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grind. at least 3 people are dead in the solomon islands, off the days of rising against government policies and in sports and be a superstar lebron james is slapped with a fine for bad behavior. as the alley lakers are exceeded by the sacramento kings for their 5th loss in 7 games. ah hello and welcome to the program. growing number of countries around the world have decided to ban all restrict travel from southern africa, south africa botswana, as in bob way, namibia, lesotho, as what teenie and mozambique are among those nations affected south africa is hitting back against the actions taken by countries like the u. s. australia and brazil to stop travel and close borders with southern africa in

a statement. it's foreign minister said following this latest round of travel bands is akin to punishing south africa for it's at vase genomic sequencing and the ability to detect new variance quicker. excellent, science should be applauded and not punished. the global community needs collaboration and partnerships in the management of the coven 19 pandemic. let's go live to our correspondent for mr. miller, who is in johannesburg. a real outcry in south africa about these international flight bands. tell us more about what people have been saying and really a lot of frustration, both from the south african government, as well as scientists who have said that south africa has been at the forefront of genome sequencing of, of tracking the changes in the coven, 19 variance and, and as you said, they say they should be applauded,

and instead they're being punished for doing good work. but also who being transparent, one of the statements from the department of international relations. there was also a point made about variance being detected in other countries. but to south africa, been treated very differently and the install contrast with how the other countries, mostly european, who haven't had the same sort of reaction from europe and the united kingdom. they call it a knee jerk reaction. this kind of sentiment is also trickling down to the general public who say that it's affecting the economy and south africa, especially at a time when visitors from europe and the u. k. are expected in a time when the economy has also been battered by the impact of coven 19 and south africa having been on a read list for many months once before familiar. what is the latest current situation in south africa? and how is this new strain impacted in scientists

say they're still exploring the investigating, it's just exactly how it's impacting the spike in numbers in south africa. but, but we speak about a spike that's about $400.00 infections a month ago, per week on average. and now that's going to just over 2000. so they say that they still remains a significant amount of data to be collected, to understand better what is driving an increase in numbers. but also, and this comes from the world health organization, there's a reminder that the dominant variant globally is the delta variance, and that's a very, that's affecting many countries. so there isn't clarity or certainty on the extent of this new variant. and just how it might be driving up numbers. at this stage, south africa still trying to push many people to go to get vaccinated. just over 40 percent of adults have received at least one job. the country had wanted 70 percent

of people here to be back sedated by the end of the year. and that's most probably not going to happen. they might also look at increasing restrictions, but number so in the aren't as high as they've been in previous waves. and the is a less concerned around the immediate impact, but just wanting to clarify and be more certain and also avoid panic. that's one of the main messages from sciences here in south africa. familiar, miller, jefferson, johannesburg, thank you. now there is concern in the netherlands of the dolphins of passengers from 2 flights from south africa tested positive. let's bring in stuff a vast than from amsterdam step. i believe, of 61 passengers from south africa that of tested positive for cove at 19. what more can you tell us? yes, so real concern here in the netherlands as well. the 2 planes arrive on friday

after the flight band was announced. they were basically still in the air when that happens. so after they landed, they were all kept at the thomas for hours, then old test to $600.00 of them. and $61.00 has now found to positive said they're all in isolation here at the airport. the ship, whole, the artist would negative, could go home. and this is the 1st time really that the netherlands has taken such a stringent measures after planes arriving from countries that are suspected of having serious issues with cove it. and it's very, and of course, it's only now be known. we have won a known case in belgium, which is of course, a neighboring country here. and now in the last few hours, germany said they also have probable a case of omi on this said no, very, and, and also people, the experts have experts here and then i don't say it's very likely that the variant is already here. so of course, some urgency to stop the planes. this slide band is basically only partially

because people who live in atlanta or in europe, they can still fly from south africa. so it's only a partial flight band. but this definitely concerned that this all is going to be too late anyway. and the timing couldn't be worse for europe could have given the said we have been seeing that in recent weeks. yes, absolutely. germany has really high numbers at the moment. belgium is really high number, but not particularly there's more than 20000 cases every day. the government was actually forced on friday to call for a not a lock down. all restrictions were left a just a few months ago. even mosques who are not necessary anymore, according to the government, no social distancing anymore. well, that's old back to now, and there's an evening lockdown as they call it, off the 5 o'clock in the afternoon. everything will be closed except for non essential shops starting tomorrow. but there's also

a lot of resentments here and then atlas in protest have been riots. and also people are worried again about the economic fall out of this new lockdown as wow. okay, thank you for that. that fast left us in amsterdam. let's get more in this. we can speak to judy a tongue. she is a clinical there ologist, an honorary associate professor at the department of respiratory sciences, the university of left, as she joined from that. thank you for your time. what is your reaction to how many countries have reacted to the needs of this strain, binding travel to southern africa? pretty much overnight. yes, so this is kind of not reaction by the dividends to a new threat from a different variance. and it just tells people by trying to organize the isolation, wanting facilities around the pool, as well as some business that might be affected by this, this trouble by me. but why has southern why,

why have the southern african countries been penalized and not other countries where the strain has been detected like hong kong in belgium? yes, the only few cases of that was that a warm old to reporter for hong kong in belgium. but the, the source, the origin of the barn, it's always where we tend to try and ring fence if you like. those virus, different out of those populations and spreading more widely abroad isn't their risk. that the next time a new strain of the virus discovered in another country, they will look at what happened in south africa and think twice about revealing the information immediately. you know, that is possible. and that's, you know, the same with any in the street from somewhere, even influenza pharmacy friends, declare even influenza cases was to help a whole the whole whole cold as such. but was hoping that people were transparent and helped to clear the forest globally. and at the same time, so i also encourage other nations to roll out vaccines and donate fractions to those most need. the tariff,

the south african medical association. i was listening to an interview. she was deigned still a little earlier. and she said the people who've been found to have the strain in south africa have had very mild symptoms so far. no one has been hospitalized in light. if that does that not seem like a bed? if a knee jerk reaction, why not wait a few days? you know, so we need to see how as far as the forms of other populations as wow, and it's very early days at the moment. we don't know how much to start as far as when now a certain point boxing protection other countries as wallace for a more impact on those for someone who are on can spans who have transparency on rena viruses. for example. that was a different kind of demographic about those patients between southern african states and the war developed that western countries. okay. gillian tang, thank you for your time. a clinical verola, just as speaking to us from the university of lesta in the united kingdom. with you,

the latest coven, 19 very, it might disrupt the global economy, just that it was as it was starting to show signs of recovery. news if the on recon variant had an immediate impact on wall street stalks and treasure yield sank on friday, it also led to the biggest oil price drops. since the pandemic began, europe's biggest economy, germany was already struggling to recover before a 4th wave hit. it grew by just 1.7 percent in july, or the global supply chain could also face face huge setbacks. a several countries imposed restrictions are locked downs, further disrupting manufacturing and shipping. and the indications interest rates could rise in the coming months. cornelia maya is the ceo off may a resource. she explains the market reactions. oh mike, it's always overshoot and under shoot. but it's, it's, it shows real of wariness amongst amongst trade us amongst everybody in terms of

what does this mean? what will that mean for air travel? you know, some people say it's not that much that will be, will be closed off because it's right now southern africa to, to other countries. but you know, if, if should this very and spread if then the trans atlantic roots and things like that close down again, that would be bad. so markets are fearing for the worst. we are rightfully concerned. and you know what we see in europe, especially missy, austria's having shut down. some belgium is having shut downs. parts of germany are having sort of semi shutdowns. so it's, it's, it's become more and more economies are going back into further shut downs and should this variant prove that the vaccines are not really geared up to, to defend people against against this variant. dad would be, that would be, that would be bad. so one on the good side though,

when we see we thought now several waves and we have sat, several ways of shop downs, every shut down has had an incrementally less bad impact on the economy. so whilst it is not good, it's less bad that it was the last time around. plenty more has all the news on including shoreline has stopped the shipment of fossilize from china, off to test reveal it contains harmful bacteria. and electric vehicles may be the future, but in the democratic republic of congo mining from materials used to make their batteries is devastating likelihood and sport barcelona new coach has a tough test ahead of him as he prepares for his 1st away, matched details with far later in the current ah,

the u. s. says it's greatly concerned about the escalating conflict in ethiopia and has called for urgent negotiations. the state department statement follows a phone call between the sex your state and kenya's president, ethiopian prime minister albia that has joined the army on the front lines against the to grand rebels from the north. he set his forces on making games as gay to samuel get to choose an independent journalist out of addis ababa to speak to you. samuel is a fair to say relations between the u. s. and e o. p are getting increasingly strained over how prime is abby and that is handling this crisis. it has been wanting since the fight in administration came to par. there has been occupation made by the children government side thing, washington d. c is really fighting with the team in which the government, the government, who the parliament order has said is a 3rd. so going to station, jeff,

please tell me the us invoice was not the sub talk in 2 different access. he wasn't as well come to us. he should have been perhaps knowing that this historic relationship between yoga and the united states in the past. but this comes all sites the teacher left and the children government sites are looking at a military solution. and instead of the political solution that was reflected by the african union in boy who has been saying there is a small window of opportunity to and this conflict that has been going on for more than a year and in which the united nations has just said more than 9000000 people are in need of emergency aid, including in part our region, which the number has gone up in the recent weeks. again, it's s t p 5 minutes, so now it's oxy foreign minister book to the for a minister of key. again, turkeys saying they're willing to do everything that needs to be done to bring this

to a conclusion. and this odds to the pressure of the pressure coming from kenya has africa, and many other friendly nations. the prime minister once has described the 70. what is the latest in terms of the fi thing? because we have heard from prime minister abbey mid in recent days, recent hours, saying that they are now making inroads against the 2 grand forces. is that true? well, it's hard to verify it, but the prime minister has been saying he is in the bottle gone. we've seen images and we've seen a video. we've seen an interview where you said they've captured a city from the t p and they're heading ahead and come show you more cities. and we'll call that sounds that he said are about to be captured by the troops. but he's also saying that he is ready to go a distance and to bury the enemy has that. but in the suburbs,

everything seems to be normal. there is a sense that the country is in the state of emergency. many people are being detained, accused of fighting or supporting the p. p left. and there are many people lined up giving blood and resources to the open army, giving you a sense that the conflict is going to a home stretch. and the job site is really getting prepared for what the come, but many countries have told the citizens who they are way or, and leave it at the moment. canada being the latest country of last night. thank you, sam, you'll get to choose that 1st in the thank you. the president of russia, lag putin has led a vigil for the victims of one of russia's west mining accidents. and over a decade, at least $51.00 people, including rescue personnel were killed in a meeting explosion in san berry and coal mine. on thursday, 3 people have been arrested, accused of negligence on a separate prob, is looking into states. officials said to have inspected the mine earlier this

month and its smith reports from moscow 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. we actually are mine. i have no words. 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 fire, broke out of the unit to no measures were taken. he is the result here. 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. wolfe true, i was crawling in then i felt 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 kamer 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 poor, a lack of oversight of working conditions, an aging soviet air equipment,

burnett's mit era, moscow human wise groups in democratic republic of congo. busy say chemical spills from cobalt mines are ruining local livelihoods. the world's demand for cobalt is soaring as which countries switched electric vehicles that use batteries that contain the middle. malcolm web reports from lower lab province, that wiki small lives, harrison kasan goes fish dead. he says he found them in this pool until after leaked from a nearby mine here in a democratic republic of congo, i guess in one says it killed the plans and that he found the fish floating. it was a month ago. he says he can't afford to clean the pools and replace them though a move to i feel pain because this is how we pay school fees for our children. this is how we always lived. now they've done this and we have nothing to do. is it next

to the pools sarah fin graves, cabbages, but they're stunted and inevitable. he says the acid spoiled the soil. his neighbors say the same. community live near an industrial cobalt and copper mine called k c. c. most of the world's cobalt comes from congo, extracted it mind like this. the large quantities of acid to separate cobalt from rock rights groups say, spills are common and environmental regulation is almost nonexistent. this pipe is one of the places that the acid spilled out of the mind. the minds just on the other side of this embankment surfin farm, is about 2 kilometers down this stream. and all of the people that we've spoken to in the communities here whose fish pool farmed and livelihoods with spoiled se they still haven't being compensated. the mind belongs to swiss trading and mining giant glen call, which supplies cobalt to us. electric comic, a tesla for its batteries. glen course had it accidentally spilled,

electrolytes here a month after the acid. its work is scattered, lime to neutralize some streams and rivers. but activists say it was too little too late. there was a manual and pool as being researching the impacts of the spills. he says dawson's at people's livelihoods have been destroyed, and he documented cases of cause headaches and skin burns caused by the acid, which glen cough denies a connected what we accordingly i'm going to do is to define our victim. and to find how truly been how to make compositions. glen cool, told al jazeera in a statement that it tested waterways after the spills and found their p, have level to be neutral. that fish likely died for an unrelated reason. and the conditions in vegetable gardens had not been impacted. emanuel doesn't buy it the good way to save the image to, to recognize the problem and to fix it is not to hide it. millions of dollars worth

of cobalt a truck out of congo every day. clinical minds about a 5th of it, he recorded trading profits of more than 3000000000 dollars last year. sarah fin says he and his family have lost most of their income is a handful of big winners in congos rapidly growing cobalt industry. sarah fins, not one of them. malcolm web al jazeera chairman than the democratic republic of congo. thousands of people in malawi, have protested against rising living, cost corruption, and government favoritism. ah, police fight t against to break up the demonstration as the protest is march, to as the council offices in the cap, the long way with lead by the former politician, bon carlindo, who says the government has backtracked on its promise to create jobs.

the bodies of 3 people have been found in a burned out building and the solomon islands capital, where they have been days of writing more than a 100 people have been arrested. sarah clark reports bodies were found in this burnt out building in the chinatown district. this air, it was the flash point for the last 3 days of writing. local report suggests that the remains of looters who trapped inside the stool. the people to cancel. my book, since the plaintiff begun on wednesday, kelly's have imposed an indefinite nighttime fleecy. they've also rested more than $100.00 people on raw related charges. the prime minister is in hiding places surrounded his residence after it was targeted by anti government groups. led by the people of the mal later province, the most populous district in the solomon islands. go mulligan, people, north american people of malay to want the prime minister to stand down because of

the things he isn't addressing. the prime minister didn't address issues that were affecting the province. their thing has been widespread across the capital. people are now queuing for fuel and food. supermarket are the bird to the ground for clothes, australian troops, and military personnel from pop, and you're getting around the ground to help restore order in the capital. is obviously pens we've seen the last couple of days. there has been some destructions, some losing its volatile situation. the streets may become for now, but there's been simmering discontent, predict heights to the people of them, a later province, dissatisfied with the prime minister, accusing him of neglecting their province. that's compounded by anger over the central government's decision to dump their allegiance with taiwan. recognizing china instead with the prime minister, refusing to budge on the protest demands that tension is unlikely to ease sarah clark alger 0. at this be for 3 and for lanka and china is escalating and it all

centers around organic fertilizer. shoreline can government says a $20000.00 ton shipment contains harmful bacteria and pathogens which could harm crops. well, the chinese manufacturer has rejected the complaint on his demanding payment. michelle fernandez has more from the city of candy. members of cylinders, agriculture trade unions took to the streets to support the country's national plan . quarantine service the in peak us, which is caught up in a dispute with a chinese organic fertilizer manufacturer. the state arm responsible for ensuring plant health and bio security refused to allow a ship bringing 20000 tons of organic fertilizer to unload its cargo in colombo. after it said it found harmful disease causing bacteria in both samples provided for testing. at some grandpa stew bacteria for fall and did the we may as well. so

steadily did a stove done at the bigger. so does this diff towards fame. therefore, we haven't had to short above point to the chinese manufacturer. ching now see when bow jack and the chinese embassy in columbia rejected the findings. song hi may a director of the company in an email exchange without a 0 said. our products do not contain alina. the company claims that the unscientific detection method and conclusion of shall anchors national plan quarantine service regarding fertilizer samples obviously do not comply with international animal and plant quarantine conventions that surcharge, dismissed by a number of she lanchen scientists. the danger is that these microorganisms once applied to sri lanka and saw you few cannot pick them back so that if they become palm fool, then there is no way that we could reverse the process. she duncan missed of

agriculture, who said the government would pay for about 75 percent of the fertilizer cost. told of media briefing on wednesday that there was a breakthrough. i'll be happy to understanding that baby. big push it back and send the samples again. and then re kendall dory pestering and recount good bishop, but ye agriculture, director general says the detected pathogens cause disease and wrought and can result endeared losses for farmers while the chinese manufacturer and the government are fighting to have the shipment cleared. scientist in shall lanka, opposing that, saying it's a biodiversity hot spot, and it's ecosystem must be protected. minette fernandez, audio 0 para benya central israel anchor. let's gotta check on the whether he is kara. hello there. let's have a look at the weather across south asia, and there's more rain on the way to southern areas of india and sri lanka. not just

because of the north eastern monsoon, but we've got low pressure that sticking to this area, bringing heavy falls to places like under pradesh and tom will not do where we had more than $200.00 millimeters of rain full over the past 24 hours. and that caused further flooding that by the time we get into monday, the rains going to pick up in caroline, stretching up towards go as well as with a central areas. we'll see some of those showers, but the further north we go, the dryer it is, it's wife and you dealt with sunshine, but it is hazy thanks to air quality issues and air quality issues remain full. a whole in pakistan is what has come undo in their po, but will that north eastern area, things are looking a lot more settled as they are across much of mainland china and the korean peninsula. it's an improving picture as well for japan. by the time we get into monday, a lot of the wintry and wet weather willis swept away, leaving sunshine behind in toko, but it is going to get rather chilly in beijing you can see the temperature drop there. we've got some sleep coming into play on monday and they'll be showers in

shanghai on monday, but it will dry up as we head into next week. that's your update. so i had all now with no jerry as offering free vocational training for young people will stop them from turning to armed groups and crime. and will tell you why there isn't much enthusiasm for this weekend's parliamentary elections in cag in school, european champions, italy and costello, and all those or to go or put on a collision course ahead of next year as well. kathy happened ah, in the country with an abundance of results for the road and walk indonesia whose firms for me. we moved bull to grow and frank, we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law in.