heart to go in the chair and sing a song like that again, sir harry other people's way out is that in the minute you get way down, you stop what you're doing and make one studio b and smithfield on algebra. ah, global alert, more countries imposed travel restrictions on southern africa in response to a new powerful variance of coven 90? ah. hello, i'm darren jordan. this is al jazeera live from dough are also coming up. france puts a pause on vaccine requirements for health workers in guadalupe and martinique following days of protests. at least 3 people had been killed in riots in the solomon islands as police arrest more than a 100 rioters. and on the front lines,

ethiopians prime minister visits troops fighting rebels in the ne welcome to program the discovery of a new corona virus fair and to sent a chill through much of the world and set off and anxious wait for more data. the world health organization has designated this parent, omicron, or global vaccine make as a scrambling to understand it, and see whether they can adapt their current jobs to be more effective against it. or micron has many notations 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 cobit 19 emerged and triggered a global pandemic, that's known to have killed more than 5000000 people. not in barber 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 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 . 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 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 the most mutations that we've ever seen on credit are so 30 more compared to the original strain in the back. twice, 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 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. the dean baba al jazeera. so these are the 8 southern african countries now subject to travel restrictions by several governments around the

world. mean also africa's health minister says the travel bands imposed on his country unjustified the action. and some countries in terms of imposing a band and such measures are completely against the knobs and standards. as guided by the way, the organization at most beach, due to the dentist who allows the discovery of this body and say that this particular brand will be resistant to, to do the boxes which are being utilized. while the united states and canada are among the latest to announce flight suspensions, my kind of has more now on the reaction from the u. s. government. the lighthouse has just released a statement of a formal proclamation by president biden, which gives more details of the travel ban. essentially, it confirms that all non citizens or those who do not hold permanent residence in

the u. s. 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 a number of exceptions. now the proclamation also says that this will go in force for 30 days and 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 does appear at the state. there is a lot of cooperation, south african scientists were the 1st to raise flags about the latest 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 the south africans have learned so far about this particular varied. now,

president biden has also made very clear his belief that this emphasizes the need for there to be global vaccinations in place where dr. l for tom is from the university of michigan. he says, there's reason to be hopeful, even if existing vaccines aren't as effective against the new various. my optimism is really based on the, our experience with the different mutations that we have in the body and the alpha beta gamma delta. that the vac scenes were able to protect and were able to cover these, these money. and so i'm optimistic with regards to this one do that the vaccines will to will be, will prove to be cases and effective against this one. if in the worst case scenario that 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, is these are these maxine going to reach those countries that until now have less than 10 percent back the issue with existing vaccines available. so therefore, i think the issue continues to be vaccine at these countries and you cannot just look back and get to 32, and 3 and 4 vaccinations. while some countries did not receive even one vaccination, this is not going to be sustainable. and mutations will continue to evolve and we've got the risk that we all talked about for a long time. at least 3 people have been killed in the solomon islands capital, honey ira, where they've been days of rioting. gangs have been setting buildings on fire and

trashing property, demanding the prime minister's resignation. they say they're part of the pacific nation has been long, neglected by the government, as also anger about the decision to switch different magic allegiances from taiwan to china. it was sarah clark is coming the story from the trailer and city of brisbin. sarah, so what more details are emerging now about these deaths? well, police has confirmed that the 3 bodies were found on saturday. there and what looked like a boon street, but it's the key part is it's in chinatown. that theory that's being targeted by the protest is the last 3 days of rocking that local report suggest they may be looses who are trapped inside the store. but of course, a forensic investigation is underway to try and identify number one, the calls all day day. and of course who they are. and we will to go to another report from police where they've confirmed that 100 or more than 100 people have been arrested across honey era. and they've been arrested with regards to right

related incident. so no charges as yet. but looks like police are now moving quickly to try and identify those people who are leading these demonstrations over the last couple of days. looking ahead, repeat the prime minister, and he's refused to stand aside to spot the calls from these groups miles from the lighter problems, but not quite sure where he is. he has released stipends, but we believe he's still in hiding. and of course he's rejected. the call to him to stand down, but suddenly looking at the situation in honey, our we have seen 5 is still burning. and of course the losing is still one spread across the city. but it does certainly same commer after the police impose and the government impose not time curfew, indefinite not con curfew on friday evening for what's happening then with the ongoing protest. so he's likely to continue to think well, the protest, as i mentioned, it's come today. i have certainly died down when you look at what we saw, the potential thousands of people on the streets upon the hour the last few days

and it's widespread lighting. fire was loosing, and even one of the prime ministers residence was also targeted on friday. but the aftermath as evidence, we've got there's a lot of destruction and damage across the city. but the key problem now for the strain defense for to come in is pace, keep it, and members, the popular gideon military of the key problem there for them. now we'll be looking at the issues of restocking food supplies. chinatown was a key area and a food provider in honey our, in a cool. so is building had been the, the stewards rather closed down. and the people have left that area because if they fear that they will be targeted. so this is where we've got the next group. red cross has moved in. they're trying to ferry people from those areas to put them inside the area. still trying to restock supplies, and we're getting reports of big lines outside bank to teams where people are trying to access money as well as petro, so the aftermath is still quite damaging for money our but the protests,

but now certainly seem to have come down. alright. sarah la life is there in brisbin. sarah, thank you. if europe is prime minister has been meeting soldiers fighting against to ryan rebels in the north abbey. ahmed said his forces are making gains. the government declared a state of emergency this month. as rebels moved closer to the capitol, the u. s. than others have told their citizens to leave immediately. frank a group to report. the front line is not an unfamiliar terrain for if he appears prime minister. by this time are 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. where the, 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 feet. now we've taken cast the gator to day we will take over schieffer and burchell. 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 amera and off our 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 at peace, much using war of the measures taken by our b of made a desperate it would have been better for him to suggest solutions for peace in negotiations. yet he chose war. he should have upheld the opportunity for peace. canada has now joined accruing list of countries who are asking the citizens to leave. and the fears that the battle could move towards the capital, and that the fighting could get

a lot worse. prime minister abbey at modes. 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 beyond 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 appeals here, 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 lost or so to come here now does air including ah, new cove at 19 restrictions in the netherlands, plumps yet more protests and americans hit the shops on black friday, but there may be slim pickings for the bargain hunters marana states. ah hello, we got some quiet weather across a good part of north america. we say some lively showers, longest bells of ranges clearing away from the eastern seaboard now on this cold front, coming in behind because this weather system here must got some plumes of war. maria, pushing up into central parts of the u. s. casa northern place where the prairies,

central areas of canada calgary at around 9 celsius. picking up to 40 batch around 3 degrees fast a bit, 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 have 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 in place there into we're. we're back pushing across the canadian maritime saboteurs at east side of the country. now just 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 a southern pass over 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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the world health organization has named the new coping 19 variant omicron and says it's concerned about it's many mutations. this suggests it may pose more of a risk than the delta variant, which is driving waves of infections around the world. more countries i'm stretching, travel to and from southern africa on the con, was 1st identified cases have also been detected in belgium, israel on the hong kong, and at least 3 people have been killed in the solomon islands. capital, honey, all right. would have been days of rioting. gangs have been setting billions on fi on trash and property to monitor the prime minister. manassas that i've already resigned. all right, so i'm on our top story now in south africa says it feels countryside jumping the gun by enforcing travel restrictions on it so quickly for me. the miller has more than that from johannesburg, frustration at janice birds international airport. as dozens of people try to return to the united kingdom, it comes hours out of 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. but swanner and some bob, which is a big inconvenience. we had our flights booked for a week time, but we got the news from our daughter in the u. k. about 12 31 o'clock last night saying that you were going to introduce the read. this is sunday sun justified. it's abrupt and it's not good for tories in for south africa. was seen these regulations way past last night. people up frantically trying to get back into the south african sciences say they're worried, existing vaccines may not be effective. and the new variant may spread easily. the 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 this 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. but we know that pros, interventions were brought to say we did to cut and dos in terms of

restrictions in terms of the regulations, whether they're with the review of that a possible 4th wave compounded by the new variance may further strain an already overwhelmed health system. in south africa, the me demona, i'll jazeera johannesburg for europe, is once again the epicenter of the pandemic, and the netherlands is among the countries trying to bring down infection rates. the government's ordered balls, restaurants, and shops to close at night, triggering protests in the hay. but it was not repeat to the riots and cities last weekend. hospitals say they are getting overwhelmed and are counseling surgeries to free up beds for cobra. 19 patients out there were spent, mussman was out that protest in the hague and says people remain unconvinced about the seriousness of the outbreak. the government has now announced for the last day and now it's just a couple of weeks ago. instruction rates have really gone up in the last couple of weeks. madams is doing successfully back here in europe. so the government said

they had no other choice but to impose what they call an evening lockdown. so after 5 o'clock, all non essential, shop staff, faith, referent. basically, the whole country should be close to people who say in doris, only essential shops are open until 8 o'clock. what's interesting part of the whole packet of mattress is that 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 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 is now clearing the area, but people will making noise, refusing all if you measure. so despite the fact that this variance has now been

found, also the new variance from south africa in belgium, which is very near and i live 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 again, you measure frances, delaying making, coping 900 vaccination is compulsory. the can be an island of guadalupe and martinique. the measures provoked mass protests and a strike from guadalupe natasha butler for 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 could cry. the situation in guadalupe is tense. a strike that began more than a week ago of a mandatory cove. it vaccines for health workers has widened into a demonstration against the french government and become entrenched as protest is continued to block the islands, major roads. there is a massive tailback of calls on this road and i've been speaking to some of the

people in the cause and what they say they've been waiting for more than an hour and what they're waiting for is for that blockade up there to be cleared and once it is, the police will let them all through. all 6 of suited review, 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 or probably do him, however, 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 as a way of bypassing the blockades. this man just arrived from the mainland. he was worried about the situation. octomom bumper boss by the moment we can't get home easily because it's a bit of a was in between the locals and the police. we can't get past some blockades to we're forced to find a plan. b like dyslexia, boesky is alibaba city by law. the french government is talking with authorities and guadalupe 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 latasha butler al jazeera 20 pete. what loop security services in kurdistan say. they foil the co attempt at least 15 people have been detained, including politicians and former officials. they're accused of plumbing violent protests when results from sundays, parliamentary elections are released. the president savage apparel is expected to tightened his grip on power after the vote. france present a manion macros that he was, the british prime minister barak johnson of not being serious about migration in english channel. french of also disinvited the u. k. from a european crisis meeting. it's the latest deterioration in relations between the 2 neighbor days after at least $27.00 refugees and migrants drown of northern france . well, migration isn't the only dispute in the u. k. and france, french fishermen, the block ports and very traffic across the english channel. andrew simmons reports

now from the french port of kelley. the day of protest started after boats plied 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 on that other boys. what we're waiting for from boris johnson is the him to unblocked 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 his

business tomorrow is it 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 or lamb sends out the same signal as blockading seaports. that unless britain eases its rules on fishing licenses, then there'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 vladimir zalinski says his security services have uncovered a russian back plot to overthrow the government. he told journalist at the cool was planned for next week, and that one of ukraine's wealthiest men was involved. the kremlin has flatly denied the allegations. it adds to tension in recent weeks. about a russian military build up on ukraine's border. the u. s. is taking the disbanded colombian rebel group, fall off its list of foreign terrorist organizations. the decision will allow us agencies to operate in parts of columbia, where demobilized fighters live and work fox signed a sci fi deal with the colombian government back in 2016. now peruvian archaeologists have dug up the remains of a mummy whose thoughts had been buried before the inca empire, which was founded in the 1400s. they believe the remains were that of a man. they were discovered in an underground structure, east of the capitol, lima. now in years gone by the black friday holiday shopping event created frenzied

scenes in malls across the u. s. but the shift to online, as a result of the pandemic, has left smaller crowds this year. gabler xander has more now from new jersey. this is the 2nd biggest shopping mall in the entire united states. it's called the american dream. it's got over a 120 different stores. it's busy on this 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 it's 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 seen in previous times before the pandemic. now, the american composer, steven sondheim, has died at the age of $91.00. the lyricist is widely credited with reinventing musical theater. he co wrote broadway classics like west side story gypsy and sweeney todd sondheim. 18, tony awards more than any other composer. ah, just a quick check on the headlines here on al jazeera, the world health organization has named the new cobit 19 variant on the kron and says, is concerned about its many mutations suggests it may pose more of a risk. and the delta variant, which is driving waves of infections around the world, more countries are stretching, travel to and from southern africa, where on the crumb was 1st identified cases of also been detect.