people empower, investigates the humanitarian disaster unraveling on europe's borders, and asks what's next in the battle for bella bruce. although jose eda ah south africa's daily corona virus case is double to more than 8500 in a day. the u. s. records. it's 1st case and then you arm across various ah, lot hasn't think of this is al jazeera alive from the also coming up. the women's tennis association suspends all tournaments in china, over concerns for player punch. why? european union unveils a $340000000000.00 plan to rival china's belt and road infrastructure project.

and uganda begins it's military offensive to hunt down and on group, in democratic republic of congo. ah, almost one week, after alerting the world of a new cobit 19 very in south africa's daily corona, virus cases have doubled in a day. about 3 quarters of the egg, $1500.00 cases are thought to be the army kron varied. the un secretary general has called the travel bands. many countries have imposed on southern african countries deeply, unfair and ineffective. what is in acceptable is to have when part of the world debt is one of the most vulnerable parts of the world economy condemned to a lockout when day was the

once that the viewed the existence of a new variant. that by the way, already existed in other parts of the world, including in europe, as we know. so this is a very strong appeal that i launch a pupil common sense. we have the instruments to have safe travel. let's use those instruments to avoid these kinds. over. allow me to say, travel appetite or european commission president nurse lavonne de leon is calling on the you to consider. mandatory vaccinations to help fight the rise in cases several even nations have announced booster shots and plans to vaccinate children. they are micron. very, it has now been reported in at least 24 countries. the united states has accorded its 1st case. rub reynolds reports on that from los angeles. a traveler from san

francisco is the 1st known person in the us to contract the omicron variant of coven. 19. the individual was a traveler who returned from south africa on november the 22nd and tested positive on november the 29th. the individual is self quarantining and all close contacts have been contacted. the person was fully vaccinated and experienced mild symptoms and is said to be getting better. this individual has not been hospitalized the individuals that, that this individuals come into contact with. i have not tested positive yet to our knowledge. ah, and a we are hopeful of for recovery and expect nothing less according to the world health organization, the variant has spread through at least $24.00 countries. since the 1st cases were found in botswana, it should not surprise us. this is what viruses do and it's what this virus will continue to do as long as we allow it to continue spreading

much remains unknown about omicron. we don't know how infectious it is, although there is a strong likelihood that it is more infectious than delta. we don't know how sick it will make people, but that has been studied furiously right now across the world. pharmaceutical companies are working to tweak the existing vaccines to give people protection from oma kron. in the meantime, the bike, the administration has ramped up testing capability nationwide and is even more strongly urging on vaccinated people to get the sharp season. the best protection against army kron is getting a booster shot right now. by 135000000 americans are eligible for a booster. but only about 40000000 have gotten one thus far. countries including the u. s. japan e u members and the u. k. of all imposed travel restrictions in an effort to slow

the spread of omicron. but as the world knows, all. busy too well, the virus recognizes no borders. rob reynolds al jazeera, los angeles, aurora challenge is in london with more on the coven, 19 surge across europe, or mac, or on his spooking europe, with the delta variance. the continent is already the global epicenter of the covet . pandemic again, lead is a worried what extra was the new variance might bring despite hastily enforce travel restrictions. so sama considering new policies like legally mandating citizens to get vaccinated. i think. and it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion now. and how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination and with in the european union, this needs discussion. a 3rd of e, you citizens,

a 150000000 people remained on vaccinated to many belize funded land in order. what science tells us already is that full vaccination and boosters provide the strongest protection against cover that is available. now. there's a heading that way to austria is bringing in mandatory vaccinations for teens in february. and this is the man replacing anglo merkel is germany's chancellor. is fair up because what we need is a legislative procedure where every member of parliament puts according to his or her conscience on a general mandatory vaccination, germans, it's horn about it. if they finish on as i'm against mandatory vaccination, i think everyone should be able to decide for themselves. i'm from sorry, scepter. from in the beginning i was skeptical because i believe everyone should be able to decide for their own body. but now, unfortunately, it appears there's no other way out of this pandemic,

one country that is very unlikely to go down the roots of mandatory vaccinations in the united kingdom. yes. the, please to program is now being extended to anyone over the age of 18. but the government rejected the idea of vaccination passports, and even just making face masks mandatory again on public transport and in shops, only pass through parliament with much grumbling and abstaining from conservative m . p. 's. without crohn. there are 3 big questions without answers yet, how transmissible is it, how severe is it? and how well will the current vaccines work? there is still a lot of uncertainty around on the crown, and this data will come in and there are scientists around the world that are studying this. but there is no indication to suggest that the vaccines won't work even if there is a reduction in efficacy. it's still better to have the vaccine because it will save your life. the w h, i says everything that is being done to combat delta. the dominant strain worldwide

should be applied, am strengthen for omicron, and in the days to come, we should know better. what we're dealing with, rory collins, how does era, london the women's tennis association has suspended all its tournaments in china and says the decision was made of a concerns for the safety of former doubles world number one punch. why? the w t. a head said players and staff could face the risks in china. yaki wang is a senior research, a human rights wash. she is applauding the w t. a decision. so much respect, because this is what standing up for human rights in china. looks like this is what integrity looks like. this is what leadership looks like. i mean, we saw the video clips and pictures of her mining, but we have not heard from her directly. she has not talked to her fans not ok. press conference. she has not spoken directly, so i would say, you know,

she's alive, she lives in beijing, or whether she's safe, whether she's, you know, the way we can't tell. i absolutely hope that a more international organization, international business will follow suit follow w t leaders than ever for him. like in china and not be complicit in human rights variations in china, especially i'll say the international olympic committee who participated in this. ringback public and the video, which is really shameful, with a 40 year from engagement with china. what had come out of it is crime. so again, if you, hong kong in serious crackdowns in credit against humanity, she peers correct out in hong kong. now i've been disappear. she's a huge star and she can be disappeared, so that it's definitely not working. so when you do something differently, the european union has lost a 340000000000 dollar scheme to rival china's vast and influential beltran road

initiative. the venture will see investment in digital technology transport and energy projects, giving countries what european commission president ursula, wanda lay and cause a true alternative for major investment in infrastructure development around the world. we want to take a different approach. we want to show that a democratic value driven approach can deliver on the most pressing challenges we want to show that it can on one hand, meet not local needs. but also on the other hand, to tackle the global challenges we have. and thus, in a way also of course benefit the european union. because global gateway is also about our strategic interests around the world. it's a new strategic approach to investment of scott morris is a senior fellow at the center for global development. he says it has the potential

to improve overall standards of projects in developing countries. i think it holds a promise and at least been the rhetoric so far we hear about higher quality projects. i think the devil will be in the details for that. i think there is an important challenge and kind of the frankly, also with other countries in the united states, even japan, that it may be that there is a lot of new money shaping, relatively few projects. it can be very hard to do these very large multimillion dollar instructor projects in developing countries, particularly in an environment as we see today where, where the dead risks are quite high in a large number of countries. so i think there will be a challenge in part of catching up with china chasing after the same project with, with multiple countries and sponsors. we know very well now the

chinese approaches play with, with key problems and the lack of transparency is one of them. there is, every day we learn about particularly dep problems and countries where there wasn't even an awareness of an underlying load eventually came to light. so i think it is right to go after the weaknesses of chinese financing and point to a better approach. particularly as a way potentially to bring chinese standards up the still ahead on the edge. is it a did debate that's divided the us, the years supreme court. he is arguments on abortion rights, plus shining a lights on the use of performance enhancing drugs by some, ty, athletes, ah,

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al jazeera ah the me again, you're watching as a reminder of our top story. south africa's daily corona virus cases have double 2 or more than 8500 in a day. most of the infections are thought to be the new code 19 various the u. s. has reported its 1st on the con case, the women's tennis association has suspended all it's for a month in china. decision was made over concerns for the welfare of former doubles . well number one punch, why she had accused the former vice premier of sexual assault and was not seen in public for more than 2 weeks. european union has launched

a 340000000000 dollar scheme to rival china's belt and road initiative. european commission president ursula rondon land cause in a true alternative. it involves investment in digital technology transport and energy tanks and other heavy machinery have been seen crossing into democratic republic of congo. as uganda steps up a tax against an arm group. it launched a joint campaign against the allied democratic forces with the congress army on tuesday, targeting camps in the east with air and artillery strikes. malcolm with revolt, the ugandan troops tanks and armored vehicles as cross the border into democratic republic of congo. the 2 governments say they're going to hunt down an armed group called the allied democratic forces or atf. he can the government lengthy a t s a 3 suicide bombings, kansas capital cam paula. 2 weeks ago,

several people died. dozens were injured is not the 1st time you've gotten his army has been in congo. it invaded 25 years ago along with wonder. it's been accused of plundering minerals and meddling on and off ever since. we've seen in the past that you've gotten the has not always had the best interest of the common lease population in mind, nor that it really one to stabilize the eastern d r c. but what we see now is that apparently president to security has given the green light to this operation, which gives it a bit of a different character than previous interventions by the you've gotten them in easton, d. c. the adf originated in uganda. in the 1990s for 3 decades is hayden, when the forest of eastern congos, profiting from timber and minerals wines 2 years ago, he pledged the legions to i so well that the extent of the connection isn't clear. in recent years, it's become notorious for massacring thousands of civilians in the villages around the city of any people of north keyvi province. a tired of the violence congress

army said it would stop the killings. it introduced martial law in the region 6 months ago. but i haven't worked, that's why some people are now welcoming the ugandan armies arrival. others, a skeptical, the 1st thing the relation is looking for protection. they want them to, to end. and that can be only possible if the protection of 2000000000 is the 1st object to not clear how easily the adf can be flushed out of its forest, high doubts, or how long you've got the nami plans to stay. malcolm web out. his era women across the united states have had a constitutional right to abortions since 1973. but a new case before the supreme court could lead to abortions becoming illegal once again in many states. and you see,

how does your castro reports for nearly 5 decades, women have been able to get abortions in the united states, thanks to a decision made within these marbled halls. now, a new panel of supreme court justices is revisiting that decision and could take it all back. it's heartbreaking to think that ro could get overturned and ro has always been the floor and never the feeling that i want to live in a country where every single person can have access to health care. that would mean saving the life. and so many ration on board children who are voiceless are unable to defend themselves, and they're relying on us with the abortion case before the court comes from mississippi, where the conservative state legislature wants to ban nearly all abortions after 15 weeks. well before viability. lower courts have ruled the ban unconstitutional, but now the supreme court with its new $63.00 conservative majority will have the final word. president trump appointed 3 justices that he,

that he promised would overrule roe vs wade. but there is no reason there is no constitutional basis to overturn nearly 50 years unprecedented during the hearing. liberal justice is we're concerned the court's legitimacy was at stake. will this institution survive the stench that this create in the public perception that the constitution and it's reading or just political acts. but many conservative states are viewing this moment as the most opportune in a generation to attack abortion access. we're about to make it law live in after more than 100 state level restrictions this year alone, including a texas ban on abortions after just 6 weeks of pregnancy that way. but that's nothing compared to what may happen if the supreme court overturns ro,

if the court were to do that, it would mean that states across the country, that of that of enacted so called trigger bands that would ban abortion at the moment that row was overturned, whole show, the majority of america were aspects to abortion. these protesters organized by the women's minds are in circling the supreme. i had the voice heard while from testers, on the anti inside, telling their own rally new one and it looks like on 15 weeks old, the child is fully born. we know that they have a central nervous system. we know that the heart is beating, so we know that this is not a con gazelle like we are lied to for so many years. the hearing lasted about 2 and a half hours. lawyers from mississippi argue the decision in roe vs wade was egregiously wrong and should be overturned. while the pro abortion side argued, a woman's liberty over her own body is at stake. the justice is line of questioning, offered few clues to how they will ultimately rule their decision is expected in

june. hi, to jo. castro, al jazeera washington. nato is threatening russia with economic sanctions. if a uses force against ukraine, concerns about the russian military build up on the ukrainian border dominated to days of talks. in latvia as capital riga, russia is demanding guarantees from nato that it won't expand, is true deployment any closer to the russian border. the conflict in easton, ukraine has killed almost 14000 people in the past 7 years. but at smith has the latest reaction out of moscow rushes activity and build up along the border with ukraine, continues the 2nd time they've done that this year on russia now says some $10000.00 troops going to be involved in winter maneuvers coming soon. those maneuvers at 30 different locations in russia billing that includes a long eastern part of ukraine. russia's border with ukraine and bella,

russia's southern border with ukraine as well. so russia is keeping up the pressure on ukraine and on, nate. so as it goes, as particularly as a law goes for a meeting with antony blink and install come on thursday, a. you and committee has deferred a decision on who will represent afghanistan and me, and the united nations. both countries, democratically elected governments with toppled earlier this year. diplomatic added to james bass has more meetings of the credentials committee of the un general assembly are often little noticed, but its now in the spotlight because of the controversy over who should sit in the seats of afghanistan. and man ma, after dramatic changes in the 2 countries, the 9 member committee chaired by sweden, and the swedish ambassador came to reporters to reveal what had happened. the committee decided to defer the system of the credentials in these 2 situations.

the report of the committee will be made public once, once it has been issued for the concentration of the general assembly to what we will, i will not make any more comments until the report will be. so what does the 3rd mean in this case? it means that the existing ambassadors will stay in the post. the ambassador of afghanistan, who was appointed by the former president ashura gunny who fled his country, which was then taken over by the taliban. and the me, moran bassett, appointed by an santucci who's deposed along with her government. they will stay in their post as to baset us. for now at least 3 members of the taliban have been killed. adie ron's border with afghanistan. several iranian border guards were also injured in the confrontation, erotic in media is reporting the violence escalated after the taliban opened fire

on iranian farmers. protest as any rock have rejected. final results of october, the parliamentary election announced on tuesday the demonstrates a supported factions back by iran. iraq's supreme court is due to ratify the results which followed weeks of recounting the election commission confirmed the winner is the block led by the most other sudden move that the head has more from baghdad. following the announcement of iraq's parliamentary elections results. these protested as the supporters of the pro iranian she are political parties that last many seats in the elections, they say that they're totally rejecting the results, and they're demanding the electoral commission to conduct manor a talent of old at the votes. now, on the other hand, the electoral commission says that it's moving forward with submitting the final

results to the federal court for final endorsements. it says that it has received more than 1400 appeals from a political party. it has turned down most of them, but based on a number of them, it has conducted 2 phases of a manual recount of a disputed volts. it says that it has conducted a manual recount of about 27 percent of the votes, and that has led to change in only 5 seats. but those newly added 5 candidates after the manual recount they do not represent their for iranian political parties, noble owner lovelyn will remain opponents of the upcoming government who consider it legitimate as it was broke forth by vote rigging our enemy is the judge. an adversary at the same time. oh, well, so these protests are to say that there was continued protesting. here, there was continued sitting up tense nearly by the dodger giddeons on until the

electoral commission conducts manual recount of own the votes. most of these protest as our members are admitted to individuals, members of the popular and mobilization forces, the minute feelings of the pro, iranian. she are political process and they're, they're worried that if they're political parties are not taking part in forming their new upcoming government. then they might be dissolved. allen's football team has been sanctioned by the football governing body fee for, for failing to put proper drug testing. protocols in place. the team can't fly. the national flag and thailand is banned from hosting international matches. tony chang reports from bangkok under a fiery sunset in bangkok, it's kick off at the thunder dome stadium, whom team montague, united, one of the most successful in the time premier league. since the league was founded

in 2009 local fans have returned to the domestic game proud of their home grown talent. so the 5th of band is a bitter pill to swallow. validate hamburger we love football so much. and when we, when we want to have pride, have the flag on the shirt and we can waive the flag around, i have it hello. now i want to see the tile and f a to help to resolve the matter. so that dies can see the national anthem to the world again. ty football fans a pretty resilient and they don't have great expectations, but nothing would give them more pride that the see the national team perform on the world stage. the attitude of the tie essay is that this is just a legal complication, testing requirements from the anti doping agency, water, contravene ty laws that i had all her colleagues to call and got the water wanted us to amend the regulations to be compliant with what they want in the laws in our country are our laws. they warned us, but we didn't improve and amended the tying. but ty, sport does have

a doping problem. ty weightlifter, when notably absent from the tokyo olympics of the amator weightlifting association, is currently banned for doping offenses. this trainer who wanted to remain anonymous, says, although there's a culture of secrecy, performance enhancing drug use is very common form and they're very easy to get. it are infinite, all reply. anything else newton far saw, easy on the law, and for him, the benefits outweigh the health dangers, gall swan and got some people, one better performances, but it depends on the type of drugs. another thing is they help expand their muscle mass, but in fact, the substances that i use are just stimulants. some a trying to lift the burden of that association. the tie, power, lifting, federation, markets itself as a drug, free sports environment. and with the blood, sweat, and tears that go into training. many don't want to compete with cheeks. that's why

you would seek out, you know, kind of, let's say, an organization or a sport or a federation that does have high value on the anti dorming because you want that level plainfield back at the thunder dome mung tongue. united have taken a commanding lead, but it'll be some time before the tie. national team is able to give its fans and a thing to chair that tony ching al jazeera banker. ah, this is as 0. let's get around the top stories of south africa as daily corona virus cases have doubled to more than $8500.00. most of the infections are thought to be from the army kron variant. it's now been reported in at least 24 countries. the u. s. is among the latest and official has more from washington. this man arrived in the united states in california on the 22nd of november from so.