dismantled misconceptions and defeat the contradictions upfront with me working on hill on out 0. ah. ready us, i, dan devise its 1st case of all me crohn in a traveler from south africa. ah, hello, i am emily anguish this is al jazeera live from dough house, or coming up the women's tennis association, suspends all tournaments in china. i've the consent to play a punch y warnings of a worsening humanitarian crisis. the un says it will need over $40000000000.00 in aid next year. and the debate that's divided the u. s.

b is the supreme court. he's arguments on abortion. once a hello and welcome to the program almost a week, after alerting the world of a new private 19 very and south africa's daily corona virus cases have doubled in a single day about 3 quarters of the 8 and a half 1000 cases of thought to be the army kron variant, the un secretary general, has called the travel bands. many countries have imposed on southern african countries. deeply, unfair and ineffective. these is a very strong good people that are large appeal to common sense. we have the instruments to have safe travel. let's use those instruments to avoid this kind. over allow me to say travel upper part a,

which i think is an acceptable european commission. president esl of underlying is calling on the a year to consider. mandatory vaccinations to help fight the rising cases. several, a you nations have announced a booster shots and plans to vaccinate children the army conveyor and has now been reported in at least 24 countries. the u. s. has recorded its 1st case while brand notes reports 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 full recovery and expect nothing less. according to the world health organization, the variant has spread through at least 24 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 with 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 chron. in the meantime, the biden administration has ramped up testing capability nationwide, and is even more strongly urging on vaccinated people to get the shock season. the best protection against army kron is getting a booster shot right now. about a $135000000.00 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. have 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. and we're a challenge is in london with more on the curve at 19 search across europe. or mac, ron is spooking europe with the delta variance. the continent is already the global epicenter of the covered pandemic. again,

leaders are worried. what extra was the new variance may bring despite hastily enforce travel restrictions. so sama considering new policies like legally mandating citizens to get vaccinated. i think it is understandable and appropriate to leave this discussion now and how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination and within the european union. this needs discussion. a 3rd of e, you citizens, a 150000000 people remained on vaccinated to many police found a land in order. what science tells us already is that full vaccination and boosters provide the strongest protection against cover that is available now. others are 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. the fed 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, the germans, it's horn about it is finished on as i'm against mandatory vaccination. i think everyone should be able to decide for themselves. i'm from sorry, scepter. 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 route to mandatory vaccinations is the united kingdom. yes . the booster 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 mask mandatory again on public transport and in shops or the past 3 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 crohn, and this data will come in and there 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 says everything that is being done to combat delta, the dominant strain worldwide, should be applied and strengthened, omicron. and in the days to come, we should know better what we're dealing with, rory helen's. how does era london to the world news now and the women's tennis association has suspended all of its tournaments in china. it says the decision was made to due to concerns about the safety of forward double. number one hung, why? she accused a politician of sexual assault that a head said players and staff could face risks in china. ya. a wong is

a senior research or human rights watch. she's applauding the 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 the pictures and 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 is safe, whether she's, you know, free. we can't tell. i absolutely hope that a more international course organizations, international businesses will follow suit follow w t leaders than ever, right in china, and not be complicit if human rights violations in china, especially the, i'll say, the international olympic committee who participated in this public and the video

with shot us really shameful. we've seen that 40 year from engagement with china. what had come out of it is crime, spoke to hong kong in serious crocodiles in crime against humanity. she fears correct out in hong kong now has been disappear. she's a huge star and she can be disappeared so that it's definitely not working. so we do something differently. the south korean and new as defense chiefs have met in soldiers strengthen they decades long military lions. the meeting aims to count to china's growing assertiveness in the region and north korea's nuclear threats earlier this way. the u. s. amounts, they will permanently deploy and attack helicopter squadron and artillery units in south korea. and up on you all the secretary and i reaffirm the u. s. commitment to continue maintaining a current 4th of all of the us forces korea. furthermore, the rock in the u. s. agreed to continue cooperating in order to achieve the shared objective of completing the presentation of and establishing

a permanent piece on the korean peninsula. based on the rock us alliance, there's kind of peace and stability of the korean peninsula and northeast asia. you bundle this elias, contribute to stability throughout the endo pacific. we also reaffirmed our shared assessment that the dpr k is continuing to advance dismissal and weapons programs, which is increasingly the stabilizing for regional security. united states and the are ok remain committed to a diplomatic approach to the dpr k. and we continue to call upon the dpr k to engage in dialogue. the united nation says it will require a record of 41000000000 dollars next year to make humanitarian needs around the world. un officials say millions more people will need help to impart to growing instability in ethiopia, afghanistan, and me a mom. i diplomatic editor james base has this report. the humanitarian situation

around the world was already the worst. it's been at any time in recent years. but now the un says it's deteriorating even more. in 2022, it's estimated that 274000000 people be in need of humanitarian assistance. a 17 percent rise in the u. n. is appealing for a record amount for its annual appeal. $41000000000.00 us dollars. do you ends on the secretary general for humanitarian affairs? martin griffith struggled when asked to name the worst crisis. i think it here is the message concerning. i mean, it's a terrible thing to have to choose between. you know, places of such great need subsidized is at his worst and they barely get to mention. you will remember when haiti had that extraordinary earthquake. back in, in the middle of august, it didn't make the news for that week because of course taliban were walking into

couple of that time. so it feels somewhat improper somehow to choose among these places in some of the humanitarian emergencies. for example, somalia, or the democratic republic of congo, the situation has been bad for decades and it's not getting any better in some places though. in 2021. notably ethiopia, mamma and african stung things got much worse. a flash appeal for afghanistan in september was a success. it's now over a 100 percent funded. but the collapse of the economy, coupled with the worst drought for over 30 years, means much more funding is now needed. more and more afghans are struggling to survive here, selling their clothes on the street in a country where it's estimated, the price of bread has gone up 80 percent in just a few months. james bay's al jazeera, the united nations, still head on al jazeera, uganda, begins its military offensive to hunt down and armed group in democratic republic

of congo, and shining light on the use of performance enhancing drugs by some ty athlete. ah hello there you're world weather report begins in the middle east and right off the bat, a few things i wanted to point out. this cooler air across the levant bay route as a high of 19 degrees on thursday, unsettled conditions, western areas of iraq. this includes some showers in ted rod. now back to that cool air, it's going to infiltrate further toward the east kicked down temperatures in riyadh and q. wait. so let me show the next 3 days and re add you go from 27, down to 21. thanks in part to a northerly wind as wall it is dry across pakistan, but there is the risk. we may see some showers in the hall look at that was for sure. see more cloud cover,

likely overcast day. could stay dry check back with us. we'll keep on top of that after turkey and my o minds hampshire's of come down here. thanks to that vigorous quote. french as a high of 8 degrees in orchestra and seen some showers popping around the a g. and so is mere showers for you with a hive. 19 central africa right now. bursts of heavy rain through the democratic republic of congo rate in to gab on libra. ville. have 28 degrees in a band of rain. we'll see it stretched from southern angola into the northeast of namibia at southern central areas of botswana and rate along that east coast of south africa, including for johannesburg. some rain for you, that's it soon. ah. from the al jazeera london broke off, fantastic to people in thoughtful conversation with no host and no limitation. it leads to the press of color. it was the struggle here. it would be much easier for

me might feel that white people part to go into china and thing a songwriter in carry other people wait a minute, you get where you don't you stop what you're doing and made one studio b unscripted on al jazeera lou. ah hello, you're watching al jazeera, i'm emily angland, a reminder of our top stories. the salam, south africa's daily corona virus cases have dabbled to more than 8500 in a day most of the infection. so thought to be the new covered 19 variance. us has reported its 1st case of on the con the women's tennis association has suspended

all its tournaments in china. the decision was made over concerns for the welfare of former devils. well, number one punch wine. she had accused of former vice premier of sexual assault and was not seen in public for more than 2 weeks. and the united nations says it needs a record $41000000000.00 to made global humanitarian needs. next year. officials say that's largely because of growing instability in ethiopia, afghanistan, and my me among nato is threatening russia with economic sanctions. if it uses any force against ukraine, concerns about a russian military build up on the ukrainian border dominated 2 days of talks in lap. his capital rica. russia, meanwhile, is demand and guarantees from an actor. but it won't expand its troops deployment any closer to the russian border. the conflict in easton, ukraine has killed almost 14000 people in the past year. seventies,

rather than at smith has the latest reaction out of moscow. russia's activity and build up along the border with ukraine continues the 2nd time they've done that this year. and russia now says some $10000.00 troops are going to be involved in winter maneuvers coming soon. those maneuvers at 30 different locations in russia. but 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 lover of goes for a meeting with antony blink and install come on thursday. human rights group say, authority is invalid room have rated the homes of dozens of journalists and activists. more than $800.00 people are reportedly already in prison for political reasons, since a government crackdown last year. step vast and reports from ballad versus capital

means collided. blogger and comedian fatty mattie was arrested last august when he had a meeting with teenagers about the new skateboard track, he was sentenced to 25 days for organizing a sports event. and i'll face his serious charges like insulting the president and promoting extremist activities that could keep him in prison for years when you will bill up. but he has 46000 subscribers, but he's not a politician. he's a person who loves and respects the truth. he's a lawyer by education and an honest kind person. i believe such people should be cherished. when i heard his sentence, i asked the investigator, if you are arresting these kinds of people, what kind of society we're going to live in a question many and bella, who are asking as the country, continues to faith awake of arrests on wednesday homes of dozens of journalism after this and at least 9 cities were rated. and what seems to be the biggest one day club down in month does all in response to mass protests against the election

for last year. lucas shanker recently admitted that many were arrested, then have been tortured for month protests. a school for change was loud and clear here at this monument. it meant, but if it's been silenced, and many have flat bellows on living in fear. this is a country controlled by one man, and many say give them the credit down after the election and the recent migrant crisis, it's clear that people do anything to stay in power. someone who has not been silenced is maria colette sneak over at the forefront of election protests. yes, and i'll be in jail for 11 years for aiming to overthrow the state of death. 3, the mister most important thing is something my generation did not understand. now i know what my daughters are doing, what young people are doing is what we should have done from prison. his daughter communicate through postcards. they took my maria nose in our family. we love the beatles. she sent me regards from harrison from mccartney. collette sneak over high

spirits despite her prison sentence has inspired many and bellows. she famously rip up her passport to avoid deportation. i really wish that europe and the rest of the world would give all or for political prisoners high priority. i'm sure most of the people, maria, friends, my whole family, we all along in for change and it will come. but for now the crack down on bell russian society continues. recently this magazine for healthy living was banned one of 270 civil organizations that have been shut down. still 75 year old active is nina parkins guy he had during last years. demonstrations refuses to concede the protest movement as last to where you soon the regime has betrayed its people. 100 percent. i'm sad about what's happened, but i still believe at the end of the day, like all other empires. this one supported by moscow will collapse as well,

pretty much blogger, fatty mattie, and hundreds of other prisoners. this moment can come soon enough. steadfast and al jazeera in minsk tanks and other heavy machinery have been same crossing into democratic republic of congo as uganda steps opp, attacks against and group it loan. it launched a joint campaign against the allied democratic forces with the congolese army on tuesday. malcolm, where we're pull uganda and troops, tanks and armored vehicles have crossed 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 adf. he can the government plan for 3 suicide bombings, kansas capital can paula. 2 weeks ago, several people died. dozens were injured. it's 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 were seen in the past. but you got the has not always had the best interest of the common least population in mind, nor did it really want to stabilize the eastern dear see. but what we see now is but apparently president the security has given the green light to this operation, which gives it a bit of a different character than previous intervention by the governance in easton d r. c. the adf originated and you got there in the 1990s for 3 decades, is hayden william forest of ethan congos, profiting from timber and minerals. wines 2 years ago, he pledged allegiance to iso. well, there, 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. if 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 it hasn't worked. that's why

some people now welcoming the ugandan armies arrival others, a skeptical. the 1st thing that the relation is looking for is protection. they want them to, to end. and that's 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 protest is in iran, had rejected final results of october parliamentary election announced on tuesday the demonstrators supported factions, back fly. iran, iraq supreme court is jude to ratify the results which followed wakes of recounting election commission confirmed the when i use the block led by sheer later how to

it's a q at $73.00 seats out of 329. women across the us have had a constitutional right to abortions since 973 bought a new case before the supreme court quickly to abortions. becoming a legal once again in many states, out there is heidi ger castro, explains. 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. and that would mean saving the life of so many russian and 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 band unconstitutional. but now the supreme court with its new 63 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 waste concern. the court legitimacy was at stake. will this institution survive the stench that this create in the public perception that the constitution and it's reading are just political. but many conservative states are viewing this

moment as the most opportune in a generation to attack abortion access were about to make it law live in after more than $100.00 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 have that have enacted so called trigger bands that would ban abortion. at the moment that gro was overturned, whole show, the majority of america support asked us to abortion. these protesters organized by the women's minds, are in circling the supreme. i had the voice a heard while contractors on that and high above inside, telling their own doing rally and what an invalid looks like. and 15 weeks old, the child is really foreign. we know that they have a central nervous system. we know that the heart is beating, so we know that this is not in columbus out like of our lives in for so many years

. the hearing lasted about 2 and a half hours. lawyers for 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, heidi jo castro al jazeera washington. thailand's football team has been sanctioned by faith for filing to put prophet drug testing. protocols implies a tame can't fly. the national flag now and thailand is banned from hosting international matches. tiny chang reports from bank up under a fiery sunset in bangkok. it 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 thief, a band, is a bitter pill to swallow, validate hammond, we love football so much. and when we, when we want to have pride home, 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 to 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. okay, it will have colleagues to called on gang a water wanted us to amend the regulations to be compliant with what they want. 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, and the amator weightlifting association, is currently ban for doping offenses. this trainer who wanted to remain anonymous, says, although there's a culture secrecy performance enhancing drug use is very common all form and they're very easy to get and our internet, our website, anything else you can fired, so easy on the law and to him. the benefits outweigh the health dangers, call san, got some people want better performances, but he 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 tire power, lifting federation, markets itself as a drug free sports environment. when with the blood, sweat and tears that go into training, many don't want to compete with cheats. that's why you would seek out, you know,

co realty, an organization or a sport, or a federation that does have high value on the anti dorming because you want that level playing field back at the thunder dome. mon tongue united have taken a commanding lead, but it'll be some time before the time national team is able to give its fans and a thing to chair bed. tony ching al jazeera banker. ah, and are you watching out his ear? and these are the stories where following the sour south africa is a daily corona, virus cases have dabbled to more than a 1500. most of the infections are thought to be from the army kron variant. it has now been reported in at least 24 countries. us is among the latest. we knew that it was just a matter of time before the 1st case of armored crown would be detected in the united states. and as you know, we.