who, who the coded 19 pandemic has led to a spike in child trafficking across india. 11 east meets those fighting to say hon children on al jazeera ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello lauren taylor, this is the address there. news our live from london coming up more flight restrictions imposed, but the bit to contain the new corona virus variant could already be too late. this variable is spreading around the world with 2 cases so far identified here in the u . k. i would say the bluetooth team did it, did makes it easy. if is full. the concern is closer to home in africa where low

vaccine rates and for health care could make infection outcomes worse. so fury in book, in a foster protest is called for the president to go following a series of deadly attacks. they say he's failed to stop nude route. he challenged musical theater and brought joy to his audiences. stephen sondheim dies aged, $91.00 and in small liverpool move up to 2nd in the english premier league a fort nail whenever south hampson taking them was in a point of leaders. chelsea ah more countries have closed off traveled to a lengthening list of southern african nations. as concern about the new corona, virus variant omicron increases. but the spread of new infection may itself be out pacing the efforts of several countries identifying their 1st cases. world health

organization declared omicron a variant of concern on friday, wanting their assigns, it could spread more quickly. that's because it has 32 mutations on what's called a spike protein. and this is what the virus uses to cause infection. and it's what many vaccines are based on that there are reports cases, obama crohn could be mild, several nations of restricted travel from all or some of these southern african countries, including botswana, where the 1st sample came from, an south africa, which identified it on saturday, australia became the latest to bring in restrictions following decisions by the u. s. japan, canada, and others at several countries have already identified cases including israel and belgium. and in the past few hours, the u. k. from where paul brand reports it's fast becoming the nightmare before christmas. with much of the planet still battling a resurgence is a delta variance occurred with 19 the new army crowned variant is spreading.

countries of scrambling to close their borders to travelers from the south of africa where i'm a chrome was 1st identify family gatherings in winter. holidays are in jeopardy. not to mention the potential global economic impact main concern. i'm not going to get back to england before for i am tomorrow morning, which is the few more and more likely. and i feel very sad for the people here with well going back on the read list again and who knows for how long not being able to see family in europe after one confirmed case in belgium. cases have been found in germany and the czech republic, the netherlands is still conducting tests for army kron among the $61.00 covey positive passengers. who arrived at amsterdam ship all airport on friday. and they're an out confirmed cases in the u. k. all of them connected to recent travel in southern africa, previously accused of acting too slowly on cove it. this time the u. k. government is moving fast. we're not going to stop people traveling. i will stress that we're

not going to stop people traveling, but we will require anyone who enters the u. k. to take a p c r test. by the end of the 2nd day after their arrival and to self isolate, until they have a negative result. closing borders won't keep out the variance, but scientists hope it will by time when you have a virus like this, it almost invariably is ultimately going to go essentially all over the issue. a blocking tray of a travel from a given country is to just give us time to assess it better. and despite the on the con variant, having significantly more mutations than previous variance, there is cautious optimism that existing vaccines can be adapted to tackle it. you're not going to see a new vaccine in the next few weeks, or even, you know, the next month or so. but he's going to take longer than that. but it will not take

the amount of time that it would normally take to manufacture and deliver that steam. it can be done as speed now because of the understanding and knowledge that we have. oh, the biggest island for politicians in scientists is the question of public complaints. were violent anti locked down protests in the netherlands and belgium last weekend and switzerland votes this weekend. and whether to scrap the countries vaccine certificate scheme, despite rising infections that mm, uncertainties are on the, on the con variant. the precautionary restrictions will likely meet pushback whole brennan autism. this is embracing for the likely arrival of only kronos can nice is from my cannon. washington dc. we had there in nipple reynolds reports from my daughter thatcher. what else did he have to say? well, the doctor policy giving an interview said that there has been no cases yet of the current virus within the united states. but he says, given the rapid transmit bit

a t off, this particular mutation, that is not going to stay that way. he won't, that people must get vaccinated if they're not, if they are vaccinated they must get another boost shot. now dr. voucher was one of those who brief president biden, in the course of the day, were told that the president tooth on a holiday weekend and then tuckered is receiving regular briefings on the development of this mutation. the cdc has also come out to the statement calling for a travel advisory or issuing a travel advisory to south africa and a number of its neighboring countries. now interesting that it was only on monday that cdc dropped the level warning to travel to south africa from 3 to a one. it is now put it up to level 4, which is a very high level in terms of asserting a travel advisory. so the cdc, obviously monitoring whether there is any occurrence of this area within the united

states. none discovered as yet, but as we heard from dr. valgy, that is not likely to remain. so my kind of thank you very much. indeed, south africa is foreign ministry has responded to the travel band saying is being treated differently from other countries that have discovered variance. it says south africa is being punished for its advanced geno mix sequencing and the ability to quickly detect new variance accent science should be applauded on a call for collaboration and partnerships and the management of the pandemic. that is from an admin reports from harrisburg, the wrong reasons for concern. while the south african governments urged people not to panic, many or worried, especially as some continue to rush to leave south africa. my family generally as a whole, is ready deflated by the entire situation. disappointed not feeling as though she catch a great. we haven't seen each other. the 3 is many have struggled through

a slump of the economy because of previous travel bands and lock downs. and the now uncertain about how the new army cron variant will affect them. some been civil leveling and then let's go and get vaccinated, especially people my age, so we can protect ourselves. that's all i can say. i know we all have our opinions about the vaccines, but on my side and i want to get vaccinated. but there's been a slower than expected vaccination rate in south africa. slightly more than 40 percent of adults have had at least one job in terms of um, vaccinations. oh to yeah. it's, it's some of the choice with little bricks. needle nod whitlow too, too, too much or 2 people to get in. did he did mention a suit at this point because he living in lake avila, excuse deerfield road, look right now, his administrative snares, and as soon as possible as the holiday season approaches,

the tourism industry had expected an increase in visitors, many of them from the u. k and europe to bring in millions of dollars worth of revenue, the sub african currency. the ryan's already lost its value. after the announcement of the new variant, the government says south africa has been at the forefront of testing and tracking changes in coven. 19 and sciences have stressed. it's important to see what the data on the new variant will show before making any decisions. and that sentiments trickle down to the general public way. many believe south africa's been treated unfairly. the government is worried, the global reaction has caused unnecessary panic. it says it's begun talks with the european union and the united kingdom on the latest round of travel bands saying other countries didn't receive the same treatment. when you variance would take the elsewhere for me to mila, i'll just 0 johannesburg. we can now speak to richard russell's, an infectious disease specialist at the university of course natal in durban,

south africa, thanks so much for being with us. so from the evidence that you've seen so far, what kind of level of transmitter built is there with it? and what sort of symptoms does it cause? so in terms of the transmit civility, i mean we've seen really rapid drives in cases particularly and how tang so that kind of maiden economic cup of south africa, the most populous province. it's kind of gone from about 100 cases just 2 weeks ago a day to now over 2000 cases a day. and we've seen a lot of spreading the younger population and some outbreaks in kind of universities, the not other higher education institutions, but now we're seeing that spread, getting to the older age groups as well. and with amongst all the age groups of people who have vaccinated or not, that's right. i mean, i mean,

a lot of the spread because it's been in the younger age group so far it's a lot of that will be on vaccinated. but, but of course it is now getting into, into the populations that have that have higher levels of vaccination. one of the things we need to just be a bit cautious. busy about when we talk about the disease severity, whether we're seeing hospitalizations and things, it's just a bit early to tell. because most of the spread has been in the younger age groups . and because it takes time for infections to progress to, to the more severe disease. we need a week or 2 to really start seeing in the data, whether we're seeing an increase in hospitalization, amongst vaccinated individuals, or amongst individuals that had had a prior infection. just on the, on the question of testing, i mean there's a lot of talk has been there so many mutations to it. it seems that some on to say it will still be detected by pcr tests. but what about lateral protest?

do they still work to the best of our knowledge they do? and obviously we were immediately in touch with the manufacturers and, and other scientists to, to, to work on that. but we don't see any sign that they, that they don't work at the moment. and partly that's because of the lateral flow tests actually target a different protein than the spike protein where the, where, where a lot of the mutations in this beta and are and what about, i mean that the sequencing has been praised in south africa bits. you know, they've actually identified this variant. what about the public health response? is that likely to be different now? i think we will see a step up in the public health response. the political structures are meeting as we speak this evening and i think through tomorrow and, and the president often speaks on the, on a sunday night to the nation when,

when these changes in the, in the mid cap and so, so we expect some changes to the public health measures and uncertainty, a strengthening hopefully of the of the vaccination programs. i kind of renewed drive to get those who haven't yet been vaccinated to get them protected. and and potentially i kind of expansion of additional doses for the, for the most vulnerable for the elderly and, and the immuno compromised what at the moment, what is the rates of vaccination in south africa will say that the region will generally so insights africa overall. we have on these still on there by the 3rd of the adult population, fully vaccinated where we're sitting at over half of the over 50 east which, which is some progress but, but really the rates have slowed down over the past month or so. and that's very disappointing. and then as you say, in terms of the broader region,

i think that's where our real concern is that, that the vaccination rates are much lower in many of the other african countries and are concerned with this some across the 80. and is it really does spread as efficiently as it seems to then we're worried about about the impact it could have on the continent. and one really stark statistic this past week was that which even surprised me, was that on there, but one in for of health care workers in africa have been vaccinated so far. and that's really just a profound failure of the global and demik response. so i mean, this said the talk when you burned like this, when it's and has been, it hasn't been a lot of alarms surrounding it. it is, it is, it's the rhetoric possible that it could be more transmissible, but actually less dangerous. and, and if like other strains, it then becomes a dominant strain. we could actually end up as attrition,

record device will generally, it becomes less dangerous, or if it was just ridiculous, you optimistic. i mean, it's not implausible, but i think as i say it's, it's just too early to tell in terms of the disease severity. of course, what we, what we have a strong hope for is that the, the vaccines will retain their very strong protection against severe disease and the hospitalization and death. and what it looks like from the mutation profile and, and the initial signs of how we behave is that, that protection against infection and transmission of the virus may take up a bigger hit than, than we've seen with the other ends. and that's what worries us again, by africa, that if it can spread deficiency, it then it will find in the population the, the people that are still vulnerable that are not fully protected with vaccines.

again, severe disease. and so we'll still see a lot of day and a lot of pressure on the, on the vulnerable health systems in africa, which in herself as well. thank you very much indeed for joining us. appreciate your time. thank you. and demonstrators have been on the streets in the italian city, milan, protesting against the countries mandatory vaccine pass. adam rainy is that and says, demonstrators are in the minority. hundreds of protesters that come out here, and milan at the cities could be growth. and if a strong police presence the protest and of course protesting again it lead green pass code the passport that the government is putting in place more restrictions on trying to get more people to get back in it as the holiday season approaches. they've been weekly protest across lee, sometimes numbering only the dozen contents in 100, sometimes in a 1000. but right now the government is now pushing for this stronger pack,

and we're seeing at least on line a call for more protest, haven't necessarily materialized as strong as protesters. we're hoping here this weekend in italy, but what we're seeing here is police dispersed protestors who didn't have a permit to come here to the cathedral in milan. and what we hear in the background is they're telling police to be a shame that they're pushing off and they're saying to resist. but the fact is that only has one of the world highest vaccination rate. and the overwhelming majority of a time support this past because it's giving them freedom to keep enjoying being out and public. prime minister said it's necessary right now with this increase in case has been seen in italy as in other countries to strengthen this green pass. this covert passport to protect the holiday season and to make sure this person isn't like last year and which much economic activity, much of the celebration was clamped down and locked down. still come on the news

ass years of conflict drove most of the residents of this village away. now war shelling in easton, ukraine is forcing out those who are left behind. burnt bodies are found in the solomon islands. often days of writing and looting will explain what's driving the unrest and his sport carried 19 and bad weather combined to break produce an unexpected finish. at this gulf event in south africa, ah police in book in affairs capital a fod tear gas during a demonstration against the president. but as to say, ha, cowboy has failed to stop a wave of violence by armed groups. nicholas hack has more. ah, there's anger in burkina faso. this was supposed to be a peaceful protest in support of security forces and against a president who's been unable to stop a wave of attacks by arm hoops affiliated with iso and al qaeda. they shout,

we want president temporary to resign. the government has lost control of border areas, the north and east, forcing millions of people, mostly children and teenagers, to flee the violence free. burkina faso, the chat police fire here gap in response to step down. this is the end of the resume of rock boris. you have lost our truck and attacked by arm groups on a police outpost and in attack. earlier this month killed dozens of people sparking nationwide outrage after it was revealed. the officers had gone 2 weeks on the front line without food rations, forcing them to hunt to survived. not a single government official was present at their funeral. after being largely silent for weeks, the president finally made a statement on thursday. feast with sony defeats on the battlefield. the president is calling for reforms in the military. as much as we must stand shoulder to

shoulder with our defense and security forces to support and encourage them in their heroic struggle. we must be uncompromising with all those whose behavior is not acceptable. i think our soldiers must not be left to fend for themselves because of bureaucracy or gross negligence. there is growing resentment in the ranks of the army. mobile internet has been shut down for nearly a week after a french military convoy crossing through burkina faso on its way to molly was stopped by protesters chanting anti french slogans. the convoy now in the air is facing protest there to who's the president of britain of us. so an easier have praised the presence of french forces in the region. but the security situation has deteriorated and there's growing resentment that governments in the region are using security forces to climb down on protests. instead of protecting their countries against armed attacks, the demonstrators are ignoring their governance call for calm and dialogue for them

. this is not the end, but just the beginning. nicholas hawk al jazeera, the reuters news agency is reporting that 6 sudanese soldiers had been killed in attack by ethiopian forces. happened at a sudanese army post near the border between the countries. earlier, the military said in a statement, groups of ethiopian army and militias attacked his forces in alpha, a segora, which resulted in deaths, but did not give details. as good as having a touch as an independent journalist in and his have a. here am, am unable to get, getting more information about it. of the job site hasn't reacted so far, but this is happened. it happened in chicago. you said, she said, and then the borders between the fuel been in this danny side. this is a disputed area that your parents claim as part of the field shalley the regional district on the claim with us there on. but there was an agreement during the t p.

i left which granted the village to this is danny side, but allowed the most the eat, your been hard to me died without any kind of restriction. but since this prime minister came to power and the t p left last time of its power, there has been accommodations that really played down the interest of be giving way to a land that really belongs to ethiopia, according to the the open side. so this kind of conflict has been going on on and off for a while, but between be met and this done is the president. there was some kind of negotiation agreement that was to be announced, but that did no go well, but again, this is the dispute that area and there has been killing going on back and forth again, claiming the land, either to don and you feel better, but this also adds to the. busy real concern that this border disputes that we're

seeing any fuel between the, the grants and them are us, will really bring some kind of problems to the region. that's beginning to have crisis in sudan in suddenly touching, thank you very much indeed update. russia says its recent build up of tens of thousands of troops. nivi ukrainian border poses no threat, but fighting between the ukrainian military and russian, but separatists in eastern ukraine has increased. and as char stratford reports from the village of neville ski homes and lives are being destroyed, this is what heavy weapons do to people's lives in eastern ukraine. it was 1 am. when the shilling started, nearly and her husband were fast asleep, they woke, buried under the rubble of their home. and they were rescued by the neighbors reflect that torture preferred to be woke and our home had been completely

destroyed around. i prayed that if we were to die, then please god make it quick. a couple i hear you can hear her. do a 0 is just a little, but i have so much emotional pain. i wanted to die. we had ever seen. we need it in life. now it's gone. people try to comfort us, but it's so very hard to cope. around 400 people used to live in this village before the conflict between ukraine and russian back separatists started more than 7 and a half years ago. now fewer than 40 remain, and most a leaving because they're afraid of more shelling. tice's home was also hit. she's lived here for nearly 50 years. she's diabetic and spend most of her $100.00 a month pension on food and medicine. she can't afford to rent another home. so she's moving to her daughter's a few kilometers away. the cranium,

soldiers are constantly here. they seem to do rotations every 6 months so, so they were living in different houses in the village when the recent shelling started friends, helper, collect wood from the destroyed shed to use his fuel at her daughter's house. yesterday i was frightened in 2014 when the house was shelled, but i was with my sick husband. this time i was alone and overwhelmed via this village hadn't suffered any shilling for the last couple of years. but that'll change on november. the 14th residents tell us that they don't know which side opened fire 1st, but they're all exchanges of fire across the more than 400 kilometers front line almost every day. and it's important to recognize that there are terrified civilians living in the villages like this one that have been destroyed by ukrainian army shells. just a few kilometers from here. there are what seemed to be disuse, ukrainian,

military posts in the village. the military says its base is away from where the few remaining civilians live occasionally ukrainian soldier repairs. every one seems to be leaving. this man asks us if we want to buy his horse. i can leave her here because i don't know when the shelling will start again . he says, russia says it's recent true build up on the border poses no threat to ukraine. the fighting has got worse, and with no sign of any lasting agreement between ukraine, the separatists on their back as in moscow, nelly and her fellow villages joining them more than a 1000000 people who have already been forced to flee their homes. cha, stripe al jazeera neville ski eastern ukraine. this is in careless,

donal goes to pose on sunday for a rerun of last year's parliamentary elections. and the results of that vote sparked a revolution that unseated the government. and so former prisoner santia chapper off when the presidency by a landslide on friday security forces detained 15 people accused of plotting a qu, including politicians and former officials. speaking to al jazeera president, jeff ross played down the alleged plot and opposition to his rule. i'll embassies berrigan regarding the content of people yesterday. my that they are in sort of difficult not even politician, is they are criminal, they be convicted before and so jail term. but a lot of us, they are just a small group, are, is no massive support behind this group in the rope relation are passed. on the contrary, the majority does not support that over and curses there. in general, we, the government will not let this stupidity holipeter elections or to more an elections will be conducted. and you will see the day after elections really,

there won't be any masked iraq lateral, but small, insignificant beatings, your voice out of it. it's not only in all country good world wide, it is hard to know that if you see the custodians of democracy in america, they also witless this often with presidential elections on the bottom. and trump of argue to repel level there was unrest trailer, we will let unrest happen because we have established justice out of legality. furthermore, we have established the principle to do a fair election. well, good. watching news out from london still ahead as honduras chairs his replacement will look at the legacy of a leader accused of turning his nation into one of the most corrupt in the world and arsenal. keep newcastle windless, and languishing at the bottom of the table for a support. with

however, i really am running to fight the decent weather across europe at the moment of radius. something of a dog still easy, lots of clad showing up here because this area of low pressure, this is stall martin, still buffeting hotter, more west corner of europe. so still some very strong winds coming through here. will those wind should gradually east off as we go on through the next couple of days, but we are looking at gales severe gauss at present, still making their way down across the nor see pushing down into the low countries . it's cold front sinks further south that keen normally when still bringing those snow flurries in across sir parts of scotland maybe into wells, and also into passive england as well along with the a low countries and noticed some heavy snowfall that just rounds. southern france, germany pushing across into the outs some significant snow coming in across poland as well. and we still have the snow still affecting northern parts of spain. on sunday, april turned to rain as we go on 3 monday, slightly mild air started to push his way in by that state. plenty of showers there

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