everything in between join me as i take on the lars. dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradictions upfront with me working on hill on out 0. ah. ready these restrictions are completely unjustified. so africa's president urges governments to scrap travel bounds offs. the new cove at 19 variant raises alarms around the world. ah, hello, i'm molly inside. this is out. is there a life? and doha also coming up a high voter turnout is reported in honduras in an election that could see it's fuss. female president, preliminary results are in we'll get an update from our correspondent france to

class. it won't be hold has hostage by british politics on migration. alta crisis meeting that excluded the united kingdom. and reality is that you can't talk about st. we're specifically luxury street. we're without mentioning the name for and the fashion well loses a designer who was the 1st black artistic director for louis retail. ah, the south african president is demanding an immediate end travel bands. following the discovery of the new cove at 19 veron only kron cyril roma fossa addressed. the nations sang and moved by governments to close their borders to southern africa was on justified. discriminatory the on the con variant was 1st identified in south africa. we are deeply disappointed by the decision of several

countries to prohibit travel from a member of sodom, african countries, including our own following the identification of the army corn variant. this is a clear and completely unjustified to departure from the commitment that many of these countries made at that meeting of the g 20 countries in rome. last month of the world, health organization is also advising against southern travel bands. it says more time is needed to determine whether the on the chrome is more transmissible or causes west symptoms or cases of the variant have now been confirmed in more than 10 countries on opposite sides of the world. a south african doctor who raised the alarm about omicron says her patients who've been diagnosed with an e variance, i should mainly miles symptoms a meter miller as us report from janice bag about vaccines. angelica,

here is the south african doctor who 1st to take the new symptoms in patients who had contracted coven 19 while she says the symptoms up until ya cases so far have been mild. so what is interesting is that, that the clinical symptoms or not the same, then with delta, extreme tightness, and fatigue, and the young people that was how we 1st detected with a bit of her body i, campaign, and headache. very, very similar to what you will normally see with any viral infection. so the africa has to take to just over 50 cases of the new variant and enabling, but swan or 19 people have been infected. they've also been cases in belgium, israel and other countries. scientists say it may take up to 2 weeks to better understand the variance to determine how easily it spreads and how well vaccines work to protect people. because these more than 30 mutations, that might, it might escape the immune system,

or it might escape the vaccines. what we have seen so far is people that has been vaccinated specie we're far. is it around? we had the last short in august this year did contact the virus and it's mild, very, very much symptoms. there are no known admissions to hospitals. hill people, the contract, the new variant. what is your view then on the global reaction to this variance being detected in south africa? extremely premature. and you know, it is as if they went into a frenzy and each and every one out there on biking, a great a high about this. and the question is, you know what, why we have, we have won't that we are going to see a 44 or a wife. we have to sit, they will come at variance. we did say that the variance will mostly come from

unvaccinated ivy paid people who's not controlled on the medication or never been to taking any medication. that's not, that's something that's new. well, scientists say the variant is behind a sharp rise of cases in the halting province. how the spread of the disease is managed should be carefully considered. an increasing number of experts say the law downs and travel bands don't work and that instead damaging economies and causing unnecessary panic, then says the focus should be on ensuring everyone in the world has access to vaccines. south africa, india and other countries have been for months coating for payton wavers to allow for vaccines to be manufactured around the world. so far to 70 percent of africans have received a job with very low vaccine access, with the inability to be able to fully make our own vaccines and to be able to get out of this. been driving fast enough in a timely manner. with the vaccine motive that we are witnessing, and the stigmatization of certain countries in africa related to the variance. this

is not a good look for the global not what we need is cooperation. what we need is global solidarity. and what we're getting in return is actually of a punitive approach to how we can actually all manage the spending 2 weeks from now . when we might see a different picture, we might see a total different clinical picture from, from us what we experienced currently. but, but for now, we can't even cite, escaped the vaccine efficacy. we can say that while travel bands often used by time to better understand new variance and the spread of the coven, 1900 virus. some scientists in south africa, a calling it's a futile exercise. for me to mila al jazeera johannesburg. well, the british government says, i will convene an urgent meeting of g 7. health men says on monday to discuss how best so respond me bunker ports from london. the on the con, variant is in europe with every passing hour. more cases are detected with the

single largest number of infections found on to flight 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 now isolating will approach and 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 urgent message from brussels couldn't be any clearer vaccinate vaccine night vaccinate boost boost, boost as much as is possible. because this boosting of vaccination arrays us 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 of 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 consolidated. the case is 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 data on how wide spread or virulent the oma calling variant is,

or indeed any information on whether or not existing vaccines conferred degree of immunity against it. scientists are urging caution due to march 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. these walker al jazeera london, ah, early results from honduras are giving left us opposition. presidential candidates, a lead people happen, choosing a success at til kwan orlando hernandez, his time in office has been played by chronic unemployment, violence and allegations of corruption. the left is the armada castro. i was hoping to ask the governing right wing national posse and become on doris as fust female president. let's go to menu or apollo, who is in the capital for us manual. so these are preliminary results coming in.

what more can you tell us ah, for delivery results from the national electoral congress have just come in, i have to apologize where it is quite lad. i'll set the scene for you a little bit. we're outside of the main opposition headquarters here in the honda capital, big was he goes back. according to the preliminary results from the national electoral congress. we should mention only 16 percent of the votes have come in with the opposition candidates, yamato castle at 53 percent. i had in these preliminaries all these are official preliminary results, but again, only 16 percent of the vote has been counted. as you can see behind me from the celebrations, as you can hear, the chanting, the cheering and the music, it's a bearing, celebratory atmosphere already here in the a 100 capital. but again, these only being preliminary results of this only being 16 percent of the boat

hours after the polls of already close. do suggest that it could still be a very long night. the, the candidates have not yet spoken. there's fireworks going off of firecrackers as well. of the candidates have not yet given any public statements. as of yet, electoral observers we should melt. there been more than 7000 electoral absorb observers monitoring these elections here in honduras. have asked the candidate to refrain from announcing everything to, to, to, to not stir up anything to prevent a repeat of what happened 4 years ago, which after the announcement was made, people took to the streets and dozens of people died in the unrest that followed. and that's something that people here very much want to avoid manual. this could be a pivotal election for honduras, couldn't it give us some of the background this, this has the potential be a massively important election for honduras,

for several reasons. not least of which being the context of this massive historic migration crisis that the country has been living over the course of the last few years. we should note that the conditions in this country have worsened. over the over the past 8 years. poverty sit somewhere around 75 percent. honduras is considered one of the most corrupt countries in the world. all of these factors are some of the things that migrant site as their reason for little for leaving. so hundreds from across the political spectrum really are hungry for a change. we talk about the, the city hunter and president wine, orlando mandate, who has been in power for the last 8 years, has been marked by allegations of corruption of misuse of funds, of using violence. and corruption hunter is one of the most violent countries in the world. people from across the political spectrum are hungry for a change, and the most radical change from any of the political candidates come from

opposition, candidates your madagascar, and from the looks of it she is in the lead. but again, only 15 percent of votes have been counted. it could still be a very long night here in the 100 and capitol. many thanks for that manual report on that in the captain has more to come on, al jazeera, france sends a minister to its overseas. heresy of guadalupe ought to writes the rule from 10000 kilometers away. i'm gabriel's onto a new york where british socialite elaine maxwell will face a jury for the 1st time in a trial. it's sure to be filled with drama. ah with hello, good to see. here's your headlines for the americas still. what, whether for the british columbia, south coast,

but more organized band of rain will rolling on tuesday to this we go right now. we've got some snow squalls hanging around the great lakes or have been weather statements. they're in quite a potent system, rolling up the atlantic. this is going to impact the canadian maritime. so whites and wendy and halifax, with a high of 6 degrees looking settled for the us gulf states. we're into the sunshine for a tallahassee, getting up to a hive, 18 degrees and the desert southwest. things are also calm here and in some spots. looked this denver 21 degrees. that is well above where you should be for this at the year. next stop are going to central america. we're getting dowse with some rain for costa rica and panama, panama city, getting up to a high of 30 degrees south america, the top. and we do have some rain sauntering around, pretty persistent band stretching across through northern parts of paraguay asencion getting up to 28 degrees. if we go further toward the south, disturbed weather around the river plate region is now starting to pull out toward

the south atlantic. montevideo 21 degrees, but we're in the sunshine for coma. doro riva davia with a high of 25. that's it. see soon. ah, one of the fastest growing nations in the world news won the contract needed to oakland and development school international shipping to become a middle east and tried and wanting skillfully knocked out 3 key is up to about filling up romance, connecting the world, connecting future while need cato castillo's gateway to whoa trade. lou.

ah, welcome back you watching al jazeera mind. jeff i'll it's help stories out. south africa's president has criticized border pleasures, falling discovery from new strain of the korean of ours, describing it as completely on justified around the photos. i also says there's been a rise in cove at 19 cases since on the comp. once i get to point cases and now been found in more than 10 countries, i'm a number have added travel restrictions all foreigners, the not bought from entry. israel from 2 weeks early results from honduras, all giving left is opposition candidate and lead off to sundays presidential election if seo model castro wins. she becomes the countries fast email asked more now on the on the con variance and israel has shut. it's bold as to all

foreigners for 2 weeks. the cabinet has also approved a controversial phone monitoring technology to trace people infected with the variance. is harry for set from occupied east jerusalem? getting in? well, the getting was good. sunday was the final day of relatively unrestricted arrivals at israel's main airport. you rules me no foreigners save those with special exemptions will be allowed into the country in the world's harshest response to the army. chrome variant is res. returning home, we'll have to corn teen for 3 days if vaccinated 7 days if not, and be diverted to quarantine hotels. if they been to read list countries in africa, at the weekly cabinet donuts for the hammock, a holiday, while ministers voted on measures destined to ruin many holiday plans are shoved sally lad, dick. but now we need to tighten up our borders in order to keep israel open internally. i understand that we need to change vacation destinations and go into isolation upon return. this happens in my family as well. restrictions on the

countries borders is not an easy step, but it's a temporary and necessary step below them. in another controversial move, the security service will once again trace transmission by monitoring people's phones. although, unlike earlier in the pandemic, the government says this will be reserved for confirmed cases of the army chrome variant. they made it impactable. this of course will be 1st felt in the tourism industry, not just in israel, but here in occupied east jerusalem. and in the occupied west bank as well. a tentative recovery built on the reopening of the borders, the tourists just a little bit earlier this month has now been thrown into doubt. tourists you've already arrived can finish their trips, but soon the supply of customers will dry up again, it was the beginning that was the beginning of what we hoped to be her, her return of the tourist industry and the return of tourists to, to israel. and again, this is another flap in the face, further into jerusalem's old city shopkeepers who'd only just reopened

a contemplating bringing down the shutters. again, i don't think is that i because well, 1st of all, this could be noted everywhere around the world. not only in this country and for the tourist who got in, heightened concerns about getting back out. this is not good news parsing cause i hope we can go home. what is the problem if the planes were like of a year? i don't of the going to go back the government's message, but it closed the borders early and reopen after 2 weeks. been close them late and regretted recent experienced hotels of temporary restrictions being stretched well beyond the and dates few here. a betting that the tourists will be back soon. are equal said al jazeera, occupied east, jerusalem. a mass vaccination drive is underway in the philippines. only 40 percent of the population has been fully inoculated so far. the government has recently tightened its border controls and an effort to limit the spread of the only cron variance of coven. 19 frances minister for overseas territories is visiting the

french caribbean island of guadalupe, where he insisted that compulsory vaccinations for health work as will happen. eventually, hundreds of them rallied against the government's plans. on sunday, a protest had morphed into a larger movement against high poverty levels. triplicate than paris now says it is open to discussing more autonomy for guadalupe. natasha butler has more well the french minister for overseas territories of his did a military base. he met security personnel and also police officers. some of those offices were injured in the unrest that a shaken guadalupe over the past 2 weeks. now he refused to answer any questions after his visit, but he did give a brief statement. he said that in the next day he would be meeting officials from guadalupe also some representatives of trade unions to talk about some of the grievances they have on social and economic issues on the island. it also talk

about cov restrictions, in particular, this very contentious issue. of mandatory coven vaccines for health workers. all not point said sebastian, la corner france could not be flexible on clear lower life. let's be clear. the law of the republican terms of mandatory vaccination will apply here in guadalupe and in martinique because their french territories and no one would understand if a law that protects health workers and patients was not enforced. well, for some people in guadalupe the ministers visit, it simply comes too late. 2 weeks after the unrest and the protest in the strikes began. they say that this is just another example of the way that paris regards people in guadalupe for them. they feel very often that they are 2nd call citizens . in fact, one protested, told me that if such a situation had fled up in mainland france, a minister would have been dispatched within hours for on says it won't be held

hostage by the case domestic politics on migration. european leaders attended an emergency summit on the issue in the french port city of kelly. the british went invited. the meeting was called on to 27 people died while trying to cross the english channel. rule challenge reports from cali. they wait because that's all their lives have become here. the queueing for charity clothing, anything to fight the early winter chill, but ultimately there waiting for an opportunity. if, when that comes, it might kill them keys and from sudan heard about the 27 people who died in the channel this week. it hasn't put him off when you date and do something that's good for day. but you die and you is leading, says father, so dilute dre thing. that is good, says, but it's got raised. well today drive you running behind your dream. they're

trapped. no european country wants them and they know it until we are dying. oh, yeah. get all our discipline, those the only option just do is their shoes. tell them movie to say french police have stepped up. beach patrols recently. storms have made this a treacherous time to attempt to crossing. assuming you can afford the $3300.00 smugglers, a charging and the inflatable thing is they use a small and vulnerable refugee charities, according on governments to make legal options for migrants and asylum seekers easier. and what we need is a, is a better, a solid system is not fit for purpose in a moment. and we call for something that doesn't force people to wrestle lives in a boat because the channel on sunday ministers from france, germany, belgium, and the netherlands. and he repent commission diplomats met to discuss the crisis. they pledged more unified policing and the use of e resources like an

e u border agency plane to patrol frances coastline. past the u. k. was absent disinvited by france after boris johnson angered emanuel. my chron. by tweeting a letter he'd written to the french president containing previously rejected policy suggestions, said to handle that, have i, this joint work mating can only be done in a serious way and without being hostage to domestic politics. president micron said several times this week that the relationship with britain must be relationship of equals. we are not auxiliaries of britain. this issue has always been one that requires cooperation between france in the united kingdom and right now that is failing. yes, british politicians like to blame france to distract from domestic problems, but with french presidential elections approaching the u. k. isn't the only government playing to the home crowd by throwing insults across the channel. meanwhile, desperate people, a shivering in the cold and drowning in the sea, where we challenge out a 0 color german aid workers and

n g o z have placed 6000 green lights in front of berlin's parliament building. it's in solidarity with refugees and migrants who been stranded out the border between poland and belarus. i go in chance langler michael and western allies have accused galleries of weapon ising asylum seekers. a magnitude, 7.5 earthquake has struck the western coast to peru, its damage, roads and buildings. in the amazon, this region, including sections of a 16th century church, at least 10 people are injured, and $75.00 houses destroyed. tremors were felt all the way neighbouring ecuador and columbia, about 18 months after she was arrested. the british social, i guess, laney maxwell is about to go on trial. she's the keys of enabling the crimes of the late sex offender jeffrey. abstain who authority, se took his own life. while awaiting trial,

maxwell insist she's innocent and claims. she, too was a victim. gabriel, others on the reports from new york. create a. how much did elaine maxwell know about geoffrey epstein alleged sexual abuse of under age girls? that will be the central question in the trial of the 59 year old british socialite, facing charges of sex trafficking and other crimes. he is going to be the invisible presence hanging over this, and that is why i think that she is going to have to explain something that everybody really wants to know. what was his hold over her? what was that relationship? a big unknown on the trial is how far the judge will allow the prosecutors to probe and epstein and maxwell's high profile social circles that included many household names from politics, industry, and entertainment. one being britain's prince andrew and his accuser,

virginia roberts, who says she was trafficked by maxwell to the prince per sex. when she was a teenager is likely not going to be called as a witness. he denies any wrong doing, but prosecutors are expected to call at least 4 other women. all epstein accusers who are going to tell the jury, maxwell groomed them for sex with epstein, one when she was as young as 14 years old. it's a trial with all the trappings of a salacious, drama, sex power, money, and fame. but victims rights advocates hope that the jury does not get distracted by that and instead keeps their focus on the women who say they were abused by epstein. and that it could have only happened with the help of maxwell. this is an example of one of the most horrific and long enduring patterns of sex trafficking and child exploitation. there are so many victims and what's particularly disturbing about the case is how open they operated. and how many

people knew, and how many people they involved in this exploitation scheme, maxwell has pleaded not guilty and denies all the charges. her legal team will try to cast doubt on the allegations and the testimony based on evidence that happened more than 20 years ago. the trial is expected the last 6 weeks. if convicted maxwell faces up to 80 years in prison, gabriel's hondo al jazeera new york. internationally we're now fashioned, isn't it? virgil oblong has died at the age of $41.00. he was a fast african american artistic director of louis. it's all men's way collection and was hailed for his dance on social and environmental issues. cutlif as jose younger course. ah, he was a high end designer and a visionary who rose to the top of the fashion industry. virgil ablow was often

described as a renaissance man in the world of fashion as voided taunts, 1st african american artistic director. he pushed boundaries, redefining the designs of luxury brands. you can't talk about st. we're specifically luxury street. we're without mentioning the name for to atlanta. it's impossible in the more than 160 years that louis baton has existed as a fashion house. he was there. marcy black read of director styles once unthinkable on the catwalk like mixing sneakers and camouflage pants with tailored suits and evening gowns became a blueprint for other designers, a combination of luxury and st, where also attracted a new and younger market. ablow was born in the us state of illinois to immigrant parents from gonna his mother, a seamstress taught him to so and even though he did and how formal fashion training, he understood the industry and the role that plays in modern culture for more than

2 years. the founder of the label off white had been suffering from an aggressive form of cancer. despite his illness, he kept active. earlier this month, he traveled took a tours capital for his 1st museum exhibit in the middle east titled figures of speech. he leaves a legacy that influence fashion and managed to inspire the world of art and culture . virgil ablow was 41. ah, i'm on the inside. with the headlines on al jazeera, south africa's president has criticized border closures following the discovery of new strain of the corona virus. describing it as completely unjustified cyril rom of hers also says there's been a rise in coven 19 cases since omicron was identified.