious and people here for testing against new measure. that's right. i mean, over the past week, we've seen as many as tens of thousands of people taking to the streets to express their opposition. these anti cove. it measures now how, what is the reaction i'm likely to be to this night time locked down in the netherlands? well, as you can see, the whole evening here, police was really in full guard and not only here in the hague, but of several out of cities. and then madeline protests are also expected in the next few days. there's a lot of concern about the security issues right now because the hospitals are struggling. the doctor say we're reaching a code black,

which means that the hospital, if you are to use, will have to face very difficult decisions in the next week or 10 days. who will be admitted, a new card be admitted, they are simply fool. but then on the street, the authorities are dealing with a complete purity correct on protests was on the streets. we had riots last week for the 1st time and more than 20. if police actually had to shoot at people, they shot them in the lag that hasn't happened for very long time. so there's a very complicated situation and a lot of people are looking at the government because they feel like they can't trust them anymore. they're fluffed, has been eroded over this last year and a half. thank you very much. that was in the hey will alum fisher joins us live now from washington d. c. on breaking news about travel restrictions. we're just airing about a covered restrictions in europe. people taking to the streets and obviously these travel bands being imposed in brussels. tell us about to the, the policy there in washington just announced in the last few minutes has been

decided by the us authorities that they're going to buy and immigration from certain the african countries that won't apply to us. citizens and legal residents are on their way back here, but from the country, south africa's in barbara namibia, the suitor malawi, is swanny, mallory and botswana. they will not be allowed into the united states. joe biden has been monitoring the situation. he's been advised by some of his top aides over the last few hours. he is of course, on vacation in massachusetts at the moment. and i to the photo who is his lead advisor on covered said that they were trying to obtain as much information as they possibly could from the south african authorities in a short, a time span as possible. they were hoping to get some information in the coming hours. clearly, the by the administration has decided the count way and so on. paused these travel restrictions. there will be criticism,

not these travel restrictions are due to kick in at one minute after midnight on monday. there will be the question about if there is such a risk because of this new variant from this area. why it isn't happening sooner. why people will still be allowed to fly over the next couple of days. understandable. you won't turn planes back that are near at the moment, but clearly there'll be critics who see, you should start monitoring and start that monitoring. know to make sure that the u . s. is not at risk. it was a thing that donald trump was criticized for when he didn't close. don't international travel. joe biden has said that his intention is to keep the american public as safe as possible from cupboard. and so they've announced this decision just in the last few minutes that those 8 countries in south africa will find that they are fined facing travel restrictions to the united states. thank you very much for that update from washington. anesthesia. thank you alan. ah,

well, any hours after 20, when people die tried across the sea between france and the u. k. the leaders of both nations promised new resolve to prevent more deaths, but barely a day later in a political route over a letter sent by the british prime minister has led france to freeze its neighbour out of an emergency summit. this weekend. the number of refugees in migrants entering europe has fallen since the height of the war in syria, with a sharp spike down during the corona virus pandemic. so far this year there's a slight trend up on the past 2 years. most of those people apply for asylum in germany, france, spain, and greece. even the u. k. 5th on the list, you have to be on you k soil to claim asylum. and in the year to september, around $45000.00 people made the journey at up about 11 percent on the previous year. but the big changes in the way people try to get their most easter hide on the back of laurie's, but from 2018 to 20. 20

a number of people crossing on small boats or dingus went up 30 fold some more than 8000. and this year the increase is going to her over $25.00 and a half 1000 as events this week of shown are all putting their lives risk. since 2014, a 166 people have died trying to cross the channel. a total which does not include the people who died this week. poor brennan reports now from dover on england, south coast. seeing these migrant boats close here in a honda. it is easy to see just how inevitable wednesday's loss of life was these 6 to 8 meet the inflatable simply aren't designed to cross the treacherous waters of the english channel. but what was less foreseeable was how the initial political consensus that there needs to be closer cooperation between france and england to prevent these crossings happening has fallen apart in the space of just 3 days. britons proposals included, for example,

putting british police and potentially army on french beaches to help the french patrol that stretch of coastline. but the french had been resisting that for the previous 2 days. so when bonus johnson formerly requested joint patrols, the reaction from the french was exasperation. gdcp i spoke 2 days ago with prime minister barak johnson's in a serious manner. on my end, i seek to continue doing as i do with any country in any headed states. i am surprised by methods when they are not serious ones. i see you don't communicate from a leader to another on these matters via tweets and letters. you are making public . we are not whistleblowers kamani and some boots on breeches appears to be one of the biggest bands of contention between the bridge and the french. specifically, britain's ongoing pressure for the french to allow joint patrols along the french beaches in order to prevent the boats putting to see in the 1st place. but the french of long resisted that idea, saying that the length of the coastline means that that's simply not practical, as well as the issue of sovereignty. so embarrass johnson included the beach patrol

idea and a formal letter to president micron. and then similar tenuously tweeted, the less it's a social media. it had the impression of trying to bounce the french president into agreeing with a british perspective. what he did was sent out of 5 very good, clear. if you take time to read the less you'll see this idea is makes it very, very clear that we want to work in cooperation handed glove with the friends. i can't think of another way of resolving this other than to talk about it and the additional measures in place. so close and yet so far. i think stan britain will be excluded from sundays meeting over there in kelly with the rest of the channel nations that we know new cooperation despite the appeals earlier in the week from president micron, a prime minister johnson, and nothing new to stop refugees and migrants attempting to make the treacherous crossing these 2 countries so close geographically remained so very far apart on this thorny issue pull, brennan al jazeera dover,

also of migrants in refugees is still causing concern on another of the eas borders . this time between poland and better roost, whose president has visited a crowded border camp. he met some of the thousands of people who make shift shelter and told them they were free to head west or go home. the european union has accused better use of engineering that crisis by distributing visas in the middle east, flying people in and then pushing them towards the frontier. because shank, it says, batteries will help people to return to their home countries, but they won't be forced. yes, not through done. yes, i'm looking ahead and if the margaret crisis in a bill of room, so now it will grow much bigger. not only in spring, but next winter. we understand that a large flow of people will be arriving and bill bruce, and it will be hard to hold them on the border. the problem must be solved now before it grows much bigger. on out to e. c o p s. state television is broadcast images which appeared to show the prime

minister visiting soldiers on the front line in the countries conflict with to grind rebels. the armored told reporters that the armies morale is high and opposition forces have been pushed back to grind. rebels began their offensive. earlier this year has been growing concerned. the group and its allies could reach the capital artist alba as it advances along a road towards the city. i'm like a big group. the enemy doesn't know capabilities and preparations, because of that contempt and from the wrong evaluation of us. they've made attempted attack, but instead of sitting in us, we made a change and decided to come to the front. as you can see, this mountain was held by the enemy until yesterday. now we have captured it today also we will capture cheaper and bercher samuel get to choose an independent journalist, an artist out there and says, i'll be a visit is to, to the front line is meant to rally support. this is really to continue to have his, the movement all class, he said,

defeating the enemy to move forward. there has been lots of people that have signed up to the army. so far, since the prime minister decided to go to the battle ground, he said there has been no movement in many countries. a movement named no more organized and started by journalists based in the u. s. a name to her miller ago, who has really push the data for us to support them and 10 resources needed resources to said at the prime minister has been saying to bury the enemy with our blood and bones. but again, in time, so negotiation or seat fire there seems to be a growing distance between the 2 sides. the government has been saying this is about the foundation of the country. the other side is saying they're pushing ahead to try to even change the government has been elected in,

in new york. and the last few months is so again, with the conflict that ongoing impact in so many people, there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. but there is determination from foresight to in a 100 percent. watching al jazeera life from london, most still had 4 on the program, ukraine's president to thank russians, were involved in a plot to oust him. his neighbors troops not near the border and grief in russia after thousands of people die in the was mining accident in more than a decade. ah, hell i we got a lot going on in the weather across here at pitts. my were lots of wets. and when the and at times when she weather for many, for the next couple of days, we have got a storm, our wind swelling away in the north sea, behind that breeze,

very cold air, cold and all the winds coming across many parts. and that means some snow, it means very low temperatures, as well as you can see temperatures. well, that is a single figures across many areas that colder air. sinking right down across france, we have already seen some snow, significant snow fall in maine. and there's more where that came from. there's that cold normally blasting around our when that's going to bring some wintry flowers into east of scotland, eastern parts of england, even down a quasi snares of east angling. norfolk advocacy wanted to win few flowers here. single figures once again and a driving wind winds gusting to around $5060.80 committees per hour as we go through saturday and on into sundays easing a touch. but it's still there and it's pushing right through significant snow fall around the mountains of northern spain. fair but a snow just around the alps as well. and even crossing to pony, we could see at when she miss continuing, when she showers to just along with dalmatian cosen heavy showers, they're pushing,

hosted to se parts of europe were more heavy. rain for grace ah, with this they just said, and it's time for a different approach. one that is going to challenge the way you thing from international politics to the global pandemic, and everything in between. upfront with me, mark lamond hill on out 0. talk to al jazeera, we ask, how would you describe taliban relationship with the us? we listen copied my tedious not told for coffee. 19 nesbit, terrible demonstration of the failure to view much solely that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al jazeera. ah, ah ah,

welcome back, a look at the main stories now. and in the last few minutes, the united states has joined a number of other countries and banning travel from southern africa where a new very to the crone of ours has been detected. well, health organization is officially designated a variant of concern named omi crohn k. his have also been detected in belgium, israel, and hong kong. in our other headlines, french president, emmanuel macro is cancelled an invitation for the british home secretary to a meeting on migrant crisis. and has warned the u. k to quote, get serious or remain locked out of discussions. it comes after you. k prime minister boris johnson wrote a letter to micron urging france to take back the people who make it to britain. and ethiopian state tv is broadcast images which appear to show the prime minister visiting soldiers on the front line in the countries conflict with to grind rebels . ave armor told, reported that the armies morale is high and the opposition forces have been pushed

back. well now we go to court, august on security services there, say they've fooled and attempted coup just head of sunday's parliamentary elections . at least 15 people have been detained, including politicians and former officials are accused of trying to stage of violent protests against the result. president solder, jumper of his expected to maintain his grip on power, critics accused him of suppressing descent by arresting potential rivals. and then ukraine's president is saying security serves is there. the uncovered applause involving russians for an attempted coup against his government. though to me, zalinski told a news conference. the alleged takeover was scheduled for next wednesday and thursday. russian troops have been building up near the border with ukraine, although it's dismiss claims that it's planning to invade. ukraine says it would pay dearly if it did so. to millions on my supercilious love nation designedly

wounded the felony put along. i cannot that, not only do we have the information, but we even have audio recordings of representatives of ukraine. let's call them that discussing with, let's call them representatives of russia occurring ukraine. woodrow now 52 people have died in a mining accident in russia's side barrier region. this is the west incident in the countries mining industry. in more than a decade, 3 people have been arrested, suspected of negligence and a breach of safety procedures. but it's smith reports now from the russian capital laska rome for russia's poorly regulated mining industry. the news was as inevitable and as bleak as a siberian winter. dozens of people killed, including 6 rescuers, probably by methane poisoning in the shafts of the list. re ashley a mine? yes, i have no words else. i've already said that me thing was over the limit. my husband came home from work every day and said it wouldn't and well, it was so with the limit that all the senses were beeping. and on the night of

november, 14th to 15th, a fire broke out of the unit to no measures were taken. he is the result. just 10 days have gone by and they're all lying in there. there were 285 people in the mine when it began to fill with smoke on thursday. rescue team scrambled, but the situation on the ground was so unstable. they had a little time after a few hours, the rescue attempt was called off because of the risk of another explosion. 50 people are in hospital according to local authorities. the miners who made it out alive, described a frantic scramble to evacuate to so i was crawling and then they fell them. grabbing me, i reached my arms out to them. they couldn't see me. the visibility was bad. they grabbed me and pulled me out. if not for them would be dead. the director of the mine and his deputy had been detained, police in siberia say to state security inspectors have been arrested on suspicion of criminal negligence. investigator save inspectors, had issued

a safety certificate for the mine in november, but had not actually checked the facility. 3 days of morning had begun in the siberian region of came over. this is the worst mining accident here in 10 years. it's a very dangerous industry in russia and across the former soviet union safety standards . a pool was a lack of oversight of working conditions, an aging soviet air equipment burnett's mit al jazeera, moscow on the black friday shopping bonanza is underway in the us with retail is expecting bigger crowds than last year. a massive shift to online shopping during the pandemic means many shops and not seeing the frenzy of the past. it is a worldwide trend now though, and britain looks to be on track for record sales over the weekend. but this is a global supply chain. crisis is also giving retailers a headache. gabriel, arizona joint is live now from the old. one of the crowds been like that.

well, this mall that we're at, which is one of the biggest malls in the united states. it has not been as busy as you might expect. we haven't seen any of those iconic images of a crush of customers rushing through the front doors of a store. we have not seen that. it's busy, but maybe a little busy than you would normally see on a, on a friday or saturday, but not nearly what it was free, pandemic on black friday. there's a whole host of reasons for that. there is pent up demand after 18 months to 2 years of his pandemic, for people to get out and do buying and shopping again as a meet with family over the holidays. but there are other factors at play as well as sort of a perfect storm. if you will, number one is there's a supply chain issue as we've been discussing now that's been going on globally. there's a lack of certain products that are reaching the shelves in various different parts of stores here. that's number one. there's also

a shortage of retail workers just in the united states, about 300002400000 retail workers per month have been quitting their jobs this year alone. so there's a real shortage of workers is affecting things as well. and also the u. s. is dealing with cement inflation worries. there is also a having a, having an effect here on black friday numbers. we will get the total analysis of where the numbers are for, for another day or 2. but bottom line is i think retailers are saying that this is not looking like what they were hoping for now with the new variant coming out. and these new travel restrictions, it probably is going to affect things even worse. right. and tell us why these figures are important. what's it, how is it an important indicator for economic health and wages and employment? yeah, i mean, as the world,

the world economy has been devastated from the pandemic. so retailers were hoping that this holiday season would be the 1st one and 2 years really, where they've been able to really regain some of the losses over the last couple years. we'll see if that's the case, but it's looking like it's not going to be as good as that hope. all right, thank you very much. deborah elizondo jenny said the latest on black friday, which is ah not day to the top stories the sound now the world health organization has declared a new corona, virus variant of consign wanting of a new mutation which could spread more quickly. variance has been assigned the greek letter on mc crohn. it was 1st spotted in south africa earlier this month in the surrounding, in the area surrounding johannesburg. but he's now believe to be in almost all the provinces, the you.