in that building, the tower has come, died. never before in human history has the once per se demon barn to the arctic even such peril. ah, israel will ban the entry of all foreigners making it the 1st country to seem at sport this after the emergence of a new cobit 19 very ah hello, welcome. on peter w. a. watching al jazeera alive from our headquarters here in bo, more governments are detecting their 1st cases of the highly mutated barrier. but the u. k says vaccines can be modified quickly if needed. a couple of companies have already said they could tweak their existing vaccines and get

a new vaccine out specifically against this in about a 100 years also ahead fury and burkina faso protest is called for the president to go after attacks. they say he failed to stop and we speak to villages coming under fire. fighting and shelling intensify in easton ukraine. ah, begin with breaking news coming to us out of israel, where the government says it wants to band the entry of all foreigners for 2 weeks once approved. this will be the toughest travel been announced anywhere in the world since a new highly mutated cobit 19 variant was identified in south africa this week life to harry force it joining us from west jerusalem. harry. so when does this whole kickoff? do we think will it's the result of a late night emergency meeting of the corona virus cabinet,

which took place late on saturday evening after a brief announcement from the prime minister natalie bennett, that israel needed to act very quickly in the midst of all this uncertainty and not risk the progress already gained against the current of virus pandemic. and so the matches now, as you say, extremely stringent, all foreign travelers into israel will no longer be allowed in that is quite soon after foreign tourism was allowed to get into towards the beginning of november. so this is a major reversal of that policy. israelis coming back into the country if vaccinated will have to currency for a minimum of 3 days unvaccinated 7 days. and it's coming back from one of the newly red listed african countries. they will have to go into a government quarantine hotel until a test negative. on top of that, there will also be a return, at least partially to the use of the internal security agency. the sion bet

monitoring phones. that was something that was pretty controversial when used in the early stages of the pandemic, to say the least. this time around. they're saying that they are the reports, that they will just be monitoring those with confirmed cases of the new ami kron very. and all of this is pending full cabinet approval during the course of sunday . that's expected to go through. and if it does, then these new rules will come into force from midnight local time, sunday and monday. how many cases of ami chrome are there inside? israel will just one confirmed case so far a traveler returning from allow e, but 7 other suspected cases and 3 of those were not linked to recent foreign travel. so some suggestion of communities spread. so i think that's one reason among many potentially that there are these extremely strong measures being announced. there is also a history, a recent history with an israel,

of acting pretty strongly and pretty quickly in terms of a travel bands in particular and other measures as well. and the prime minister natalie bennett himself, set himself out as something wild and opposition as a bit of a corona virus expert publishing a book on the subject being very critical of his predecessor benjamin netanyahu and his response. so there is a personal political brand there. if you like at stake as well. and as he was saying, the, the main point of all this is to allow, in his words, the recent success, the relatively normal functioning of schools and businesses and the rest of society to maintain and, and still will be present as long as possible. and so there is this immediate closure of the border to foreign travel. harry, thanks very much, harry. forcing the talking to his life from west jerusalem. and the army kron variance of cooper 19, has been detected in more part of europe. the dutch government believe several

cases or among travelers have been isolated after arriving there from south africa, which 1st identified the variant poll brennan as more it's fast becoming the nightmare before christmas with much of the planet still battling a resurgence is a delta very into cobra. 19 the new on the chrome variant is spreading countries a scrambling to close their borders to travelers from the south of africa, where on the chrome was 1st identified family gatherings in winter. holidays are in jeopardy, not to mention the potential global ex mc impact. main concern and nothing gets i think the full full i am tomorrow morning, which is a few more and more likely. and i feel very sad for the people here as well. going back on the 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 alma cron. among

the 61 covey positive passengers who arrived at amsterdam ship all at port on friday. and there are now 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 would 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 variant, 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 of blocking tray of a travel from a given country is to just give us time to assess it better on despite the

on the con variant, having significantly more mutations than previous variants, 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 at speed. now because of the understanding and knowledge that we have here for the biggest island, for politicians and scientists, is the question of public compliance. there were violent anti locked down protests in the netherlands and belgium last weekend and switzerland votes this weekend on whether to scrap the countries vaccine certificate scheme. despite rising infections that with uncertainties around the on the convent. me precautionary restrictions will likely meet pushback. hol brennan al jazeera, while the south african government is complaining about the way it's been treated

since identifying army kron. part of a foreign ministry statement reads this latest round of travel bands is akin to punishing south africa. fritz advanced gin. no. mic sequencing and the ability to detect new variance quicker. excellent science should be applauded, not punished for me. the miller reports now from johannesburg, 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 list ready to deflated by the entire it's racing, disappointed not feeling as though wishing catch a break. we haven't seen each other. the 3 is many have struggled through a slump in 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 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, oh it's, it's some of choice with, it's a big snail. nod whitlow, too, too, too much or 2 people to tune. did he did big sneeze it at this point? because the living in leg avila excuse differently, 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 south african currency. the ryan's already lost its value off to the

announcement of the new variant. the government says south africa has been at the forefront of testing and tracking changes in code 19 and sciences history. it is important to see what the data on the new variable show before making any decisions and that sentiment trickle down to the general public way. many believes of africa being 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 to elsewhere for me to mila, i'll do 0, johannesburg. ok, let's get more on this for you. joining us here is dr. oscar elaine. he's an epidemiologist and us public health official. he joins us from washington, dc. doctor, good to have you back here now to 0. ah, some countries over reacting to this it's

a very difficult decision. and one that i say it's a balance between evidence based decision making and the path implications. so you have a parent which has about 30 mutations on the spike protein. so that alone is alarming . or there's concerned because of not much information about it about as rapid rate of spread. in addition, i don't know whether there will be more implications on the treatments that are available. will it disable or make the vaccine effort minimize or, or lessened, or even the anti react monochrome antibodies or the other treatments? will it have a negative impact? so with that, i guess there's an error on the side of caution, but i totally understand the concern from the south african government, especially because of the policy and the financial implications to its industry as well. but we are in the mid to the global pandemic, which is showing us that it's not slowing down. does parts of the reaction have to

come down to the fact that one has to understand that? in the early days of the pandemic, small countries, smaller countries, were perceived to be reacting to what the pandemic was in its early days. very well . so the israelis, the south koreans, the singaporeans, the categories they is essentially locked down their countries, or they put stringent measures in place. because if you've got something like ami kron, which apparently is invincible at the moment, perhaps that's, that's the thinking. if you get that in a small country, it can spread like wildfire, it will totally be devastated. and that's where you have to balance what is possible, what is doable, and underlying all of these particular scenarios that you just painted is the other side of the coin. that of the human behavior we've seen as your reports of indicated individuals who have covered fatigue or pandemic fatigue and a summary case of some shape or form,

not necessarily adherent to the guidance around mask wearing or slowing down social connectedness. so all of these things do have a significant impact on top of the fact that we just reopened and we're trying our best to come back to a state of normalcy. but it is very difficult given the scenario that is before us . and this new variant which invariably can be very problematic. if it's not then one can always say that these drastic measures were helpful in slowing down the potential impact. but let's say it's not then, you know, as we would say the night at the day after we're looking at decisions that may have been helpful. even if it was just to slow down to get better information as to how to act new vaccine in 100 days. good headline, of course, is it possible? well, given the, given the technology is available whether. busy the m r ne,

or the other forms of treatment that are being that is made available now or anything is possible, but we have to necessarily see more information about that, you know, make sequence in which is to the benefit of south africa and other nations. haven't you know the sequence and has been very helpful to allow the scientists to figure out, how are things going to respond? what are going to be some efforts that are going to be necessary to help develop that? the beds and whether that defenses to be able to um, modify an existing vaccine or generated vaccine that could be targeted to this particular strain of variance. that it's very hopeful, but we need time and it's not necessarily on a side if we continue to with things as we were. ok, informative discussion doctor. thank you so much dr. oscar elaine. they're talking to us from washington. still to come on this program. my jerry is offering free vocational training for young people, but will it stop them from turning to arm groups and crime? also had burying the butcher guam, june. the widow of

a south korean dictator apologizes for the pain course under his rule. ah hello there. the weather's looking very mobile across north america at the moment. banks of cloud, over towards the eastern seaboard, a scenario of canada, pushing across the plains all way down towards south and up towards the north west . i'm afraid we got more wet weather coming in here. just around to washington state, british columbia, we got red warning, enforced theft, b. c. at present. that was gonna be as bad as it was in the past couple of weeks, but looking at more rain coming in on that saturated ground. so that's gonna cause further problems. quite a wintry mix to over the higher ground as we go on in see where monday things quite and down slightly. making way for the next system which will push in mid week. so

that's something to watch out for. still, a wintry make, save it towards the lakes, eastern parts of canada, which was the far east of the canadian maritime. seeing some of that wintry weather . but further south, it is generally fine and try with some pleasant sunshine coming through, which extends its way down intricate parts of the caribbean. we got a few showers into central america. i think the wet weather is likely to be just around the costa rica into panama, that western side of the caribbean. how much of the caribbean is lottie st. fair, petty of sunshine, around lo, be a few showers just making the way through the eastern islands. but middle part of the week, ah, a less than a year. how will host the middle east 1st? well come in preparation. the country is staging a major and settlement with 16 nations going head to head in fixed purpose built

stadiums, but 2022 will keep you across the action as council for pres, for the regions biggest ever schools and events. the fee for our cup on al jazeera lou. oh, the 17 minutes. something top stores we so thought today, israel says it's too bad the entry of old foreigners for 2 weeks after the emergence of the new code, 1900 variant, once approved. this will be the toughest travel band anywhere in the world since ami chrome was 1st identified. and micron has been detected in more parts of europe

. the dutch government believes several cases are among travelers and isolated off arriving there from south africa, which 1st identify the very end. and south africa is complaining about the way is being treated since the less in the world to the very end. it's government says country should be congratulating it's not punishing it. the richest news agency is reporting that 6 cities soldiers have been killed in an attack by ethiopian forces . it happened at a sudanese army post near the border. the military said in a statement, groups of the ethiopian army and militias attacked its forces in alpha shocker al sugar, which resulted in death. samuel get a job is an independent journalist. he has more nor from addis ababa. this is a disputed area that your parents claim is part of the field. surely the regional district needs claim it us there on. but there was an agreement during the t p and left, which granted the village to this danny side, but allowed the most b,

e t o ben horace who died without any kind of restriction that says this prime minister came to power and the t p left last time of its power, there has been a condition that it really played down the interest of the t o giving way to a land that really belongs to the coding to the site. so this kind of conflict has been going on on and off for a while. the police in book in a fossil capital who fired tear gas during a demonstration against the president protest to say rush carbury, has failed to stop violence by arm groups. nicholas hark has more. there is anger in breaking fossil. 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 in arcadia. 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, they chant police fire tear gas in response. he got that. he needs to step down. this is the end of the resume or ra deborah. he has lost our trust and attacked my arm groups on a police outpost in ina. 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 survive. not a single government official was present at their funeral. after being largely silent for weeks, the president finally made a statement on thursday. faced with sony defeats on the battlefield, the president is calling for reforms in the military, or as much as we must and shoulder to shoulder with our defense and security forces

to support and encourage them in their heroic struggle. and we must be uncompromising with all those whose behavior is not acceptable of our soldiers must not be left to fend for themselves because of bureaucracy or gross negligence. there's 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 chair is facing protest there to both the president of britain, if i so an easier have praised the presence of french forces in the region. but the security situation has deteriorated and there's growing resentments that governments in the region are using security forces to clamp down on protests. instead of protecting their countries against armed attacks. the demonstrators are ignoring their governance called for calm and dialogue for then. this is not the

end, but just the beginning. nicholas hawk al jazeera sedans, prime minister, a bela hemmed arc, has replaced the chief of police and his deputy. more than 40 people were killed and a crackdown on protest following the military q last month. metrics accused the police of using live ammunition on demonstrators which they deny, and doc was placed on the house arrest following the qu, but has not been reinstated, as prime minister under a new power sharing deal with the military bill and $400.00 refugees and migrants who waited for days to be allowed into a port of disembarked in the italian time of augusta. they were rescued by the german humanitarian group. see watch the half of those picked up, or children who mostly crossed the mediterranean without their parents. their rifle unsure was delayed as cooper 19 and other tests were undertaken. russia says his recent build up of troops near the ukrainian border poses no threat,

but fighting between ukraine's military and russian back separatist has been getting worse. charles stratford reports now from the village of the bell sc, near dornan's. 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. superfluous at the horseshoe 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 that a couple i hear you can hear her. do the roll. i have so much emotional pain. i wanted to die. we had ever seen. we need it in life now it's gone. people tried 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. places 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 cranial soldiers constantly here. they seemed to do rotations every 6 months or 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 husband. this time i was alone and overwhelmed via this village

hadn't suffered any shilling for the last couple of years. but that all changed. 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 disused ukrainian military posts in the village. the military says its base is away from where the few remaining civilians live. occasionally, a ukrainian soldier appears. 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 troop build up on the border poses no threat to ukraine. the fighting has got worse, with no sign of any lasting agreement between ukraine, the separatists and their back, as in moscow, nelly and her fellow villages adjoining them more than a 1000000 people who have already been forced to flee their homes. cha, stripe al jazeera neville ski eastern ukraine. thanks. a police have been deployed to the iranian city of is for hon. a day after process of a water shortages turned violence on friday. the police fire t, aghast to disperse stone throwers will then 60 people were arrested. a river that runs through the city has dried up. the government has promised to compensate farmers for their losses in drought. it areas, young people are being offered free, vocational training in the northeast of nigeria. officials in born of state hope it

will reduce unemployment and keep more young men from joining arm groups and criminal gangs. asked me to address reports now from the state capitol. my degree isaac peter, has landed his 1st job while still in the middle of training program to be a metal fabricate. the 25 year old has already started dreaming big. i want to be among dar begonia and a wall so that my name will be counting among those successful people in the world . isaac, along with 10000 other young men and women, whistled graduate from 15 of the st centers in barlow state or pink to start their own businesses. for those in cutting, clean and generic will match them with plum being on pasadena, welding fabrication. ah, building construction and solar as well, an electric hello. do go to get. i don't venture into thinking cason. housing

construction is was if you give them a cont, i would him a contact like 10 houses if you look amok, liberty. 14 skills are taught in the centers and as soon as a set graduate, another is brought a vicious hope that he's learned by young people in these training centers will keep them away from, from the biggest concern is about them being new by i'm group like borum which is conducting a large recruitment drive. at the moment, the i'm group has lost many fighters and confrontations with nigerian and regional armies. expert, say illiteracy, like of skills and poverty are some of the reasons that pushed most fighters into joining the group. but no state which is hit hardest by the conflict, says it stepping up efforts to avoid rolling back recent gains against bo quorum. we are trying to clear jobs a time to create well thought at, ah,

the youth in but most it will be on the, on this is the only without my vision is to see that 1st of all, but enough to it is well scott, that's the number wantin between didn't exist between physically attended waterman . many residents say they want to see more centers established as poverty and unemployment remained high. after 12 years of book, what are bothers, that they say could speed up recovery and stop young people from turning to crime. i'm a decrease algebra, my degree nigeria, the widow of a south korean dictator, known as the butcher of glen. jew has apologize as his funeral for the pain inflicted during his rule, june to one died and so on tuesday, at the age of 90, he seized control in a coup in 1979, and stayed in power for nearly a decade during which dissidents were tortured and political opponents were repressed, should never expressed any remorse he was convicted of treason and condemned to

death in 1996, but was pardoned. the police in macau have detained unquestioned the territories. biggest casino mogul, a warrant for alvin chose arrest, was issued in mainland china. the head of the sun city group is wanted for allegedly running across board gambling syndicates and setting up illegal casinos in china. ah. this is al jazeera, these are your top stories. israel says it will bound the entry of old foreigners for 2 weeks after the emergence of a new cope with 19 very and once approved. this will be the toughest travel ban announced anywhere in the world since ami kron was 1st identified. harry faucet has more. now from west jerusalem will it's the result of a late night emergency meeting of the corona virus cabinet which took place late on saturday evening after.