this is, sees, brought together in this one use organization. and this diversity of perspective is reflexive in our coverage, giving a more accurate representation of the world we report on. and that's a key strength of officer. ah naser. it says it's up to the alliance to decide when ukraine is ready for membership, and russia has no veto over that decision. ah, hello there, i'm, it's darcy at hey, this is out of their life from doha. also coming up. ugandan voices cross into democratic republic of congo and an operation against an armed group linked to iso evidence. imagine that the army con variant was in europe

at days before it was detected in south africa. the european union announces a major global infrastructure plan, claiming it will be an alternative to china's belton road initiative. ah, now nature has warned russia that it doesn't have a veto of a ukraine joining the alliance. secretary generally installs in bag said that it's up to the lines to decide when ukraine is ready for nature membership. he warned that moscow would pay dearly for any future aggression in the region. he was speaking after nato foreign ministers met in riga. they discussed tensions with russia which back separatists and east and ukraine in the future. russian aggression would come at the high price. up see this political and economic consequences for russia? georgia on ukraine. our long standing and close natal partners

contributing to our missions on operations, on the spotting for a membership ministers made clear that we stand by our decisions. our support for the 70 to total integrity remains on way bring and we remain committed to enhance our support to both countries. well, let's face abandoned smith. he joins us now from the russian capital moscow been and we've had pretty strong rhetoric from both sides over the last couple of days. yeah, let me putin as already said, it has been a long standing policy of russia and a long standing view of russia that it does not want to see nato edging eastwards into the sphere of influence that russia wants to maintain those former soviet republics. lot in a putin has said already today that he wants

a meeting with the west to discuss the law for all of his foreign minister will meet the u. s. secretary of state antony blinker and install code on thursday. and he'll be taking this message to him. but as a reminder, the russia does not want nato moving east. it continues massing its troops along the border with ukraine on its planning. an exercise of about 10000 troops. winter exercise that called 30 different locations across russia. but that includes locations along the east and border where those russian back separatists are, and on battle russia the southern border with ukraine as well. banded smith, there was all the latest reaction for us from moscow. thanks so much, ben. well, i spoke to andre corporal of he's the director general of the russian international affairs council. he says, moscow's main goal is to prevent ukraine from finding a solution to the contract and east and on bus. apparently,

the union side would like to somehow be wise. the means agreements and maybe to change some of the, of the terms of the agreement. and i don't think that the russian signed aside that use incentivized to do that unless it might expect to any flexibility in exchange for that. so i think that it is difficult to teach. and then dougherty, that means agreements resigned many years ago. and at that point, the u. k. i mean, it was very weak and you created was an added to sign off or whatever you needed to sign in order to stop the military confrontation. right now the situation is different. and of course, there are many people in key who believe that the means cognitive must do not meet the national interests of the country. as far as ukraine is concerned, i think that the main the main goal of the russian polish right now is the tariffs,

are russia would like to deter you again from are looking for a military solution of the situation in don bus as far as the west is concerned the signal that we should have some in english nations about more general security architecture in europe. are we are russia or might have its interest the interests protected. now moving on and you gander, is deploying soldiers across the border into democratic republic of congo as a battles and armed groove and fellows, and strikes against the allied democratic forces on tuesday and thought of a joint operation with the congolese army. the group is based on eastern congo and is said to also have links to iso. you got to blame to 3 bomb attacks and as capital compiler earlier this month. well, you got the trips into the d. c, at the no beanie crossing and north keepers states, as you can see, that's a forested area,

makes it very difficult to get through. it's here that the adf has its high doubts and hidden bases. now, the web has worn out from the kenyan capital, nairobi. we do know about the a b s and his past tactics each time he's been attacked by a military. often the congolese military, i typically ambush them, have been some quite bloody losses on the part of the colonies army. and in also tons in, in people's fighting with blue helmets in the past, and they try to take on this group. and then the idea say, typically respond by massacring unprotected civilians in villages that's been going on for about 7 years around the town of benny. more recently towards the north as well in to re proven and they've been 100 death, possibly thousands in the last few years because of these brutal attacks targeting civilians, you speak, people who are observing this conflict. we're very much 2 times. there's one that emphasizes these international connection,

the i s say to bob in somalia, there have been some report for room as of connections to the group by the same name, but not not necessarily connected in northern might be go say cold house about so on the one hand, some people are saying that these links are very significant. other analysts the saying that actually it's more important or better to understand this conflict, to the focus on the local, commercial and political interest in the abs. and he does have substantial interest in that part of the congo in timber cocoa and of course controlling poor areas. well, i spoke to nika, vandella, she is the project director for the great lakes at international crisis group. she says the adf has yet to be defeated. we've seen in the past that you've gotten the, has not always had the best interest of the communities population in mind, nor did it really want to stabilize the eastern dear see. but what we see now is,

but apparently president katie has given the green lights to this operation, which gives it a bit of a different character than previous interventions by the governance in easton d r. c. what we're seeing in the past with adf, but there's always a bit of a cycle. adf is active, the attack, the population. now seeing the reason detection come fall on your gun. so, and then there's often and step up in military operations by the lead. afterwards, we often see retail creation by the adf on the only population. so it's a bit of a cyclical violence. it has been active in eastern d, or c for almost 3 decades. is that it's an opportunistic, aren't group, they're, they're possible of, they can find, they can make linkages to other alliances in, in that specific part of the east. so whether they want to pick a fight or not sure, and we'll see how effective military operations will be in fighting us. they haven't been successful in the past. how the if you government says it's made more

advances against ryan forces during days of fighting the prime minister's office as forces court liberated many towns and villages in the north that were under the control of the t p. ls, the government says it's now rebuilding some of the towns damaged during the fighting. additional reinforcements are also being sent to join the major offensive the against t p l forces until the pandemic now and the army kron variant was active in europe. before south africa alerted the wilds health organization last week. and the netherlands health authorities, they, they detected the variant and 2 samples from the 19th and the 23rd of november scotlands fast minister also has 9 cases reported. there are linked to a single event on november 20th, while european commission chief ursula on the line says it's time for the block to consider making vaccinations mandatory, a sink, a,

it is understandable and appropriate to leave this discussion now. ah, how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the european union. this needs discussion. this needs a common approach, but it is a discussion that i think has to be lit. well, no, jerry has also detected it fast cases of the only cranberry and the country center for disease control says 2 cases were found amongst travelers to arrive from south africa. last week, nigerian health officials say they will put measures in place to slow the spread as a new variant africans, most populous country has registered 214000 proven 1900 cases since the start of this pandemic. but more than 20 countries have so far reported cases of on the kron house experts in the us. now also testing samples to see if it's present there. alan official reports from washington dc, be guided by science is

a new variant. but familiar advice when 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 period 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 entry 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 meant that be coming through. and those countries don't want that now tight or so to try their level, best to get prepared. or if she, this particular pathogen into,

into their territory the supposed to do. but closing the borders of pain into certain countries for entering. i don't think that will stop markets have taken a have since then you varied with an answer, but unless see a short term shock. we do look for the economy to pick up again, especially on services in the 1st quarter and going into 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 $2.00 to $4.00 weeks to discover how strong the only comp period is. and if the cum vaccines can stop it, i'll fisher, i'll de zillah washington. now brazil has become the 1st latin american country to report cases of on the chron. it's one of the west side of the 19 affected countries with more than 600000 deaths. julio ponce is an epidemiologist and says

brazil is that even greater risk because it allows in unvaccinated tourists. 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 speeding 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 a higher numbers of the mac and 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 is 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 a vaccination status in that represent an uptick in cases at that moment. while meanwhile, south korea is struggling to contain a sharp rise in infections and deaths and strained health care system has prompted the government to shell plans to further relax. corona virus restrictions. it's now

also imposed travel bands from several countries to stop the spread of the army convent well to nigeria. now where at least 29 people most children have drowned, often overloaded boat. their capsized had happened in the northwest in nigeria, cono state. the boat was meant to carry just 12 adults. 7 passengers have been rescued while still had here on out of their security or invasion of privacy. my former israeli soldiers say they were ordered to photograph palestinians are enrolled with broaden western knocked on his dog at the border crossing with the wrong. that's been a barometer of the volatility of both sides of the frontier. ah

hello, thank you for joining in your world's weather report. begins on the sub continental, started off in india, both coast. we'll be dealing with a lot of rain in the days to come. so 1st stop this disturbance, india. arabian c, throwing rain to my roster and goods arrive where under amber weather alerts could see about a 100 to 200 millimeters of rain in the days to come. and we've got this cooking up in the bay, a bank all likely to become a psychotic storm as it flattens into entrepreneur dash o dish. and westbank gall flooding will be a concern here. speaking about flooding, we have seen it on sula ways. the about 900 homes destroyed landside reported a deadly landside in west java and the rain is still coming for jakarta with a high 31 degrees. seen a lot of rain for central areas of vietnam, almost a meter of rain. that's the story. 2500 homes. things are starting to dry off to hang a hive. 24 degrees on thursday. high pressure is carving out sunny skies across the central and also eastern areas of china. so not much to report here. and the rain

has made a clean sweep across areas of japan. but look at this and see and do snow for the western side of honshu and hoko as wall and burn. we've got some chilly temperature support just a high of to that's a season. ah, ah, mother nature's gift of cold full landscapes. but strong infrastructure governance . arising where investments are waiting to flourish, with even supplied by tradition. noon. where beautiful possibilities are offered. lou

ah, hello. they are watching out of era. let's remind you about top stories. the sour nato has warned russia that it doesn't have a veto of a ukraine. joining the alliance secretary generally installed in burg warned that moscow would pay dearly for any future aggression in the region. uganda is deploying troops across the border and to democratic republic of congo as it battles an armed group. it follows and strikes on tuesday against the allied democratic forces as part of a joint operation with the congolese army. nigeria has detected its 1st cases of the army con variant and the country center for disease control as 2 cases were found amongst travelers who arrived in south africa last week. nigerian health officials say they'll put measures in place to slow the spread of the new variant

africans. most popular country has already registered at 214000 cove. at 19 cases since the start this pandemic, while the european union has launched a multi 1000000000 dollar scheme to rival china's vast and influential belton road initiative, the venture will see investments in digital transport and energy projects. giving country is what european commission president asked of underline describes as a true alternative, dominant cane has worn out from berlin. the point of the e u is trying to make with this new initiative, is helping countries bring their level of infrastructural development up. and that, that is going to be a major boost for the world's economy. we know that from the chinese government's perspective, their hope is that their belton road initiative, which is the effectively the rival as it were to what is being proposed in brussels, is aiming to reach fruition by 2049. the 100 anniversary of the communist

party taking control of mainland china. so that's from one perspective. we know also the chinese government already invested a very considerable amount of money. the last time that an announcement of money was made was in 2019. when she gin ping announced a $127000000000.00, no fresh announcements from bay ging since then. the question is how this will play out what countries will wish to align themselves with the chinese perspective, and which will want to align themselves with the use perspective. remembering that there are those in europe in the united states who have real concerns about china's investment in other countries around the world. that's house of view, this announcement from brussels. we're meeting on an israel as advancing at system of surveillance in the occupied westbank by including face scanning cameras and smartphone apps. for ms. railey soldier,

say they've been ordered to photograph palestinians in order to build a digital database of the population. palestinian say it's yet another invasion of their privacy need. abraham has worn out 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 the 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. indeed, but all the stuff that we had, she threw curtains before all the choir changed him after i heard an 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 residence. 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 real children here don't feel safe in their own homes. there are a few months ago was really soldiers, ray that this house walk the children up here to take the pictures. a palestinian, socio ologist 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 edges eda, 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 wool. the app matches the photos to the person's

details in the system and alerts soldiers. if the person is wanted for arrest israeli organisation breaking the silence, collected the soldiers, testimonies. the most shocking thing for me, for us, was to hear that we are sending now our soldiers to compete military units to compete against each other, or who take more 4th of all, anyone in this 3, even in their homes, palestinians like yesterday they feel violated when he fears is where i might use the private data to evict his family out of their health. and it just ita had brung in the pure pride westbank. now the u. s. on the taliban of ended 2 days of meetings here in cattle, where they discussed the monetary crisis and chemist on the taliban, off the u. s. to release financial assets and to remove sanctions mean by washington as calling on the taliban to ensure the rights of africans and to form an intrusive government. do you and says more than half the people in afghanistan

are suffering from acute food shortages this winter, and agencies are also warning of a potential crisis now in neighboring countries. that's us. thousands of people continue to flee. afghanistan from mcbride, travel to the country's border town of vista, holler that seen a recent surge of people crossing in 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 find whatever problems the migrants had thought they've been solved for vehicles including trucks are moving freely again with that sort of 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 and several fences inside afghanistan. now we are allowed to approach up to the borderline itself. the last tell about and checkpoints 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 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, make 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 countries we would appreciate and accepting. back at the

border, coming in the opposite direction as 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. 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 able to get to, to leave my country, my house, lead people like nasa ahmed harvey 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 a rescue. 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, robert bride al jazeera islam holl us afghanistan. ah ha, this time next year, casso as use a host, the fee for wild cup in preparation. the gulf nation has testing its infrastructure with the fee for arab kept being held right now. the well got stadiums are part of cat has most ambitious projects, yet with almost all of them now built a year ahead of schedule. their designs represent the past and the present. saw her takes a look at the inspiration behind some of those designs. ah, 8 modern states of the art stadiums reflecting cats was rapid development as a country in just a few years. with a common theme, tying them together,

heritage architects, abraham j. the didn't need to go far to find inspiration for his design of all for mamma stadium. the goth via says pile of of local hertz, the local gutter years that we used to where we are kids. i would never forget going to the old school shopping for all sorts of styles of god for years. and i realized that was, there was tons of the flint patterns and designs. but the challenge, he says was turning his idea into a functional unsustainable stadium in a country where temperatures reach almost 50 degrees celsius stadiums are air condition too. while it's open to the sky, and interestingly, even ventilation, these, the skin has some openings wherever the wind has been calculated, to penetrate through, to create the proper breeze. and all the technical matters, categories, home to less than 3000000 people. and with vast, undeveloped land,

it's been in a unique position to build stadiums without controversial relocating homes are seen in some of the previous house countries. the locations of the stadiums were wisely chosen to be built in an area that the national strategy in the country is moving toward and trying to move population toward. since kat are one the world cockpit, it's accelerated, building its infrastructure like roads and public transport across the country. for the 1st time in world cup history, all the stadiums are within a short distance of each other and our city dreams a football fan. one thing would be more than one game in a day, and more better way to do that and build an entirely new metric system to achieve a dismantle stadium, recyclable seats, and venues to be used as sports and club. so educational facilities, it's all part of categor well cup legacy plan of creating a community within and around the arena's. we made sure that the legacy aspect of those stadiums fits the local needs just a bit stadium, which is the opening

a stadium for, for the woke up the still, the stadium provides lots of greenery for, for the north and pot to our parts of a pot. and this scenario is replicated throughout our stadium. so we are pretty sure that there will be a, you know, some sort of a daily usage for these facilities beyond 2022. the middle east, 1st of a world comp, has taken more than a decade in the making. a game changer for cats are, as it aims to establish itself as a cultural hub in the region certified at al jazeera, doha, ah ha, that is his out there. these are the headlines, nato has warned russia that it doesn't have a veto over ukraine joining the alliance secretary general ian salton by warned that moscow would pay dearly for any incursions in the region.