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new parliament and a large number of congolese children. born near cobbled mind suffer from serious deformities. we'll have a report. i'm trying to guess roscoe sawyer, sports news pal made us beat fellow brazilian club flamingo to lift the coppola bit of laura's for the 2nd year in a row. with hello and welcome to the program is a little off to 13 g m t. and we begin with the latest on the corona virus pandemic . on saturday, we told you about 2 passenger flights from south africa that landed in amsterdam with a number of passengers testing positive for coven 19. now we have confirmation. 13 of them have the new on the chrome variant. authorities are still conducting more tests. we know that journey began on friday after the 2 flights took off from cape town and johannesburg, with nearly 600 people,

will. midway through the 11 hour flights countries started shutting their borders to south africa. on the region. the netherlands decided the passengers already in the air would have to be tested on arrival. at least 61 people in those flights tested positive and happen kept in isolation. let's go straight to ne vancho who is in london for us. may 13 of those 61 people who were tested positive because it happened confirmed to have this new variance and that number could actually go up. yeah, that's what i could go on because the investigation hasn't concluded yet. and as such, that number could well increase. you're right in saying that 2 flights arrived from cape town, johannesburg shipple airport on friday is one of europe's busiest international travel hobbs. we gather that they were held for several hours before authorities there concluded that 60 warm people had indeed tested positive for covert 19. there

had early this morning being the assumption from the dutch authorities that some of that number would be tests were test positive for the arm across variance, as well as that, of course. now appears to keep be the case. the figure 13 for the time being was on that whether or not that will change, we will undoubtedly know in the coming hours. and what does this mean for the spread of the very end from the rest of europe, the u. k, for example, i believe had a flight from south africa on friday, but no one coming up that plane was tested for cave and according to the u. k. health minister. yes, i was like a bit of a delay in the information. i think that's what's behind this and no, undoubtedly the british government will be under an awful lot of pressure to justify why it didn't perhaps act sooner. but according to boris johnson, when he gave an address at downing street clarifying concerns about on the crown, the british government insisted that they acted on intelligence as quickly as they possibly did. and britons and medical and health officers did praise the

authorities and the medical teams in south africa for bringing on the chrome to the public attention to bring it to the world's attention as well. nevertheless, the british government is under pressure to perhaps go even further than the restrictions that they've introduced so far. they include a mandatory covey task, p. c. r, test. within 48 hours of arriving from abroad. 10 days of mandatory quarantining. if you test positive on the crown or come into contact with people that have what they've stopped or fallen short of is introducing mandatory mosque for instance, on anything beyond the public transport and in retail, and also advising people to work from home. and that appears to be a similar picture in other european countries as well. many countries of stop travel from south africa or other countries in southern africa. but concerns about the economic impacts on christmas on businesses is not far away from governments across across europe. the last thing, any government wants, is

a major impact on economies before we have the full facts and the data about omicron the hand. many things that need bunker in london will government surround the wealth happened imposing new restrictions in response. israel is banning all foreigners from entering the country for 2 weeks. returning citizens will need to quarantine as gay to harry forth that here is lying for us in west to wrestlin. harry israel has have the high vaccination rate despite the government is not taking that the government is taking this very seriously. that's right and, and just to say we, we just come to occupied east jerusalem here to the old city, which is one of the main tourist centers to to gauge opinion on all of this, but yesterday to elucidate exactly what's what the government has announced. and we're still waiting for final confirmation from the cabinet, but we're expecting that to come through without any trouble. it is very

restrictive. all foreign visitors to the country will be banned from entry unless they get special dispensation, which is historically a very small number. so the recently reopen tourism business has had the shutters brought down on it just a few weeks into that tentative reopening israelis returning to the country. they will have to quarantine for at least 3 days if vaccinated 7 days if not vaccinated, and go to a government run quarantine hotel if they been to any of the 50 african countries on the read list. and on top of that, are more controversially for many, the reposition of surveillance by the countries internal security agency, the shin, bed of telephones. this time it will only be those belonging to people who have confirmed to have the army. kron varied, but nonetheless, at some controversy about that move as well as you say. and as we can see, you are indeed out and about what are people saying to you about the new

restrictions? how do they feel about it? well yeah, i mean if you talk to people involved in the tourism business, which obviously there are many religious pilgrims who come to this area as well as just this being the main reason for most people to come to jerusalem to see this historic and very religiously significant site, or there was some hope that there might be some recovery of that industry or we spoke to an israeli to a guide who was very disappointed about the situation. we've spoken to palestinian shop owners who say that, you know, it's been a terrible couple of years or one shop or just reopened or which had coincided with the reopening of this. and again, there what he said, that the owner that stopped saying this whole thing feels like a game. and it's not just a within israel is not just here in occupied east jerusalem through. of course the, the, or the access to this point is through the israeli borders. it's also in the occupy

west bank was spoken to someone from bethlehem municipality. they are preparing that for their main events every year. christmas, bringing in tourism obviously didn't happen last year. they were expecting 500 american christians alone to come to the lighting of the christmas tree this coming weekend. they just been informed that that is off. so this having a major impact as far as the government is concerned, they want to get out ahead of it. they say it's uncertain. they want to make sure they are bringing down the maximum restrictions in terms of the borders as possible now. so they don't have to restrict too much life within israel and indeed here in occupied east jerusalem as well. harry foster, thank hill. australia's prime minister scott morrison says the new veteran is concerning. the government has imposed new restrictions on people arriving from 9 southern african countries. these very fast moving issue that we will continue as

we always have sensible, balanced, guided by the best possible medical evidence and medical expert advice that he's what is enabled to strive to be so successful through the course of covert to open, safely, and to remain safely open sarah clark housman from brisbin in australia that were from southern africa and had by a been concerned to have tested positive. the flight number was q r 90. there were landing in sydney now there were 14 passages on this flight from, from an africa. the other 12 have now gone into mandatory to 2 week mandatory hotel quarantine. it was a full flight. there were 260 people on board, the other passengers and crew. they are now being told to go into the oscillation now. well that was the site to reopen it, borders internationally, it dropped quarantined. all those people who fully back tonight and of course over not that changed as a result. any international trouble, any, a striding returning home now must partake in 72 hours and still oscillation. and

anyone from those 9 countries from southern africa and they must be compulsory hotel point name. let's try to had some of the topic border restrictions in the world borders. international borders have been closed for around $600.00 days in the early this month. and now that we would be reopening at one side, suggestions were around $40000.00. the spreading was stuck with stranded overseas, something yet to lift those international restrictions in the lots of queens that were i am and witness rally, but certainly at the change of not this new private strain, there's a lot of cool to concern about international travel. once again, and certainly ahead of just a few weeks ahead of christmas while much is all known about the only chrome very and he is what we do know. it was fast reported to the world health organization from south africa on wednesday, the very house, 32 mutations on what's called the spike protein, which is what the virus uses to invade all cells. this means it spike protein is

dramatically different from the original corona virus. what that means for the effectiveness of current vaccines is unclear. shabbier, maddie is the director of the vaccines. an infectious disease analytics was such a unit. he says, banning travelers from a few countries won't be effective in stopping on the chrome spreading. to believe that by thinking of a from a handful of countries in africa that does we haven't is not going to fit your daughter. and i think another piece of love to cover between those 3 countries in your own country, it's completely met you to imagine that you're going to be able to prevent the expression of to be again, that's the case. if an example in belgium, we added the traveling belgium that ended up with an effort to note that a contact with anyone from southern africa inspector, governments do it, is going to end up wanting to try to take out the root of style, which if necessary, to shut in order to rest up to our governments prepared to do that. dante it's no

because it would have too much going on with consequences. they own countries. you do is to shut the waters to the rest of the world. it's much more convenient to single out a few southern african countries that dr. political, economic clot closure boarded. right. the impression that you're actually doing something for your fucking to when it's going to have nominate, we have that a provincially around your country. the big question right now is we have to create and you going to compete the delta p again and that you it and that the out, but you have to get and the computer doctor didn't. would peter to the next few weeks, we was you to get the temperature in any country that haven't shopped from the rest of the world. 20 more has own the news out including will hear from people coming on the fund, easton ukraine, while the years long conflict intensifies. and we look at why the presidential election in honduras has been mod in control. the sea and people had to the polls

in for a 2nd strike me when about the land is new coach. i will have the details coming up later. ah, see don says 6 of its soldiers have been killed during an attack by ethiopian forces. it happened at an army post near contested border area and got her estate. men, as she says its forces repel me offensive and inflicted heavy losses on the armed greek. he carried his army chief denies his soldiers had any involvement in the attack. but salseto had more from cartoon the sudanese site here says that they the the queue opium forces and some of the militia groups that are loyal to the central government in utopia have attacked. did the sudanese forces that they have

killed, seeks through danny's soldiers and the in the statement of this with his army. they said that the attackers b, this router, they took their force and militias, aimed at intimidating dur farmers sub page and the harvest season. and also incursions into this with anita lamb. this region alpha sugar region is a very further region. it been in the, in between this redone and it's your peer and that region, this border has the, all this dispute since the colonial areas between the 2 countries and have witnessed several conflicts. the last conflict was last year in 2020, started in november and last of months and months. but at the end of the process, a to p. s. with an have agreed to keep the state or grand best integral have been interrupted by the clashes that happened yesterday. however, the for the export says that both companies will lease states will, will refrain from escalating the tension as both or having the internal crisis

of the conflicts in europe. it's to grow and states has now spread to all the areas, including ne, far a region where most employees come through. out. there is a fast international news channel to gain access to the region since the fighting began. mohammed tad, how cool reports from the town of mili. next few months, at the middle of the month, we are at the heart of a b s mentally area which has been recently making headlines. this strategic area has been a prime target for the degree people liberation front. that degree and fighters have been trying to advance to this area behind me, the road leading to area. and it's one of the main arteries for separating if you will be from the sea. so it under more than 90 percent of the need are important to my left is the road leading to this above i see all of these above us imports run

through this particular road. that is 6. have it that more than a 1000 trucks across this road every single day, but in the countries economic lifeline in front of me lies. but where the fighting is currently arranged. whoever wins that battle might have the upper hand in the war. i saw as being blamed for an attack on kurdish forces in northern iraq in which 5 people were killed and several wounded. occurred. official says it happened on saturday night and sell a money province in the semi autonomous kurdish region of iraq. the attack is said to have last and several hours. russia says its recent build up of troops near the ukrainian border poses no threat for fighting between ukraine's military and russian. separatists has been guessing west. charles strafford reports from the village of nevada skit, near dawn. yes. in eastern ukraine. 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. that social 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 like you can hear her. do the roll. if you go, 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 of 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 help her 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 about this time. i was alone and overwhelmed. 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 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 true 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 joining them more than a 1000000 people who have already been forced to flee their homes, jaw stripe, algae, 0 neville sky, eastern ukraine floating close in less than an hour and cook a stone and parliamentary election just stays on the claims of fault of its very president started a job. he has promised a free peaceful election lost his election was disputed triggered rides from outside the previous government of cases, a bus roaming line for in bush, gac saying nobody voting has just closed for the day talk with through the day. well we're right up here at the finish line in bish check the polls, as you say are about to close. there's just about 40 minutes left for people to cast their ballots. and then the conversation will turn to counting the votes and

possibly contesting votes and turn out if there's any problems with the result. now we've come to a polling station in the south of the city. this is the most densely populated part of the city and election workers tell us that the numbers of people they see in coming in throughout the day really closely mirrors the presidential election back in january. that one president saw the power of his term in office. so that's going to be something that the government generally sees as a victory the back then it was about 30 percent of the eligible voting population that came out. now, initial data suggest it's about 28 percent. so certainly something that will be encouraging to those in government, mr. depart in a circle. but experts say that it is still too soon to tell that it depends on how things play out in the next days and weeks. and it depends on whether or not election results will be contested in the halls of government as per the law or on the streets, which is something that has happened in curtis on before we spoke to the president just the day before the election day. and he shared some of his thoughts on his

country's political health, a country that he described as an island of democracy in central asia. on the eve of parliamentary elections, curtis jones, president southern part of said, his government has done everything possible to crack down on the long standing problem of vote rigging on his watch, he says, results will be legitimate and post elections. street will remain protest pre alam custom gonna follow that, not going. so if every citizen wants to ensure his future. sure. a good future for children, regardless of the cold, regardless of rain, regardless of snow, regardless of rock sporting from the sky pass, they should come the fish, the week leading up to election day saw police raids on a legit cou plotters homes and the arrest of a parliamentary candidates supporter accused of trying to buy votes, small and in the president's words stupid actions that his people will no longer abide to us, what i'm going to draw us. and even if you dig for information about them,

there is no one significant. we know who they are, drug take us conflicts and what people would links to organized crime and we will take very strict action against them within the boundaries of the law. all the mature in january, japan was elected president with 80 percent of the vote. recent poll numbers suggest he is still the most trusted political figure in the country. but a caregiver on political popularity is easily lost and all the streets people are critical of him for not delivering on his promises. asked if he sees a problem with cracking down on the sort of activism that brought him to power. he said circumstances were different. did him if he controlled mom, i've been jo twice and both times i was jailed unjustly. after my 2nd imprisonment, people freed me during last october and there was a huge difference between me and the crew plot. a difference as wide as the space between the ground and the sky. i had no intention to carry out the northern revolt . i don't called people to protest to people freed me and they placed me in this

position. he has no party affiliation and says he is not backing any candidates, but expert se parties that support president power of government are the ones that are expected to take. the majority of seats and parliament a self proclaimed champion of democracy is about to consolidate. even more power the president's message to his people is that he is putting his best foot forward and his faith in god. and they should be confident putting their faith in him. then bas robbie ultra 0 at the presidential residence in biscuit. critics. of pieris, president pedo castillo, have been back on the streets calling for his resignation. opposition policies are trying to remove him from power. they're questioning his moral ability to govern, given his corruption obligations on dorians are now heading to the polls to vote in presidential elections. of the campaign has been mod and control vesee about phase

a fraud. the u. n. has expressed concern after the death of dozens of political candidates out there as manual report reports from the honduran capt. ah, it's been a tense election season in honduras. a wave of political violence, his mart, what would otherwise be a celebration of civic engagement? in the community of kenton. anna's thousands recently took to the streets for the funeral of fransisco, plucky dog, and then in incumbent mayoral candidate who was killed in broad daylight. more on the campaign for human rights observers say, what happened to get then is just one of dozens of similar cases of politically motivated attacks in the leader to this year's general election. a favorable meant that that emma, thank a own work that will enter. we've had 31 politically motivated violin that's in the country, all candidates for popular elected positions. most of that we have many criminal

attacks nationwide form part of the current political climate. yet in honduras is capital things. he got me in the wood, spent her mornings in her artisan workshop, had another boy in, in indigenous rights act as taking maiden as art often portray scenes of daily life in indigenous mosquito communities meeting. there was also until recently a political candidate how they are handling. she tells al jazeera that even after ending her campaign, she worries about being a target, a violence. as this advocate, you're not alone savvy. it's something i wouldn't wish on any one else, not having a life. the thought that at any moment something might happen. where can i go out on the street? and i'm always looking over my shoulder, distrusting every one. because when someone says there's a price on your head, when i begin to lose trust in every one thinking someone might betray you, i think i get as only on and i'm beat us. this year,

some $7400.00 electoral observers will be monitoring poles across honduras under what many believe to be the most polarized election season. recent memory, there's been growing anxiety among hunter and citizens. many worry over possible foul play by the countries ruling national party. similar to what international observers documented during the disputed presidential elections 4 years ago when more than 2 dozen people were killed, 3 protests that took place in the days after the election results were announced. apart from choosing a new president, hundreds will be voting for 128 members of the national congress and nearly 300 mayors among other elected positions. experts, however, warned that he generalized fear of violence on the streets could lead to a drastically lower voter turnout than previous elections. manuel did up a little al jazeera big, siegel ponderous. let's get

a check on the web. his everton. hello, so set fare saw the korean peninsula and for japan at the moment that's about to change. we got this area cloud sliding out. so for china pushing right up into the far east of russia, that's going to sink its way further southwards. and as it does so, it will just ram papa little. so some wintry weather coming through our beijing, easing towards yellow sea, some weather weather coming through here. north korea, seeing somewhere, whether it's sliding in for monday, then that rain really setting in snow on the northern flank of that heavy down. pause for south korea for q shoe, southern part of honju, northern part. so for japan, we'll see the best of the dry weather for longest, but that will turn increase the unsettled as we go one through the week, of course. so chances and disruption coming through here, we're seeing some disruptive rein recently into we're indonesia, some heavy downpours here, heavy down post to, to northern parts of the philippines, central and southern parts of vietnam. seeing some live you show us through

cambodia and on in to were thailand where, where the 2 across southern parts over in the are causing some issues. such rank is still seeing some very heavy rain at where to weather will slide out into the arabian sea. it will gradually turn increased the wet right up. the western gets by the middle of the week. still head on out is era why a referendum on lining projects inside the and led to protest along several roads in the capital. i'm. we speak to one of the victims of what's become known as the havana syndrome. mystery ls that's targeted. hundreds of us officials in sports have football referee in portugal, is full. st. bandon league, latch off the coven, 19 outright details coming up with jazz. ah, in the light of the open seas heights a dark secret men forced to work without paying enslaved

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