from short documentaries to in depth explain this portal showcase is the best approach of 0 digital content at the year draws to a close. we look back at the events that have shaped the new and look ahead to next year, december on a jesse europe. ah, a highly mutated new coven 19 variant is given the name alma crohn. as alarm spreads around the world. the european commission has today proposed to member states, to activate the emergency brake on travel. ah, on hasn't thinking this is al, does it alive from the also coming up on the front lines. ethiopia as prime minister visits troops fighting rebels in the northeast,

france accuses the u. k. of not being serious about stopping refugee and migrant deaths. dis, inviting the british from a crisis meeting with or the discovery of a new corona virus variant has sent a chill through much of the world and set off an anxious wait for more data in keeping with naming major variance off the letters of the greek alphabet the world health organization has designated this on the chrome. it has many mutations suggesting it could pose more risks than the delta variant, and may evade vaccines and immunity. many jittery governments fear the worst. nearly 2 years after coven 19 emerged and triggered a pandemic, this known to have killed more than 5000000 people. the dean baba begins, are coverage. it's the news. no one wanted to hear the discovery of a new covey variant called ami krohn. first identified in south africa,

has hit world stock markets as concerns grow about a new global threat. the world health organization has labeled it a variance of concern based upon the information that we have, particularly from south africa. and they have advised w h o that this variance should be classified as a variant of concern. so today we are now seeing b 11529 is the variance of concern, named on the con, the w h o cautioned against hasty counter measures for now, but many governments chose instead to act fast. early indications show this varied may be more transmissible than the delta v and current vaccines may be less effective again 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 emerging all member states to follow suit. cases of a new variant 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 africa and other countries affected. of course travel restrictions are designed 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 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 panoramic or a false alarm. nadine baba al jazeera,

are these are the a southern african countries. now, subject to travel restrictions by several governments around the world, the united states and canada are among the latest to announce flight suspensions. mike, hannah is lifeless in washington d. c. so mike, what's been the us response to this latest? very well, the us, sir. the white house cope with force held talks with south african scientists in the course of the morning brief, president biden, and then it was announced following the w h. o. an answer meant about the new variant that travel from south africa and a number of its neighboring countries would be banned with effect from monday. now the cobra to of but task force also said that us citizens and those with the right to residents in the united states will be allowed in. but the use of a corona virus test still applies to them. so the ban on south african

a number of other countries will come into full effect from monday. this a quick turn around by the u. s. government by the cobra task force at responding very quickly to what it sees as a major threat. president biden took part in those discussions with south african scientists in the course of the morning. and this is what he had to say. we don't know a lot. i spent what happens when i go with my so my, what is the degree of cooperation and between south africa in the u. s. in combating this new strength? well, south african scientists saw this very and earlier in the week and reacted very strongly, quickly, flagging up a flag to the international community warning of the threat of this new virus.

speaking to us at scientists in the course of the morning that is the u. s. i to speaking to the south african researches to try and get more information on exactly what they are dealing with, the south african statistics that reveal that the new varian to spitting full times as quickly as previous variance. so this, of course of great concern, but president biden as well, using this as a way in which to press his goal for global immunization. he has repeatedly stated that it is absolutely crucial for the world as a whole to get vaccinated. he's pointed out that the u. s. has sent a large number of faxing to african countries to south africa in particular. and importantly, he's pressing ahead with going at the w t o, the world trade organization ministers conference in the coming week to press for a and a waiver of intellectual rights to the vaccines. this would allow for them to be manufactured on a global basis and make international access to the vaccines far more far greater.

but the problem that remains the u. s. scientists working with the good ones and others are around the world. is that this variant is so far more virulent. it appears than previous ones. it may well test the vaccines that are currently being administered. yeah, for the moment mike, mike, hannah lifer, there in washington. oh so much she was so much is unknown about the on the kron a micro virus. here is what we do now. this point, as we heard, it was 1st identified in south africa from a sample that came from neighboring botswana. since then, more than 100 confirmed cases have been detected in those 2 countries as well as hong kong, israel and belgium. varian has $32.00 mutations on what's called the spike protein, which is what the virus uses to invade ourselves. this means it's by protein is dramatically different than the one in the original corona virus. the code 1900

vaccines are based on join us now from an opera is dr. alief or to me. he is a vaccine ologist, an agent professor at the university of mich, michigan, thanks so much for being with us. so as we've been saying there, there's a lot that we still don't know about the effectiveness of the car. and vaccines only say this new variance. so how long is it going to take then to, to get an idea of, of how well they, they work against it. while the workshop started by now, and we should be learning more, more about the medical condition of this new body and utilization of the body. and by the antibodies, generated by different types of axioms available. so that should take a few, a few days or almost a week or 2 weeks. we should know exactly where we stand. of course we,

we don't know every, we all talk about. it may spread faster, a may, this may not. but all of these with the number of cases that we have today, it's still impossible really to say that odd when you do a level of danger that comes with this would be mutations. so people have the be in the feeling that this is going to be spreading crass but you know, delta was reading also but was still under the umbrella and the protection that we are, we were gained from taking the different axioms. so it is possible that this flag will be taken down and will be treated as other mutations and other about in depth spread in the will. and i hope that the vaccines will continue to be, ah, ah, protective, and protect people from getting infection and spread. if it,

if it turns out that not as effective the current vaccines, how long would it take then to develop new ones? we are lucky that new technologies that we have employed in making the corporate 19 vaccine. as of today, it's very fat because we are working with the gene and we've the sequences. and therefore, we have the messenger on a knology that's available these days, which is going to take weeks only to get to the point where we have a new lesson, john, a vaccine that can protect against this about. and of course, we have also a subtle get that we can look for, which is the levels of antibodies that we have generated before against the delta. and again, they are. so we have, we have a date that will support a fast, ah, development of the new vaccine. and also we have manufacturer. so actually the pieces are in place and we are talking about weeks. and if it's really years that

we need to have a new vaccine that's going to take 2 weeks and the closing or trying to win team the this right of the variance would be measured. it would be helping us not to get to the point where we found ourselves, our li, emily with adult money. and so given what you've said then, is there reason to be optimistic that if, if a new vaccine is required we're, we're now better placed with all of the information and the vaccines that we developed to, to, to respond to this now. yeah, my optimism is really based on the, i want to experience with the different mutations that we have in the body and the,

the beta, the gamma. and they built up that the vaccines were able to protect and were able to cover the cities not. and so i'm optimistic with regards to this one to that the vaccines will, to will be, i will grow to be effective against this one if in and the worst case scenario got this thing is not really recognized by the immunity that we gain from vaccination with the existing vaccine we are talking about 2 weeks and we will have that in place. however, the issue is still the same. we have a big issue which is, who is going to get that 1st are, these are going to reach those countries that until now have less than 10 percent ext an issue with a existing vaccines available. so therefore, i think the issue continues to be vaccine in these countries and you cannot just

look back and get to see the 2 and 3 and 4 vaccinations. while some countries did not receive and not even one vaccination, this is not going to be sustainable. and mutations will continue to evolve, and that's the risk that we all talked about for a long time. and the remedy not really show that people are dealing with the situation is still in the air talking about sending vaccine, talking about, you know, the i, the intellectual property waiver and all that stuff. that takes time. we need to be more proactive and reach those countries and get into those countries. if they stop by another issue, logistics issues, we have to solve this problem to help them get to the point where people are receiving live acts of be needed vaccines. otherwise, we'll continue to have these blacks all over the world. good to talk to you. i talk

to alpha to my thanks and english. thank you. now still, i had on al jazeera for migrant crisis to political crisis. france cancels talks with the u. k. of how to deal with the problem. and americans hit the shops on black friday, but they may be slim pickings for the bog analysis that's led ah hello, we've got some quiet weather across good parts of north america. we're seeing some lively showers, longest bells of ranges clearing away from the eastern seaboard. now on this cold front, coming in behind, we got this weather system here that's got to some plumes of warmer air, pushing up into central parts of the u. s. casa northern place. where the prairies,

central areas of canada calgary around 9 celsius, picking up to a fully batch around 3 degrees, the sas david, picking back up to around 12 celsius as we go one through sunday. as that same system just makes his way a little further west was we, i've got some snow just around the lakes for a time. marty clear and dry into the weekend across the eastern seaboard and winter weather still been placed there into we're, we're back pushing across the canadian maritime saboteurs at east side of the country. noticed some snow back over towards the west, to be honest, some snow coming back into b. c. a driving winds, pushing some more heavy rain in, across the saturated ground of her southern parts of british columbia. and we have got some wet weather course for a time to just to route a good part of washington state. it will ease off as we go through the next few days. there you go. lodge drive for much of north america. while we have got some heavy showers for the deep south. ah,

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has named the new code 19 various ami kron and says it's concerned about it's many mutations. the suggestive may pose more of a risk than a delta variance, which is driving waves of infections around the world. w. i chose also saying, urge work is being done to assess how effective our current vaccines are against the new varies on the crown. is vastly different from the original corona virus which started depending on several countries are restricting travel to and from southern africa where i'm a crohn was 1st identifying cases of also been detected in belgium. israel and hong kong or europe is once again at the epicenter of the pandemic, and the netherlands is among the countries trying to bring down infection rates, government ordered bars, restaurants and shops to close at night, triggering protests in the hey, but there was no repeat of the riots in cities last weekend off, we'll say they're getting overwhelmed. going to cancelling surgeries,

free offense for cobra, 1900 patients. that awesome was at the protests in the hagen says, people remain unconvinced about the seriousness of the outbreak. go from my desk now announcing for the last day and now just a couple of weeks ago, instruction rates have really gone up in the last couple of weeks. and adams is doing particularly bad here in europe. so the government sells, they have no other choice but to impose what they call an evening lockdown. so after 5 o'clock, all non essential. shops, graph, faith, referent. basically, the whole country should be close to people should say, in doors, only essential shops and open until 8 o'clock. but the interesting part of the whole packet of mattress is at school will still remain open. and this is a great concern because a lot of infection in schools right now, but the government didn't want to go that far. there was a lot of criticism on the prime minister also question,

what are some people still trust you? he said that it was a difficult because he also felt that it was very difficult for the government convince people to accept these new masters. and while he was speaking, there was a noise demonstration right here. police are now clearing the area, but people are making noise refusing all the you measure. so despite the fact that this variance has now been found, also the new variance from south africa in belgium. we did a very near food and islands who plays also have arrived from south africa this morning. these people i'm out sort of in front of immigration, still they still waiting for the assessing results. so a very conflicting situation here with the reality which is very serious. and people here for testing against new micro or the us is to revoke it's designation of the revolutionary armed forces of columbia or fox as a terrorist or foreign terrorist organization. the decision will allow us agencies to operate in parts of columbia, where

d mobilized fighters from the former rebel group located, fox signed a ceasefire deal with the colombian government in 2016. but washington will designate to fog breakaway groups as terrorist organizations. a bus crash in mexico as left at least 19 people dead. it was carrying pilgrims who were heading towards the town of child ma, which is considered a sacred sight to roman catholics. he c o. p as prime minister has been seen visiting soldiers who are fighting against he grime rebels in the north abbey. i met the military uniform, said his forces, i'm making gains. the government declared a state of emergency this month. as the rebels moved closer to the capital u. s and others have told their citizens to leave immediately. priyanka go to reports. the front line is not an unfamiliar terrain for it. he appears prime minister. by this time, i'll be amad who also holds the rank of lieutenant colonel, has returned to the battle field to rally his troops for what he calls. an

existential war. video released by the government shows abi, with soldiers, who are fighting against tiguan rebels in the, off our region, with the way without to what you see behind me is a mountain area that was a strong hold for the enemy until yesterday. now we've managed to clear the area of fully the morale of the defense forces is really great. the war is being undertaken with great feet. now we've taken cast the gator. today we will take over schieffer and burka. we will continue until a theory appears. freedom is insured to pay more noise. since july, the rebels have been expanding the battle from inside t gray into neighboring amera and afar regions. they have ceased towns that are a few 100 kilometers from the capital, addis ababa. they say, the prime minister has lost his chance. the peace that uses war and the measures

taken by our b of men, a desperate it would have been better for him to suggest solutions for peace and negotiations. yet he chose war. he should have up held the opportunity for peace. canada has now joined a growing list of countries who are asking the citizens to leave and had fears that the battle could move towards the capital and that the fighting could get a lot worse. prime minister abbey, at modes a decision to move to a front line, apparently in the upper region where fighting is not actually so serious at the moment, is apparently intended to galvanize his support base and mobilized new recruits for the armed forces. and that's not likely to be effective. i think many people may respond to the call, but this war is being fought with heavy weapons and and in some cases, well trained battle hardened troops. so volunteers at this late stage when little

training and few weapons and are going to make a difference. the civilians are already paying the price of a few p o c o, long conflict. more than 9000000 people are facing hunger, hundreds of thousands on the brink of famine. but so far, both sides have refused to buy drown. why? what the un colds? the textbook definition of a humanitarian crisis, continues to unfold. brianca, to 0. a french president emanuel monochrome has accused a british prime minister boris johnson of not being serious about migration in the english channel. the french have also disinvited the u. k. from a european crisis meeting. it is the latest, the serial ration and relations between the 2 neighbors. days after at least $27.00 refugees and migrants down round of northern france. poor brennan is in dover, where many refugees and migrants arrived after crossing the channel. 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 are designed to cross the treacherous waters of the english channel. but what was left 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. britain's 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 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. you don't communicate from

a leader to another on these matters via tweets and letters you are making public. we're not whistleblowers come on. boots on breeches appears to be one of the biggest burns 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 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 embarrassed, johnson included the beach patrol idea and a formal letter to president micron and then civil chain. it's li tweeted, the less it's a social media. it had the impression of trying to bounce the french president into agreeing with the british perspective. what he did was sent out a fight. very good, clear if you take the time to read, unless you'll see this idea is, makes it very, very clear that we want to work in cooperation handed gloves with the french. i can't think of another way of resolving this. i'm going to talk about it and

additional measures in place is 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. there will be no new cooperation despite the appeals earlier in the week from president macro prime minister johnson, and nothing new to stop refugees and migrants attempting to make the treacherous crossing. these 2 countries so close to you graphically remains so very far apart on this thorny issue pull brennan al jazeera dover migration isn't the only issue between the u. k and france. french fishermen have blocked port and ferry traffic across the english channel. and simmons reports now from the french port of kelly. the day of proteins started after boat supplied stormy seas to reach french ports. just before they arrived, some fairies made sure they left port ahead of time. the trawlers maneuvered to set up blockades. the main one here in cali, each protest lasted only one and

a half hours, half a dozen boats here, but enough to stop ferries from entering or leaving the harbor. one french police patrol boat was there throughout. the dispute is about post bricks. it rules on licenses for the french to fish in u. k. waters. it's called that other boys. what we're waiting for from paris johnson is the him to unblock the deal that he himself signed nothing more, at least then the fisherman will be able to continue working together. right now it's blocked. some of the fishing protested, say the u. k. is destroying livelihoods, or didn't want to go. and 35 years old. i have 20 to 25 years ahead of means is business. tomorrow's a could take away my license. i know my job and i want to make a living from fishing. i don't want to be paid to stay at home. the fishing protests weren't confined to the sea. they also blocked road freight from entering the channel tunnel, causing long tail backs. their action on land sent out the same signal as

blockading seaports. that unless britain eases its rules on fishing licenses, then they'll be more disruption to trade. fishing in france may represent only a small part of the economy, but the government is steadfast in backing resistance to action. it seizes a breach of the breakfast deal on trade, talks between governments on both sides. the channel are still deadlocked, and there are threats from the french government to stop british fishermen from using its ports to unload their catches and cross border fray could be held up by intensified customs checks. andrew simmons al jazeera kelly, ukraine's president vadim zalinski says his security services have uncovered a russian back clot to overthrow the government. zalinski told journalists, the qu was planned for next week, and that one of ukraine's wealthiest men was involved. clement, as flatly denied the allegations and security services in king sounds say they

foiled a coup attempt. at least 15 people have been detained, including politicians, and former officials. they're accused of planning violent protests. one results from sunday's parliamentary elections are released. the president said, dear jap, on is expected to tighten his grip on power. after that, both years gone by the black friday holiday shopping event created frenzied scenes in malls across the us. but the shift to online, exacerbated by the pandemic, has left smaller crowds this year. gabriel alexander has moved from new jersey. this is the 2nd biggest shopping mall in the entire united states. it's called the american dream. got over a 120 different stores. it's busy on the black friday, but not as busy as you might expected pre pandemic times. and that's because there's really a confluence of a perfect storm between 3 issues here. number one is there's

a supply chain issue. a lot of the stores don't have all the things they normally would have because of the global supply chain crunch that is being felt right now. there's also a shortage of retail industry workers as well. and 3rd, inflation in the united states is also becoming more of a problem as has been rising. so, add all of that together and we're not sure we're going to see the same amount of buying and spending, if you will. we would have been in previous time before the pandemic. ah, this is as you get around now, the top stories, the world health organization has named the new cobra, 900 variance, alma kron, and says it's concerned about as many mutations. this suggests it may pose more of a risk than the delta variance, which is dr.