short documentary by african filmmakers on the white 9 and the book make it africa direct on al jazeera. ah, you finding show all micron existed in europe days before south africa? it sounded the alarm. ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up left as late as samara castro is since become honduras, his 1st female president, 12 years after her husband was overthrown. any curve we report from the afghan border is thousands of people continue to flay after the taliban take over 3 months,

a guard arm, robert, bride in western afghanistan at the border crossing with the wrong. that's been a barometer of the volatility of both sides of the sponsor. and the fee for arab copies underway here in kata with another 2 stadiums for next is world cup being open. we begin with the latest on the new coven. 19 very in scotland and the netherlands have confirmed, omicron was in europe before south africa alerted the world health organization last week. that council authority say they have to take to the very into, into samples from november 19th. will the 20 countries have so far reported cases? the u. s. isn't one of them, but health experts and testing samples to see if it's been detected there. alan fisher reports from washington d. c. be guided by science is a new variant,

but familiar advice from the united states. if you're not vaccinated, get vaccinated, get boasted if you are vaccinated, continue to use the mitigation methods, namely masks. avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces, choose outdoors, rather than indoors. keep your distance, wash your hands, test and isolate if appropriate. there are no signs of the variance in the us, but other countries are stepping up measures to stop at spreading. in japan, for example, all 4 nationals have been banned from entering that last month. and traveling japanese citizens and residents will have to quantize for 14 days on returning to the country. many nations have already been travelers from south africa that would stop the spread, says the world health organization. we are trying to warn the other country of the emergency that might be coming through. and those countries don't go on that now, tried also to try their level best to get prepared or if should this

particular pathogen enter into their check is supposed to do but closing the borders of painting to certain countries for entering. i don't think the answer will, will stop markets have taken a have since the new video was announced. but analysts see short term shock. we do look for the economy to pick up again, especially spending on services in the 1st quarter and going into to the spring, the hemisphere spring in the 2nd quarter. and beyond that we looked for above average growth next year. public health experts in the u. s. say it will take 2 to 4 weeks to discover how strong the army con variant is. and if the cum vaccines can stop it, alan fisher, i'll just either washington rozelle. meanwhile, let's begin the 1st latin american country to report on the kron cases. it's one of the worst covert 19 affected countries with more than 6000 deaths. julio ponce is

an api, jamie ologist, and says brazil is at greater risk because it allows unvaccinated tourists in the country. brazil has gone through several waves of covert infection including waves that devastated entire cities like the capital of amazon. and now we also had situations where a very and that was 1st described in brazil. the gum ovarian took over the original strain of the virus, brazil. as of now, is one of the country that is getting up vaccinations, it's getting faster than we 1st believed to be to be capable of doing. and we are now at around 76 percent of the population inoculated with 2 doses. but we also have a lot of regional differences. so states in the southie are closer to 80 percent. while some states in the north are closer to 30 percent of people with the 2 doses of the vaccine. so far we have been very slow and we haven't taken the right

measures to curb the spread of the fires. so we have stopped flights from 6 african countries, but we haven't stopped from any of the european countries where are higher numbers of the current very, and have already been detected. the country still doesn't ask visitors to present a vaccination card. so of course we are getting an influx of an vaccinated tourist and that could be a problem, especially now that the end of the year parties are arriving the holidays. and there's some concern the carnival. what usually happens around february and march might be a hot spot for unvaccinated tourists coming into the country with no no type of selection at the borders for vaccination status. and that represent an uptick in cases at that moment. and south career is reporting a new daily reco really 5200 corona virus cases. then the strange health care

system has from to the government to shelf plans to further relax restrictions and also imposed travel bands from several countries to stop the spread of the only kron variant to more world news now a nursery, as for presidential candidate for the ruling national party of endures has conceded defeat in sundays elections, and means he's left us opposition. rival, c m r a castro will become the country's 1st female later. the national party has been planned by scandals and corruption accusations. castro, same voters have reversed authoritarianism. to the ano breda is a central american analyst at international crisis group. he outlined some of the challenges castro will face in government. it's actually surprising, the turnouts in this election, which was many of us, are concerned that you can repeat the 2700 bands with a similar oppositional lions, almost defeated the ruling national party in

a very disputed election which triggered a wave of moscow. and which from wirelessly refreshed by the security forces, it's new to the country because it will be the 1st time that a female president will either come to but also a party that is not the from the liberal party or the national party. so our 3rd fours will we run the country and will bring supposedly the country more to the left. i mean, the government plan is definitely more leaning towards social democracy and social is democracy. but i think the challenges will rely upon the issue that discount government will face will have to juggle multiple demands coming from different sectors and the private one political sectors, international actors and the social movement. the social basis of course,

to support this movement. and we'll have to ensure to seek sustainability and good ability in a congress where iraq to consensus with other sectors at economic and political level. the u. s. and the taliban have concluded 2 days of meetings here in contact with discuss the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. and taliban has asked us to unfreeze assets and remove sanctions while washington is calling on the taliban to ensure the rights of africans and to form an inclusive government. the un says more than half of all afghans is suffering from acute food shortages this winter. meanwhile, agencies a warning of a potential crisis in neighboring countries, that's as thousands of people continue to flee. afghanistan. robert mcbride traveled to the african border town of islam color. it's same as a recent surge in paper crossing from both directions with its cross border traffic

and people in goods. islam hello provides a good indicator of the problems facing both afghanistan and iran. the surge of people trying to leave afghanistan as the taliban took over, has eased in recent weeks, assign according to those guarding this crossing. the conditions have improved. oh, come, governor, come for whatever problems the migrants had ordered. they've been solved for vehicles, including trucks are moving freely again with sort of more considering this is such a sensitive crossing things on the border itself are pretty relaxed before now. we as visitors, would have been held way back several 100 meters in several fences inside afghanistan. now we are allowed to approach up to the borderline itself. the last taliban checkpoint is right here. this is where i'm going to stand and beyond. here is iran. and taliban officials were eager to show us how they are also tackling

smuggling and illegal migration across this 1000 kilometer border. but in the nearby major city of had that there's a constant line of people that side the iranian consulate, hoping to get visas to leave. and here and throughout the country, make shift camps of internally displaced. people have sprung up as the new government struggles to cope. bussey kids of a sudden winter is now sitting in. if there's any kind of humanitarian assistance from whatever countries we would appreciate and acceptance about the back at the border coming in the opposite direction is a steady stream of afghan deportees from iran. many of the victims of iran's long standing program, a forced repack creation because of its own worsening economic crisis. article doing but job again. it's my 1st time back and again,

it's 10 after 20 years with me and all these people around me have experienced lots of problems in iran. but they're now joined by more recent arrivals who fled after the taliban takeover? actually i was able to get to, to leave my country, my house, leave people like nasa on behalf of a who refuses iranian soldiers of mistreating him. and actually i was trying to get to europe. but at the time when i was getting to iran, i got so difficult that the soldiers all for the border of huron, have trying to kill you or just arrest you when they are rescued, they will punish moved. they will give you as punishment as a animal 2 months after leaving. he's back where he started, but says he won't be long before he's on the move. once more. rob mcbride, al jazeera islam halla afghanistan. still ahead on al jazeera nato warned russia will have a high price to pay if there is any aggression against ukraine following the recent

trip build up. and the 1st black woman inducted into the home field. why franz granted the artist and civil rights activists, its highest honor. ah, ah, look forward to burritos, guys. with the sponsored play cut on airways and their temperatures have come crashing down across sullivan. hello, everyone. good to see you. we've got that front. it's moved to cross drop in temperatures by about 10 degrees in beirut. we've got some weather as well, and we may see some showers through the northeast of oman impacting la sketch in the days to come, otherwise smooth sailing. plenty of sun to go round into the middle east. same goes for pakistan. things are dry in the north towards the south is fall beauty of a day in karachi,

coming in with the high of $31.00 degrees. quite potent system roll through. this is a cold front punching across a turkey left to trails, destruction top wind speed here, a 130 kilometers per hour and killed at least 4 people. so temperatures have dropped big time across turkey. look at all correct, 5 degrees and now the bulk of this is pushing across the black sea into georgia central parts of africa. right now are equitorial countries have got storms come in and go, and especially in and around lake victoria. if i take you further toward the south right now, we can expect a scattering of showers both for su too. and also as far teeny and things are calm in cape town, coming in at a high of 22 degrees. and you know, i think we're going to stay dry johannesburg and we've got your pencil, the in for a high of 28 on wednesday that sharp the season. oh, with sponsored by cassandra, always joined the debates. nonexempt wolf refugees have come from of common impacted country. the climate emergency is putting more pressure on systems across

the world and amplify your voice. it's not really the future 8. now, this is not a lot concrete. believe we cannot lose hope. we know what to do, and we have the tools and to get back with all the stream on al jazeera with oh, hello, you're watching out a 0. i'm emily ang, when a reminder of our top stories this, our scotland and the netherlands, have confirmed on may. kron was in europe. before south africa alerted the world health organization last week,

the dutch helpful authority side they have to take to the new coven 19 variant in to samples dating back from november, 19th in honduras to left, his opposition candidate, c. jamara castro is said to become the country's 1st female president, arrival from the ruling national party conceded defeat on tuesday. 2 days after voters went to the post. and the u. s. and the taliban have concluded 2 days of meetings here in town where they discussed the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. taliban has asked us to unfreeze assets and remove sanctions. uganda is deploying troops across the border into democratic republic of congo as it battles and groups. it follows it strikes against the allied democratic forces, part of a joint operation with the con delays army. the group is based in eastern congo and has pledged allegiance to i. so you can to blame it for 3 bomb attacks and can

pilot earlier this month. malcolm webb has this update from no robi, you got an army bug person announced to the military operation, began with strikes and artillery fire while you got them forces erected against the bases of the allied democratic forces in eastern congress since then, the congolese army spoke person has told us that ground troops ugandan infantry of cross on foot into east and congo. now you got this government blame the adf for 3 suicide bombings that took place in uganda capital 2 weeks ago. the adf originate from uganda and the 990. you got into an army pushed them into eastern congo where ever since they got substantial business interest in cocoa timber. another not to was also found in the areas that they control. but for the last 7 years they've been responsible for a series of massacres against civilians. in and around the town of benny and more

recently, further to the north in a, to re proven the congolese army i brought in what it called a status siege 6 months ago, supposedly to stabilize north tv province and to re province. but there's been criticism that the state of siege hasn't worked. linked document showed that there was corruption, some of the military budget for the operation was being stolen until recently common congos parliamentarians have been calling for another kind of solution and ugandan military entering eastern congo with what they hope will bring an end to this conflict. but certainly others are very skeptical about the following. you've gotten the invasion of congo in $996.00 and accusations of repeated meddling and funding rebel groups ever since then. a definitely let some people to worry that this will cause instability rather than bringing stability to 8th. and the

us secretary of state says any russian aggression in ukraine will trigger what he calls serious consequences. and he blinking is meeting nato foreign ministers to discuss the build up of russian troops on ukraine's. boredom been in smith's reports from moscow. nato foreign ministers say there will be a high price to play for any new military aggression against ukraine. and moscow was reminded the west has already used economic, financial, and political sanctions. we have seen the brushes, playbook many times over. an part of their playbook is to attempt to create ah, and manufacturer, a so called provocation as justification for something that rushes planning to do all along. i and so whether or what's been reported fits into that playbook. oh, i dont know. ukrainian forces are facing off against russian back separatists in the east of the country. there's been fighting on and off there since russia amex

crimea, from ukraine in 2014. now for the 2nd time this year, russian troops a building up along ukraine's border. moscow dismisses as inflammatory. any suggestions? it's preparing for an attack. and present. vladimir putin says he has his own red lines. if nato countries involve themselves further in ukraine, is that material is some kind of strike systems appear on the territory of ukraine . the flight time to moscow will be 7 to 10 minutes and 5 minutes in the case of a hypersonic weapon being deployed. creating such threats in ukraine poses red lines for us, but hope it doesn't come to that. i hope that a sense of common sense responsibility for both our countries and the world community will prevail. russia says nato has deployed a significant amount of military hardware near its borders. in june, joe biden and vladimir putin held their 1st summit. it came just a couple of months after a russian troop of build up along the border with ukraine. now here's another build

up and the kremlin says it's holding behind the scenes talks with the white house about another possible summit. the bible administration says it doesn't know of any plans, but it does say it's been holding talks with russian officials about you. cray, bernice smith, al jazeera, moscow, european diplomats, have urged duran to show it serious about salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal. on tuesday, representatives from russia, china and germany, france and the u. k. met with iranian officials in vienna, around one sanctions lifted. he returned to limits on its nuclear program. joseph jabari has been monitoring the talks from the austrian capital. nothing is agreed upon until everything is great. those are the words from new england deputy foreign minister, alibaba who was leading the reigning delegation here in vienna. you said that so they will continue these talks. and on tuesday, there was

a working group between the iranians and the europeans about how the united states will remove the sanctions that is imposed on her on since leaving the nuclear deal in 2018. the readings have a very specific list of demands. and on tuesday evening, the iranian deputy foreign minister mets with use enrique morrow to discuss what will take place in the coming days on wednesday, there are due to meet with the europeans about iran's nuclear program. and of course, the europeans have said that if iran doesn't show their serious, there could be a problem here before the week's end. the thorny issue is, of course, iran use of advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium and the international atomic energy agency who is supposed to monitor iran's nuclear activity, says they're no longer able to fully see what her on is doing since they started to reduce their cooperation with the agency, in the coming days, it will become much more clear whether or not there will be another round of talks

in the near future. the 2nd day of july maxwell's trial is heard from one of geoffrey, abstains alleged victims. it's the 1st time the close associate of the light for 9 financier has faced him accuser, in course, the 59 year old is charged with grooming young girls the sexual abuse by abstain. gabriel alexander reports from neil in the courtroom. she's known simply by her pseudonym jane and for the prosecution. she is one of the star witnesses of their case against les maxwell, the woman now an adult, testified on day 2 of the trial that maxwell was often in the room when she was sexually abused by jeffrey epstein. with maxwell listening on, she gave explicit details of the abuse which began when she was just 14 years old. she said maxwell instructed her how to give sexual massages to epstein and even

joined in the molestation. on occasion, jane testify that it was d lane maxwell, herself that 1st approached her as she was sitting on a park bench, eating ice cream with friends. here's only 14 years old. what started as simple conversation, jane said, turned in to years of sexual abuse by epstein, and it's sometimes even by maxwell herself. when prosecutors asked jane if it was so bad, she ever consider taking her own life. jane responded yes. in cross examination, one of maxwell's defense lawyers seen here in train court earlier questioned why jane waited 20 years to report her abuse to law enforcement, the defense. we'll continue cross examination on wednesday earlier in the day, a former pilot of epstein se testified about some of the famous names that he saw on epstein's private plane, including former presidents bill clinton and donald trump. no crimes are charged

against them in this case. but the pilot testimony highlights the elite circles, epstein and maxwell moved in. maxwell is charged with sex trafficking, and other crimes. she's pleaded not guilty. gabriel is on dough al jazeera new york . still in the us and police say, a teenager has opened fire and a michigan high school killing at least 3 students who have been north of detroit just dumped me down tuesday. those killed between 14 and 17 years old. a 15 year old male student is in tough for the french american artist josephine bank and has become the 1st black woman to enter frances, upon the own, was the lamb at a special ceremony in paris. president manuel mac krohn described her as someone who fought for the liberty of all in vain. baba has me a hugely symbolic moment. josephine baker become the 1st black woman and only the

sick woman ever to be admitted to the pump tale in paris. the french president paid tribute to a woman who defied huge challenges. josephine baker min manner dawned to cumber josephine baker fought so many battles with freedom, lightness, and laughter, leisure, dazzlingly, beautiful and clear sighted essentially full of distractions. she made the right choice at every stage. she could always separate life from darkness, and yet nothing was preordained. josephine baker was born in missouri in 19 o 6, but by the age of 14, she was in new york, dancing in old black musicals. in 1925, the pig moved to paris, where she'd star at the shawn's elisa theatre. she seen made headlines for her risque routines, appearing topless, and also wearing a banana belts in the dull salvage. something that attracted criticism from anti colonial activists in france at the time like our val, connecticut,

josephine baker would represent all the fantasies at that era. it was a very colonialist attitude towards her, a very condescending view, but not as racist as what she known in the united states. and that's why she tolerated his attitude and played with it because, you know, she was part of the whole generation of people who moved to france. they were black, but they were also american. so they were in a higher position than the africans or the west indians. who also lived by the thousands in france. baker went on to to her europe and appear in movies. but world war 2 changed everything. now, a french citizen baker worked for the resistance using her performance as a cover to spy on the nazis and even italian dictator, mussolini, she'd eventually become a left tenant in a female group of pilots, under general de gaulle. she remained loyal to the goal even during the upheaval of the 1968 protests. after the war,

baker got involved in anti racist politics. she was the only woman to speak at the 1963 march on washington, d. c. where martin luther king delivered his i have a dream speech, but she was also devoted to her family, adopting 12 children and living at a shadow in southwest france. she died in 1975 days after a final show in paris, celebrating her half century on the stage. at the request of her family, josephine baker's body will remain in monica where she was buried. this coffin contained soil from 3 places close to her heart. the us monaco and france. nadine baba al jazeera ah this time next year kata will be hosting the faith felt world comp and in preparation. the goals nation is hosting the fee for arab camp. as a way to test the infrastructure that will be used in 2022. cause i kicked off

a campaign with a one new win over by rain in a newly built stadium that was been fighting for the 1st time. and richardson was there. the, in just under a year's time catalyst elevate, stadium will host the opening match of the 2022 world cup. a game that will also see the home team on footballs biggest stage for the 1st time. the official opening of the stadium came on day one of the arab cup, but many friends were already counting down to the big kickoff next november how may i may tighten today. got to we've got our see, you know, 1020 to the whole countries excited. you can see everyone's coming. we're all ready

to celebrate. the more that is today than any of the events before, which is encouraging a lot, we expect to see a lot next year. it's very proud of all of the categories their families and their parents and everyone dental is proud about to get tired of being hosting on campus . tesla was taking on verena and the opening group game in this tournament. to the excitement of the opening ceremony. the 1st off was somewhat lacking in spectacle elma was allie with the top score of the agent. when council became continental champion 2 years ago, and he went close midway through the 2nd half. but it was abdul aziz had him who claimed the honor of scoring the 1st school at the stadium will need to cancel the school and the host go to that group which also includes

man and iraq as this tournament unfolds. over the coming days, it will play a key role, but organize is getting ready to host the middle east. biggest, ever supporting event next year. and for the castle national team. it's like it used to playing in front of expectant home crowds. they'll be hoping to convince both the fans and themselves that they really are ready to take on the world. and richardson, algae, sarah, catalyst, elevate stadium. ah, hello, are you watching out of here? and these are the top stories this alum, scotland in the netherlands have confirmed, omi crone was in europe before south africa alerted the world health organization.