cultures across the world. so no matter what lucy, al jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you, al jazeera ah ah, uganda, and forces cross into democratic republic of congo in an operation against an arm group linked to iso. ah, hello welcome, i'm pete. adobe. you're watching al jazeera live from do are also coming up. the world health organization warns those unvaccinated and vulnerable to cope with 19 not to travel to areas for the new variances spreading. the left his leader jar morrow castro is set to become the 1st female president of honduras. as the ruling

party concedes, defeats and elections. and we report my frontier and afghanistan with thousands of people continue to flee after the taliban take over. i'm rob mcbride and western afghanistan at the border crossing with iran. that's been a barometer of the volatility on both sides of this frontier. ah, uganda is deploying soldiers across the border into democratic republic of congo as it battles an armed group. it follows air strikes against the allied democratic forces on tuesday as part of a joint operation with the congolese army the on group is based in eastern congo at the said to have links to iso, uganda blames it's for 3 bomb attacks and that's capital can parlor earlier this month, uganda troops entered d, r. c,

at the nobility crossing and north kiva state. it is a forested area, which makes it difficult to get through its here. the adf has its high doubts and hidden bases. let's bring a malcolm web. who's following that story for us out of the bureau in nairobi, malcolm to get the sense in the region that both sides can sustain what they've been doing so far. will it any just started on tuesday and we don't know how long this is going to go on, but certainly what we do know about the abs is that when military of attacks before tend to hide in those forests and then ambush them, it's been really quite bloody before, when we call the army, i've tried to go off to them as well as un peacekeepers, tons of troops throughout a special mandate. and then the other strategy which they use again and again, and again is to respond by massacring civilians who are protected in the towns and villages around benny. and say more recently, it to be proven to the north of that of the adf is going to substantial financial

commercial interests. with cocoa and not part of congo and political connections, as well as the previous military operations, the most recent one by the con release army, which lasted for the last 6 months. they haven't read defective in the, in the past. not for some people to call for the gun the military to get involved. now, although others are very skeptical about whether a foreign intervention is actually going to bring any more stability to be seen con guy. so this, this area, malcolm is so densely forested. does that mean that any cross border activity by definitional most will be long, it will be drawn out and it will be dangerous. we've got to says he doesn't know how long it wants to be there, but he says it won't be very long. but it has been nice to congo before invaded.

first withdrew under 996. it's invaded again in 998 and base night. bring you gotten the reminder, i've been accused of meddling in eastern congress since then, backing rebel groups, looting, minerals and international court of justice actually ruled at some point not doing that bore in the late ninety's, nearly 3000 that you can have been responsible for plundering anything calling the congo, demanding? 14000000000 dollars in reparations from uganda, i still haven't got any money in this past. we've gone the reason that critics of this operation say gun the shouldn't be coming into east in congo once again malcolm many. thanks malcolm. well, joining us from nairobi. b, if you up in government says it's made more advances against grind forces during days of fighting the prime minister's office as forces quotes liberated many times and villages in the north were under the control of the t p l f. the government

says rebuilding some towns damaged during the fighting. additional reinforcements are being sent. join a major offensive against forces. there was more and more countries detecting the new covered 19 variant. ami kron the latest nigeria, brazil saudi arabia and japan, which is tightening its travel restrictions. the well health organization is warning against temporary travel bands, saying they will not prevent the spread of the disease and could discourage countries from sharing data about evolving variance. no cases have yet been detected in the u. s. however, the centers for disease control says is working to impose stricter cobit 1900 testing rules for air travelers entering the country. alan fishing now from washington. the 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 ban travelers from south africa that when stop the spread, says the world health organization, we are trying to warn the country of the emergency that might be meant that be coming through. and those countries don't go on that now tried also to try their level best to get prepared or if she, this particular pathogen enter into their territory. this up what you do,

but closing the borders are bringing to certain countries for entering. i don't think the global stock 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 the to the spring . the northern hemisphere spring in the 2nd quarter, and beyond that, we look 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 comm variant is. and if the cum vaccines can stop it, i'll fisher our designer, washington. well, it does now appear the omicron variant was in europe before south africa alerted the world health organization last week. in the netherlands, the health authorities say they detected the barrier in 2 samples from the 19th and the 23rd of november scotlands 1st minister nicholas sturgeon, also said 9 cases reported. there are linked to a single event. on november,

the 20th nigeria has detected his 1st cases of the army kron very in the country center for disease controls. as 2 cases were found among travelers who arrived from south africa last week, nigerian health officials say they'll put measures in place to slow. the spread of the new variant africa's most populous country has registered 214000 cubic 19 cases . since the start of the pandemic, south korea is struggling to contain a sharp rise in cove at 19 infections and deaths. a strained health care system has prompted the government to shelve plans to further relax. corona virus restrictions, it's also imposed travel bands from several countries to stop the spread of the army. kron variant. alice tan in. so is a doctor at the ms. medi women's hospital. she says the government is speeding up the booster campaign to contain the spread. on october 31st, our can had achieved population full immunity of 74 per cent. and on november, 1st,

we embarked on r a stepwise return to normal program. basically many social restrictions were lifted. the problem was we didn't do anything substantive to address the issue of increasing breakthrough actions, especially among the elderly, each 60 and over. and so what we've seen is not only an increase in daily cover cases, which is what we expected with decrease prescriptions. but we've also seen a very substantial increase in cases age, 60 and above force that has led to a surge in icy you cases, hospital admissions, at the current situation that we're in right now. where hospital i see you are occupancy in the sol capital region is greater than 90 percent. we're making every effort to protect the vulnerable to

a expanded booster campaign. ah, but unfortunately this is not accelerating at the rate that we would like. oh, they're about 14000000 people who are now eligible to receive a booster. only 2800000 have received the booster so far. we're also trying to secure or hospital beds recovery patients. in addition to shunting the majority of covet positive people to home care rather than hospital care or monitored isolation facilities, chimera castro will become the 1st female president of honduras after the ruling party conceded defeat in elections. the votes are still being counted. however, mastery asked for, has congratulated his opponent, ending his national parties 12 year, hold on power. danny bladder is a central america analyst at the international crisis group. he outlines now some of the challenges, castro will face in government. it's actually surprising,

the turnouts into selection, which was menu of outcomes, were concerned that he could repeat the 2017 events where a similar opposition lyons almost defeated the ruling national party in a very disputed election which triggered a wave of mass preowned and which were wirelessly refreshed by the security forces, it's new to the country because it will be the 1st time the snail president will either come to but also a party that is not the from the liberal party or the national party. so our 3rd force will, will run the country and will bring supposedly the country more 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, supported this, this movement and will lead to ensure to seek sustainability and of an ability in a congress where if firms are confirmed this opposition collision won the presidency, is unlikely to gain the majority. so it will have to necessarily negotiate interactive consensus with other sectors at economic and political that'll still come here on our to 0. the fee for arab cup is underway here in cas as another 2 stadiums open ahead of next year's world cup. ah

hello there. welcome, see your worlds weather update. we're going to begin and australia where the rain has made a clean sweep, mostly still some scattered showers, coast of queensland, new south wales, and victoria. and speaking about victoria, watch what happens in melbourne. we go from 29 degrees down to 20 thunderstorms, certainly cooling the atmosphere here. those winds will also switch around. may be no surprise here, but gives been recorded it's wet. it's november on record early on the month. we're under a state of emergency, so at least 300 millimeters in a scattering of showers across both islands on thursday. that includes kids been with a hive $21.00 degrees. days of rain has led to flooding across zulu lazy damaging about a 1000 homes. also deadly landslide reported in west java. the rain still coming for jakarta with a hive. 31 degrees. central parts of vietnam, almost a meter of rain over the last few days. 2500 homes destroy. but we're starting to dry off to neg has a high of $24.00 degrees, high pressure,

carving out sunny skies across central eastern portions of china. the rain has also pushed away from japan, but we could see some see and don't induce no western hon shoe into hole kado and cruel here as well. so poorer just to have 2 degrees on thursday. okay. we'll see soon. ah, african stories of resilience and parish. i get younger and i right with tradition and dedication for them. it was, i was with short documentary sky african filmmakers and the white 9. and the bookmaking africa direct on al jazeera. ah,

ah, or the bank you're watching al jazeera and pete adobe in this hour here in doha. the top stories from the newsroom, uganda is deploying troops across the border into the democratic republic of congo as it battles an armed group. it follows airstrikes on tuesday, against the allied democratic forces as part of a joint operation with the congolese army. the well health organization is warning against blanket travel bands as more countries to take the army kron variance. the world health organization says it won't prevent the spread of the new variant and could discourage data sharing about evolving variance. the left, his leader jermarta castro, is set to become honduras. his 1st female president,

ending 12 years of rural by the national party vote counting is still underway, but the ruling party has conceded defeat in elections. israel is advancing at system of surveillance in the occupied west bank by including face scanning cameras and smartphone apps. former israeli soldiers say they've been ordered to photograph palestinians to build a digital data base of the population, palestinian se is yet another invasion of their privacy. it abraham has more now from hebron even before. yes, edible man he presents his identification card at this is really checkpoint. the soldiers already knew who he is. he has to cross this checkpoint to get to his house in hebron, in the south of the occupied west bank. many cameras monitor his journey home. they're a part of an advanced israeli surveillance system that includes face scanning cameras and like tracking the cameras are so close to asters house. he says his family has lost any sense of privacy and did. but all the stuff that we had,

she threw kirklands before all the choir changed him after i heard on israel soldier say i can zoom in train house. i want a little and see what happens inside. in addition to these cameras that have been put up by the israeli army, just the meter down, residents tell us that is really settlers have put up another surveillance system here in hebron, in 2019 the israeli military acknowledged this non official system exists. no children here don't feel safe in their own homes. a few months ago israeli soldiers rated this house, walk the children up. okay, to take the pictures of palestinians. osceola just says, the surveillance system shows how much these radio occupation controls palestinians ought fi. lini melanie, we are looking at a generation of palestinians who is anxious, angry, and filled with fear. they feel their lives are useless. and on top of their asked to smile to their occupiers. he is really army has installed visible and hidden

cameras across the west bank and told al jazeera, it's for security reasons. the army doesn't comment on its capabilities, but palestinians believe there are thousands of cameras monitoring them. recently, some israeli soldiers revealed be photographed palestinians. these photos are then used for a smartphone app called blue woof. the app matches the photos to the person's details in the system and alerts. soldiers, if the person is wanted for arrest is really organization breaking. the silence collected the soldiers testimonies the most. a shocking thing for me, for us was to hear that we are sending now are soldiers to compete military units to compete against each other for who takes more, a 4th of off ballast any and in the streets, even in their homes. palestinians like yasser see, the feel violated when he fears israel might use the private data to evict his family out of their house. he that rahim elijah's eda, have brunner in the occupied west bank. the cranes president has called for direct

talks with moscow in order to end the conflicts with russian bank forces in the east nato. foreign ministers are currently discussing the conflict at a meeting in latvia, kia research in greater military cooperation as a way of deterring russia. bernard smith, now 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 home, 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 i 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 by the mer 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 biden administration says it doesn't know of any plans, but it does say it's been holding talks with russian officials about you. cray, bernard smith, al jazeera, moscow, european diplomats, urged iran to show it serious about salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal. on tuesday, representatives from russia, china, germany, france, and the u. k. met iranian officials in vienna. iran one sanctions lifted in return for limiting its nuclear program. u. s. police of arrested a 15 year old boy suspected of at shooting 3 students at a michigan high school. the victims are age between 14 and 17. at least 8 others were injured, including a teacher. please say there's no clear motive. it's the country's 28th school

shooting this year. the u. s. and the taliban have ended 2 days of meetings here in cat are where they discussed the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. the taliban asked the us to release financial assets and to remove sanctions, washington's calling on the taliban to ensure the rights of afghans and to form an inclusive government. the un says more than half the people in afghanistan are suffering from acute food shortages. this winter aid agencies, a warning of a potential crisis in neighboring countries that says, thousands of people continue to leave afghanistan. rob mcbride, travel to the country's board, a town of islam collar. the scene. a recent surge in people crossing in both directions with its cross border traffic and people and 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 find whatever problems the migrants had ordered. they've been solved for vehicles, including trucks are moving freely again with that sort of homework i will keep 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 it's done. 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 at, there's a constant line of people that side the iranian consulate, hoping to get visas to leave. and here and throughout the country makes shift camps

of internally displaced. people have sprung up as the new government struggles to cope bussey kids of a sudden moped winter is now sitting in. if there's any kind of humanitarian assistance from whatever country 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 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 then now joined by more recent arrivals who fled after the taliban takeover? actually, i was obligated to leave my country, leave my house, leave people like nasa ahmed, but have

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. the soldiers all for the border of iran, have trying to kill you or just arrest you when they are rescued, they will punishment. 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, french american artists josephine baker has become the 1st black woman to enter frances pantheon mausoleum. a ceremony in paris, the french president manual macro said she was someone who fought for the liberty of all. he is not in baba. 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 bicker min min. don't the coma josephine baker fought so many battles with freedom, lightness and laughter. lisha, dazzlingly beautiful and clear sighted and essentially full of distractions. she made the white 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 all black musicals. in 1925, the pig moved to paris, where she'd star at the shawn's eliza theatre. she seen made headlines for her risque routines appearing topless, and also wearing a banana belt 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 a, with a casual. 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 tour 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 monaco where she was buried. this coffin contained soil from 3 places close to her heart. the us monaco and france. nadine baba 0 ah, this time next year casarez you to host the fee for the world cup and in preparation the gulf nation is testing its infrastructure with the fee for arab cup being hell right now. tim kat are kicked off their campaign with a one know window buck rain in a brand new stadium and it richardson was there for us. ah, in just under

a year's time, catherine alp 8 stadium will host the opening match of the 2022 world cup. a game that will also see the home team. and 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 kick off. next november i saw amazing is tell you. i'm excited. today, god is going to win. cause god car. see you come back. 2022. the whole countries excited. you can see everyone's coming. we're all ready to celebrate. i've seen more because that is today than any of our events before. which is the encouraging a lot. we expect to see a lot next here. it's very proud of all of the categories their families and their

parents and everyone. they're also proud about j katara being posting on campus. it's their cancer were taking on bahrain in the opening group game in this tournament. after the excitement of the opening ceremony, the 1st off was somewhat lacking in spectacle. alma was allie was the top score at the asian cup. when cattle began continental champions to years ago. and he went close midway through the 2nd half. but it was absolutely these had him, he claimed the honor of scoring the 1st go at the stadium, will need to cancel the school and the host go top of that group, which also includes man and the right 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 school thing.