ah ah, ah, i'm a current varian. cases are concerned in the netherlands, denmark and australia, nations around the world, imposed travel bands to contain the variance. ah, hello from to harvey one, i'm come all santa maria, this is the world news from al jazeera. france is excluded the u. k. from talks about migration rights organizations say politics is putting lives at risk. in other news, sudan says 6 of its soldiers have been killed during fighting at the border or

an undefined in ethiopia, afar regional to see regains exclusive access to the front line of an escalating conflict. ah, so developments this sunday around the new very into cove. it 19, only kron has, it's been named the netherlands. first of all, we're health officials have confirmed the strain. among 13 passengers have come in from south africa to flights from cape town and from johannesburg, nearly 600 people who landed on friday. it means more countries are imposing travel bands and restrictions. morocco is suspending all inbound flights for 2 weeks. israel has shut its borders to all foreigners, and there is a lot of anger about the travel bands, south africa in particular, which says it is being unfairly targeted for even sharing the data about the varied semerano force of the pair. the president will be addressing the nation at next

hour. it's not with this report though, from the bank, looking at the situation across europe. the, on the corn variance is in europe with every passing hour. more cases are detected with a single largest number of infections found on 2 flights that arrived here at amsterdam . shipple apple on friday from cape town, and johannesburg of the $624.00 passengers on board. $61.00 tested positive for cove at 19. the more than a dozen half the omicron variant, all and now isolating will the present 100 percent of the people who return from southern africa will be contacted. we also asked the municipalities to visit 100 percent of the people at home to check whether they are really isolating the on the con, variance now being identified in germany, italy, the u. k. denmark, belgium, chet, republic, and austria. we case is likely to be circulating in france according to the french government. the urge a message from brussels couldn't be any clearer vaccinate vaccine night vaccinate

boost loose boost as much as is possible. because this boosting or vaccination arrays as a level of antibodies and stimulates the memory cells for covet a viruses. therefore, this is the police of the immune system. the europe wide response has been to restrict flights from several southern african countries and introduce mandatory testing of people arriving from abroad. travelers coming here to the u. k will have to quarantine for 10 days at their own expense. moves some scientists believe won't be effective in stopping the spread. it's complicated that you to imagine that you're going to be able to prevent the discretion of to be agent as resorting to the case. as an example. in belgium, we entered the traveling belgium. i ended up with the gate and she had absolute demoted contact with anyone from southern africa. scientists in italy have produced the 1st image of the variant that has more mutations in spite proteins,

the part that interact with human cells compared with the highly infectious delta variance. in the absence of any hard date or on how wide spread overland they are. macro variant is, or indeed any information on whether or not existing vaccines conferred degree of immunity against it. scientists are urging caution due to marched by way of new restrictions, and it could have a negative impact on europe's economies due to little. and it could take the pandemic in a dangerous new direction. if baka, al jazeera london mentioned israel before, which is banning old foreigners from entering the country for 2 weeks, and even returning citizens will now need to quarantine harry force as mo, from occupied east jerusalem. what the government has announced, and we're still waiting for the 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 shot has brought down on it just a few weeks into that tentative reopening israelis returning to the country. they will have to current teen for at least 3 days if vaccinated 7 days if not vaccinated, and go to a government run quarantine hotel if they've been to any of the 50 african countries on the read list. and on top of that, more controversial for many the reposition of surveillance by the countries internal security agency, the ssion that of telephone. this time it will only be those belonging to people who confirmed to have the micron very, but nonetheless, some controversy about that move as well. 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. there was some hope that there might be some recovery of that industry we spoke to and is ready to a guide who is very disappointed about the situation spoken to palestinian shop owners who say that, you know, it's been a terrible couple of years now straight here. as well with the prime minister scott morrison says this new variant is of concern and the government is impose 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 astride to be so successful through the course of covert to open, safely, and to remain safely open sarah clog, with more often brisbin that was from southern africa and had by a been concerned to have tested positive the flight that 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 flush. there were 260 people on board. the other passengers and crew. now being told to go into the oscillation. well that was the site to reopen it, voted internationally. it dropped quarantined. all those people who fully back tonight and of course over. not that so changed as a result. any national 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, the problem is that we would be reopening at one side. suggestions were around $40000.00, the spreading was stuck with stranded overseas. some states 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. so on, the kron. what do we actually know? well, it was 1st reported to the world health organization from south africa. on wednesday, it has more than 30 mutations on what is called the spike protein as little bits around the edge, which is how the virus actually invades our cells. those 32 mutations mean that is, will, despite protein at least as dramatically different from the original corona virus and what that means for the effectiveness of our current vaccines. well, really no, yes. still learning that he is shabby and mad. he who is the director of vaccines in infectious diseases analytics research unit at the university of wood bought a stand. he says the decision to band travelers from a few countries will be ineffective in containing the spread of the new variance. to believe that by to thinking of from

a handful of countries in africa that does we haven't, you've 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 not you to imagine that you're going to be able to prevent the discretion. busy of to be 8, and that's the case, just an example in belgium related to the traveling belgium that ended up with a gate. and should 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 route of instyle reach if necessary, to shut the board as to the rest of the world. are government prepared to do that dante, it's no cost for them too much for that. they're going to can on the 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, closed a board and provide the impression that you're actually doing something for your pocket when it's going to have nominal back. we have the credentials as your

country. the big question right now is we have to create and you going to compute the delta p again in the end that if the out but you have to get into the computer, delta and peter to the next few weeks. we want you to see it and the temperature in any country that haven't shopped from the rest of the world until the news in european nations are promising to crack down on people. smugglers off to 27 people died, crossing the channel between the guy and from, from says conveying talks involving ministers responsible for immigration from germany, the netherlands, to belgium. the british though, well, their invitation was withdrawn, french president money micron accused the u. k. prime minister boss johnson are not being serious about cooperation. rory, challenges in cali and northern france, where that meeting is happening. i know you've been talking to, to migrants there, rory, and i'll get your views on what they've been saying in a moment. first, these talks, i mean it's really not the time,

isn't it for politics to be overshadowing a humanitarian situation? no, but it has, and this is the humanitarian situation, which man has. if he's going to get one political solution, but that solution, nothing is further away. given the breakdown in cooperation between the united kingdom and france has taken place this week, the press conference that happens in the aftermath of this meeting in calla took place in just something that how they can see in the background. behind me add 2 main strands to it. the 1st was that i think there was a recognition amongst the participants that the e. u does need to have a more coordinated mode joined up asylum policy. the, the situation that channel this course is not the only immigration issue that the,

that he was facing. and it also has what's going on on the poland that roost border . and i think both of these things are being looked at together by the european union as they, as they should be. they, they recognize that they need to have some kind of action. now, the commissioner was saying the front tech's, which is the kind of border policing force, will send a plane to help police that the french coastline. and she said that she was shocked by the kind of she but at the industrial scale of the people smuggling operation. now the 2nd strand that they discussed here was about the united kingdom following this spots that they have had. and there were a couple of points that they're making there. one is that this meeting was not supposed to be, and c, u k. they said it was supposed to be pro european bots. they were digs that were made out the u. k. by, by the belgians and the french saying that the situation in the united kingdom,

it's such that it's attracting many migrants because they say it's easy to be an undocumented migrant and access the labor system in the united kingdom that is in europe. ok. lori challenge in cal, i thank you for that grammar break on out a 0. when we come back vote, counties began until august on were opinion polls suggest president sadie job is likely to solidify his grip on power. and my doctor's in democratic republic of congo are concerned about the health of mothers to be live close to the cultural ah hello, the weather's lottie sat fair across the middle east, as per usual se, largely because not exclusively, we have got some wet weather, just around the far north of the region,

central and western parts or turkey seeing some went, whether it's a chance of one or 2 showers just to water straight of moose as we go on through monday. and tuesday, that aside is about the wind. when seizing down around the gulf, so things improving here. winds ramping up across the eastern side of the mediterranean. so some choppy waters live he sees coming through brisk wind setting into the event as we go through tuesday. that could cause some disruption then. but by this state, it is quiet for us here in cut off, for example, temperatures around 27 celsius, just one or 2 showers there into eastern oman and eastern side of the u. a. ye shall to some showers across sir central and southern parts of somalia. wet weather there into kenya, uganda. right across a timber republic of congo. right? the way across into the gulf of guinea. and then those seasonal showers really ramping up for angola. still some very heavy rain coming in across a good part of our botswana for a time zambia still see some wet weather showers and to the east side of south

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on al jazeera, these all the top stories and 13 passengers traveling from south africa to amsterdam was now tested positive for the new omicron variant of covet. $192.00 cases, confirmed denmark, another 2 in australia, morocco has followed israel and banning old foreign is from entering the country for 2 weeks if imposed the toughest travel plans so far since on the chromos detected in south africa this week. and in now the news european nations a promising to crack down on people smuggling after 27 people died. crossing the channel, france convened the told britain excluded though with the french president of man unicron accusing the u. k. prime minister of not being serious about corporation. sedans says 6 of it, so does have been killed during an attack by ethiopian forces. it happened in an army post near a contested border area, and gathering state. military says its forces repelled the offensive and inflicted

heavy losses on the armed group. ethiopia, his army chief, though denied his soldiers, were even involved in the attack. mo, from wrestle said he's in caught him. the sudanese site here says that they the, the to opium forces and some of the militia groups that are loyal to the central government in utopia have attacked. did they, did the sudanese forces that they have killed, seeks through the unease soldiers and the in the statement or of this with any army . they said that the attackers be, this will, the, it will be a force and militias aimed at intimidating. there are farmers sub with age into harvest season and also incursions into this with anita lamb. this region of a sugar region is a very fertile region. it been in the, in the between this redone and it you appear and death region. this border has been all this dispute is since the colonial areas between the 2 countries and have witnessed several conflicts. the last conflict was last year in 2020

a 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 of clandestine to could have been interrupted by the clashes that happened yesterday. however, the put that the export says that both companies will lease states will, will refrain from escalating the passion as both or having the internal crisis. while the conflict in ethiopia as a ticket, i state has now spread to other areas, including ne, in our far a region where most imports come through aren't as here as the 1st international news channel to gain access to the region. since the fighting began, our colleague sharon says to channel al jazeera arabic mohammed tato arkell was reporting from the town of chief or live on air when this happened. and it medina, i am now standing in the heart of schiffer. a city has it has been there be center of military operations during the past 40 days. i've been

a man that i hi did here. hi. this is the situation. how much you'd better take shelter. it looks dangerous. okay, i'm gonna hi ton. this is the situation we have been seeing since we entered the city jersey was one of the 1st to arrive. we were the 1st team of journalists to enter the city. this is a mountainous area and what we heard was gun fired. exchange the scenes. we witness are very appalling, that the bodies everywhere on the street, it is a living proof of the ferocious ness of the fighting. there are clear signs of the lack of humanity in this conflict that the grand forces were driven out of the strategic area by militia from the far region. the cities, commercial shops were totally destroyed, even the mosques were not spared. we have been hearing gunfire from all directions

over the bus for our them. yet all the residents have fled for their lives and the city has turned into military barracks for their 40 fighters. those militia are supporters of the fuel be an army. they have seized the c, b, and their advances towards batty and combo chaff. the international community you will need to step in of the humanitarian situation here is really dire. as a result of the fighting, the dead should be buried at the earliest in this small city. you can imagine how the situation would be when the fighting goes to larger cities within them. how to provence. the balls of clothes didn't care to stands election just days after a claim of a plot to overthrow president jeff of he's promised a free and fair and peaceful election after lost his vote was disputed and triggered drives that ousted the previous governance. his name is robbie with more from curtis tom's capital. bish click on the eve of parliamentary elections, courteous domes, president southern power 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, unquote. and host election streets by will remain protest free. i'll am cush them one of all that dog winful. if every citizen wants to ensure his future ensure a good future for their children, regardless of the cold, regardless of rain, regardless of snow, regardless of rocks falling from the sky for past they should come vote. i did finish getting the week leading up to election day, saw police raids on a legit coup plotters homes and the rest of the 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 tourist about on one video to johnson, even if you dig for information about them, there is no one significant. we know who they are, drug take his convicts and while people with links to organized crimes and we will take very strict action against them within the boundaries of the law. and i mean, i'll dot mitchell later in january jabbar of 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 in kyrgyzstan political popularity is easily lost and on 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 as he cajole on milan? i've been jailed twice and both times i was jailed unjustly off to my 2nd imprisonment and people freed me during last october events. and there is a huge difference between me and the coup. lot of a difference as wide as the space between the ground and the sky. i had no intention to carry out and on revolt. i don't cause people to protest to people freed me and they placed me in this position, get through local. he has no party affiliation and says he is not backing any candidates. but experts say parties that support presidential power of government are the ones that are expected to take the majority of seats in 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 basra b, l g 0 at the presidential residence in biscuit. russia says its recent build up of troops near the ukrainian border poses no threat. the fighting between ukraine's military and russian back separatists has been getting worse. child stratford as this report from the village of neville sca. ne. done yes. in easton 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 flow that or should we woke and our home had been completely destroyed

around us. i pray that if we were to die then please god make it quick. a couple i hear you are. you who do have a good role to go, 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 leaving because they're afraid of more shelling. tice's home was also hit. she's lived here for nearly 50 years. she is diabetic and spends 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 shelved, 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 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 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 stafford al jazeera neville ski eastern ukraine,

doctors and democratic republic of congo have noticed a high rate of birth defects in babies born near cobalt mines demand for the middle soaring as wealthy gentry's promise to switch from fossil fuels to electric vehicles. this report is not an easy watch, but it's important to the malcolm web with more from co. izzy, in the south of the country when blue awesome by was born with a cleft lip. her mother henrietta was worried there, hoping they can get help at this hospital. in the democratic republic of congo flores, grandmother, miss single willa has seen cleft lips before i, michelle, she, i don't know what causes this, but one of our neighbors also has it, and he struggles to speak other people in the community habits. but none of them have had surgery. they just lived with henry s. s l, food and drinks in one of the many informal coal mines here in lieu elaborate province. dr. billing kong says he seen far too many left lips and other

malformations in newborn babies over the 5 years he worked here and says they can be connected to mine pollution. when the we can, the mining at the mouth of the pregnancy. these exposure we send to the mining to the dust of the mining to them met in the mining game as the baby and the baby can born with this month formation. the bill is given corrective surgeries to thousands of children funded by charities. he's also worked on research projects, but he says much more needs to be done. as a lack of data. scientists have found that children whose father's work in the minds a much more likely to have birth defects. most of the cobalt is mind, industrially by foreign companies. most of the world's supply comes from here, is used in batteries in mobile phones and electric vehicles. demand for it is soaring and china, europe, in the us. communities here live right next to the mountains of mine,

tailings. most mine is working informal, illegal minds, sticking out cobalt by hand. scientists say mine is exposed to radiation from metals at work. may then be exposing pregnant mothers at home. we went with dr. billy to meet another of his patients. helen panza, son de la, has a birth defect in his legs. doctor billy says it can be corrected with surgery, but it needs to be done soon. he's looking for funding. there's no way helen can afford the $1500.00 with the needed. we stop going to hospital because we don't have money. we would go for the surgery if only god will help us dollar and helen live less than a 100 meters from a large industrial mine. it's just over there. helen's husband works in a mine the research his say, if it is indeed mining pollution that's causing the mouth, former teeth, they expect more mouth foreman sees in future generations in the worst of this is

yet to come. dollar and children like him need public health services that don't exist here. we did much of the money made from cobalt mining goes abroad as hardly any help for the people who suffer its effect. malcolm web al jazeera, co wavy democratic republic of congo, a a magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck the western coast to peru, its damage, roads and buildings in peruse. amazon us regional parts of a 16th century church of also collapsed, least 3 people injured tremors, felt in neighboring ecuador and columbia. ah! when out as they were, these are the headlines, 13 passengers traveling from south africa to amsterdam of tested positive for the new army. kron variance of co.