all the codes it 19 pandemic has led to a spike in child trafficking across india. one 0, one east meets those fighting to save hon children on al jazeera. 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, and have them speaker this is al jazeera, alive from the howls are coming up on the front lines. ethiopian prime minister visits troops fighting rebels in the northeast. france accuses the u. k. of

not being serious about stopping refugee and migrant deaths. this inviting the british from a crisis meeting and doubts about the legitimacy of kingston's weekend elections. leave people frozen, feeling frozen out of the books. the discovery of a new corona virus variance has sent a chill through much of the world and set off an anxious wait for more data in keeping with naming major variance. after letters of the greek alphabet, the world health organization has designated this one on 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 covered 19 emerged and triggered

a pandemic that's known to have killed more than 5000000 people. the beam 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 benito 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 crime, 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 doubt and current vaccines may be less effective against it. it may also impact the effectiveness of one of our major treatments.

one of the u. k has led 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 african 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 has got the most 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, are these are the 8 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 a slight suspensions. i'm. i can't live 1st from washington. so mike, what's been the us response to this, like it's very well the white house has just released a statement of formal proclamation by president biden, which gives us more details of the travel ban. essentially, it confirms that all long citizens or those who do not hold permanent residence in the us from those southern african countries, will not be allowed into the u. s. from monday that is the 29th of november. however, the proclamation also specifies quite a large number of exceptions for certain visa holders for members of the united

nations, for example, traveling from southern africa. so there are none the exceptions. now the proclamation also says that this will go in force for 30 days. that will be reviewed every 30 days after that, if necessary, and it will all be based on decisions taken by the c d. c, and the white house corona virus task force. now, early in the day, president biden had the to say know, a lot about the great great spent going my lead by the my was the degree of cooperation. busy in between south africa and the u. s. right now in combat. english news, tre. well,

it does appear at the stage. there is a lot of corporations, south african, the scientists were the 1st to raise flags about this late is very early in the week. and as you heard, president biden saying, there were discussions between the white house task force and the south african scientists in the course of the morning to begin to start to learn not what we south africans have learned so far about this particular varied. now, president biden has also made very clear his belief that this emphasizes the needful there to be global vaccinations in place. he's made the point repeatedly that unless all of vaccinated that none are safe, he says that the u. s. he'll continue to provide becky vaccine supplies to the african continent and to south africa in particular as it has done in the past. but he also says that the u. s. is going to press ahead with plans that the world trade organization ministerial conference in the coming week to get a waiver on the intellectual property of the vaccines. in other words,

to allow them to be produced globally, which would make it easier to distribute these vaccines around the world and in particular, in the african continent. but one caveat though, as well. we heard from a number of experts that it's still going to be a while before it can be found out exactly what effect the vaccines have on this current variant. and to what extent this current variant evades the vaccines that have been produced so far. mike, thanks very much how at least 3 people have been killed in the solomon islands, capital hon yara, where they've been days of rioting. gangs, have been setting buildings on foreign trashing property, demanding the prime minister's resignation. they say they're part of the pacific nation has been long, neglected by the government, is also anger over the decision to switch diplomatic allegiances from taiwan to china. well, sarah clark is covering the story force from the australian city of bridge minutes

. she joins us live now, so. so what more do we know about the deaths? we know a security card found the 3 bodies in 2 different rooms in a boon house house, which we believe was a store and it's in the chinatown district of 20 hour. and of course, this is the area that's been targeted was certainly one of the main areas target by those protests in the 3 days abroad, which we've seen in the capital. and now they haven't confirmed the identity of those bodies, but certainly the police have confirmed that had been found. we could also give you an update that more than 100 people had been arrested on rot, related incidents. and the police haven't made the charges. yes. but it's gently arrested 100 people with regards to the last few days of protests. so we still have to watch bridge run 2nd, which is going on across the capital and they were fine still burning. but the target had been the government buildings which included a high school,

the national parliament. and on friday we had the prime ministers, one of his residences, also lucid and the on fire. the police managed to contain that. but so you can see the anger is focused on the, the chinese elements of honey our as well as the prime minister, the prime minister we believe is in hiding. we've had no confirmation of where he needs some reports of suggested he's left the country for his own safety demands. as you mentioned, had been from the money the people of the most populous island of the province. that being the malaysian province, i want him to stand down, which of course is a request that has been refused, but certainly saturday has been comma. so far we still have buildings on fire. the police are now taking the next step and making those risks for those people who are involved in the protests of recent dice. and so we know australia has now sent in soldiers and police has that had any impact. well, the government is also put in place an indefinite, not sure if you,

which appears to have helped by keeping people home and that's in place indefinitely. and of course, as you mentioned, we've had around 100, a defense personnel as well as federal police, from astrology. they're on the ground now as well as trips from putney, and they are acting as a peacekeeping force and trying to restore some stability and pace within the of the capital. but the complaints now that we're thing is food supplies, people are struggling to restock with food. there are also reports of big line items. people trying to get money out as well as pitfalls. and of course chinatown, which was the area that was targeted is generally one of the big provided the food stores in that particular area. and if they're not been down, of course they've been closed because the store people are afraid of being targeted . so the red cross is also there now, and it's having to ferry people out to some of the out of honey our at trying to get people to food. so that we've got the next rounds of problems in place. and of

course, the idea of these trying to fit schools and the forces from putney gay, they'll be working closely with the local place, trying to, to order overcoming days. alright, sarah clark, life for stare in prison. a french president emanuel macro has accused the british prime minister, boris johnson of not being serious about migration in the english channel. the french have also disinvite the u. k. from the european crisis meeting. it is the latest deterioration in relation between the 2 neighbors days. after at least $27.00 refugees and migrants drowned of northern france for brennan is in dover, where many refugees and migrants arrive after crossing the champ, seeing these migrant boats close here into a honda. it is easy to see just how inevitable wednesday's loss of life was. the 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 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 just critique to do as it could. 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 had his taste. i'm 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 are not whistleblowers come on, boots on breeches appears to be one of the biggest burns of contention between the

bridge and the french. specifically, britons ongoing prussia for the french to allow the 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 similar technically 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 you did was sent out of 5 very good, clear if you take time to read, unless you'll see this idea is makes it very, very clear that we want to work in cooperation handed glove with the french. i can't think of another way of resolving this other than to talk about it. and additional measures in place is so close. and yet, so far as things stand, 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 micron, a prime minister johnson, and nothing used to stop refugees and migrants attempting to make the treacherous crossing. these 2 countries so close to you graphically remain so very far apart on this thorny issue pull brennan, al jazeera dover. a silly head on edge is it a france postpones a contentious co, good 19 policy after a furious response in the french caribbean islands of guadalupe and were in uganda, whether a turn of a violent rebel group is threatening some of its most vulnerable communities. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with the sponsored by capital airways. hello. we've got some quasi weather in the forecast for japan as we go on through the we can but

to, for the here and now western areas, still seeing some wintry flowers, high pressure across so much of china. so keeping things quiet here. but around at high we are picking in quite a keen, normally, or northwesterly wind that see effect snow. quite expensive then across western parts of hon. she, northern and western parts of kata. also seeing that when she makes which could cause some disruption at quiet and download for the 2nd half of the weekend, sunday doesn't look too bad at all. more of a wesley feed coming in, much latch from those winds, as well as she dried syr across the korean peninsula. while she tried to for good parts of china, we are picking up at ne leeway in the northeast. a monsoon coming around their area of high pressure and drive their showers down towards taiwan. and beyond receipts from heavy showers recently, same ne leeway and driving heavy showers. into northern parts of the philippines and some very heavy showers to into central and southern parts of vietnam elsewhere . co, southeast asia. is he you shall showers in the heat of the day when he,

a shower, is still in place across the southern parts of india. and also into shrank as a similar pitcher sass, the going on. it's sunday with flood warnings in force for the southeast of india or the weather sponsored by cats are always the war in afghanistan is now. will non taliban figures make up a port with that in there? you can report within the caliber how it inside story packet. a frank assessment, the div headlines subscribe now. however you listen to that can oh

a hello. again, you're watching as a reminder of our top stories. the world health organization has named the new code 19 variance on the crown and says it's concerned about it's many mutations suggested like post more of a risk than a delta vary, which is driving waves of infections around the world. and several countries are restricting travel to and from southern africa, where on the kron was 1st identified cases have also been detected in belgium, israel and hong kong. at least 3 people have been killed in the solomon islands capital on yara, where they have been days of variety, gang sip and setting buildings on fire and trashing property, demanding prime minister manasseh. so the resign a france is delaying and making covered 19 vaccinations. mandatory on the car,

being islands of guadalupe and martinique. the measures provoked mass protests and a strike. from guadalupe natasha butler reports. emily keys bell is saving what she can in what used to be a home in the city of plenty. pete in guadalupe. she still can't believe that a lifetime of memories could be destroyed in minutes in a fi that was started by looters during protests earlier this week. she was lucky to escape. now she's trying to pick up the pieces. and then for football quite, there are no photos left. not even a picture of my mother. demonstrations have shaken the french caribbean island for more than a week. emily says she understands people's frustrations, but not what has happened in her neighbourhood. spectrum's like last year, this isn't how the economic situation in guadalupe is going to improve. yes, there are problems, but it's not loading vandalizing and burning that are the solution. next door,

a wedding shop run by this man's family for generations is ruined. i love it with him. what can i do? what can i do? only my eyes to cry. the situation in guadalupe is a strike that began more than a week ago as a mandatory covey. vaccines for health workers has widened into a demonstration against the french government and become entrenched as protesters continue to block the island major road. there is a massive tailback who calls on this road and i've been speaking to some of the people in the cars. and what they say is, i've been waiting for more than an hour and what they're waiting for is that blockade up there to be cleared. and once it is, the police will let them all for both of us to the room. we thought we could pass, but we have no information. we don't know if it'll open or not, but we don't want to turn back. now. people begin. it's a bit complicated, but we have to live with it and be patient. near the islands main airport,

these boat owners have started a new business, selling rides, the way of bypassing the blockades. this man just arrived from the mainland. he was worried about the situation multiple very both. at the moment. we can get home easily because it's a bit of a was in between the locals and the police. we can't get past from the case. so we're forced to find a plan b like destruction. papa city about the french government is talking with authorities and what loop to find solutions to the crisis. meanwhile, people on the island are managing as best they can, as they try to keep things running, but with no end to the situation on the horizon. some people's patience may begin to wear thin. natasha butler al jazeera, 20 feet wide loop in the o, p as prime and as the as been meeting soldiers fighting against the grind rebels in the north, had set his forces, making gains to government declared

a state of emergency this month. as the rebels moved closer to the capital, we could 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 he ground rebels in the off our region. because of 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 fully. the morale of the defense forces is really great. the war is being undertaken with great fate. now we've taken cast the gator to day we will take over schieffer and burke ho. 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 cry into neighboring m. herrera and afar regions. they have ceased towns that are a few 100 kilometres from the capital, addis ababa. they say, the prime minister has lost his chance at peace, much using war. the measures taken by our b of med, a desperate. it would have been better for him to suggest solutions for peace and negotiations. yet he chose war. he should have upheld the opportunity for peace. canada has now joined a growing list of countries who are asking the citizens to leave. and with the fears that the battle could move towards the capital and that the fighting could get a lot worse. prime minister abbey asked meds, decision to move to a front line, apparently in the 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, little training and few weapons and i'm going to make a difference. the civilians are already paying the price of a few appeals here, long conflict. more than 9000000 people are facing hunger. hundreds of thousands on the brink of famine. but so far, both sides had refused to buy down. why what the un colds, the textbook definition of a humanitarian crisis, continues to unfold. brianca to 0. or you can, this government has long been confident that the on group allied democratic forces no longer poses a threat. but it and similar groups have been gaining strength over the border, leaving refugees and former fighters like worry. catherine sawyer reports from the

uganda and bought a town will be corner muhammad. she gone to was a major in the ugandan army. he was killed in 2015. he was one of several former commanders of the allied democratic forces. rebel group who are integrated into the military. after seeking amnesty, his leader tells us before his death, to going to had been scared and expressed fears about people trying to kill him. work at table, you know, when he died we started hearing that the adf was targeting. if one had left them under the government, maybe they thought he had secrets he was giving to government adf, has its roots in weston, uganda. it was kicked out by the military in 2001 and set our bases in eastern democratic republic of congo. security forces here. blame the group for a number of assassinations. and recent attacks were civilians were killed and

others injured. they have intensified patrols and surveillance in the city and areas bordering d, r, congo. they say the rebels have increasingly been recruiting young ugandans into their ranks after these young children, you refer recruiter agents or whatever it us find ways of smuggling them out of the country into the dnc after they've been hardened into the willingness of committing actual violence against you governance reserve, they get where we're bumped into the country. the re emergence of the adf in uganda . so many years after the group was pushed out of this part of the windsor mountains is worrying many, including refugees from the d. r. congo escaping attacks by the fighters in a region troubled by rebel groups. divers, a con, release form across the border in the eastern democratic republic of congo. come to

this reception center every day because of the conflict in not cable province and a tory. some of those we talk to say the fleeing from adf rebels. come by, la corley fled from the outskirts of benny in north keyboard province. he is concerned about a possible infiltration of 80 a fighters in camps for refugees. powers of our finance probably cannot protect our families. we cannot go to the farm to do in work. people are living in fear invidious. they are burning vehicles on the roads. i still has claimed the most recent attacks in the name of its central african administrative division, which the adf is believed to be a part of police and military commanders say they have everything under control, but also not ruling out the possibility of more attacks. katherine saw all jazeera western uganda on sunday voters in kyrgyzstan are returning to the polls for

a re run of last year's parliamentary elections. the ones held in 2020 spark the revolution that unseated the government. and so former prisoner, sadie or japan of become president to part of now nice again, a broader legitimacy and deliver on his promise of fair elections. zane bus robbie reports from bish kick still before election day freezing temperatures. another hurdle for people in the city of bush kept going to the polls to vote in parliamentary elections, turn out is expected to be dangerously low. in kurdistan, doubts over the legitimacy of elections can quickly turn into violent protests, discontent over rising prices. the slow pace of promising frustrations that rural and urban voters share at a memorial dedicated to care gives people killed and past revolutionists. many say they won't vote this time. the gap and trust between them and their leaders too wide to cross is found nothing to lose. what makes us feel sorry is that laws are

not working. even if we say this to the authorities, the legal system doesn't work. they don't listen to us. even if we have our own coal, our own gold, our own water, we are not in control of our resources. this is why we don't trust any member of parliament or any president, we're against all of them. those in the president's inner circle say it's too soon to pass judgment and undoing decades of corruption will take more time period as republic has grown up in missouri, adults in general. and so it will be a very confident and competent government. and our main goal is to improve efficiency of the state. it's not going to be easy, but also a re accept. i accept the skeptical domestic opinion to make lasting change. the president will need support in parliament. the election will see clearly as people vote in 90 new m. p 's down from a 120 but even in its weakened state as a smaller part of a new shared system of power. kurdistan. parliament matters,

had looked at, bought up, came out to power off following controversial events last year. and she needs to gain a broad and legitimacy within society. if he can deliver on his promise to conduct fair elections on an ensure that parliament ever presents society as a whole, he might enjoy legitimacy for a longer period of time, sufficient for him to conduct the reforms that hit 5th. the government is keen to avoid the violence of protests of the past and with pulls due to open on sunday. the country security service says it's rounded up 15 suspected qu plotters allegedly planning an armed overthrow of the government. the raids a show of strength seen by many as a warning to any one hoping to contest election results on the streets. a rubber stamping parliament marched towards one man rule preservation of democracy for

voters. right now, these kinds of political concerns are secondary to more basic needs. this country is in the grips of an energy crisis. and throughout the campaign, voters have been asking all the candidates the same question. what is being done to make sure there is enough power for them to stay warm? because winter is coming and days before the election winter is already here. zane bas ravi ultra 0 michigan. ah, all right, it's going to round up other top stories. the world health organization has named the new co with 19 variance army kron and says, is concerned about its many mutations. you suggested may pose more of a risk than the delta variant, which is driving waves of infections around the world. and a w h o also says urgent work is being done to assess how effective our current vaccines.