way, way and the call is not up all the water. so a lot of the message in the studio be unscripted on al jazeera. ah. ready current to various cases, double in a day in south africa as the new or me con, very, and spreads. ah, hello, i'm fully back. the boy, you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up warnings of a worsening humanitarian crisis. the un highlights ethiopia as it appeals for aids the women's tennis association to spend old tournaments in china over concerned for player ping schwein,

and tanks and military vehicles crossing to democratic republic of congo as uganda repairs a ground offensive against an article. so when you only con variant is fueling an increase in the daily number of corona, various cases in south africa. south africa was the 1st country to identify omicron, the number of reported covered 19 cases. there has doubled in a day. scientists say the strain was in europe before flight bands were imposed on countries in southern africa for more let speak to our correspondent, family miller, who joins us from johannesburg family to bring us up to date with the latest numbers for a worrying increase. certainly especially because just the day before, there were 4000 new cases in south africa. the next day we're looking at 8500 new cases. and that really is the concern,

the speed at which the virus may be spreading. so africa is far below some of the highest because it's seen in the last 18 months way. at the height of the 2nd and 3rd wave. there were perhaps more than 20000 new cases a day. but for the government here, what it signals is, the early stages of the 4th wave, which they had predicted would start any time from december onwards. they have been at pains to say that the medical facilities, hospitals are all prepared for this impending 4th wave a but they are seeing an increase in admissions to hospital about 2500 people are in hospital about 50 of those patients are very young children and that's one of the difference they're seeing in terms of those infected. and again, there's also concerned around the vaccination rate in that people over the age of 50, many of them admitted to hospital have not been vaccinated. stole doctors in south

africa are saying that they're seeing mild cases. they're not yet concerned around just how sick people might get. but the virus and this variant in particular is certainly spreading. what about vaccination rates of ammeter? are they going up? because perhaps people are scared now people certainly are spooked though. and we were looking at perhaps an average of a $100000.00 vaccinations. i'm on a daily basis in the last day that's gone up to 175000. that so far below the government's target of $300000.00 people each day, ultimately looking at vaccinating 70 percent of the population by the end of the year. that's probably not going to happen. but we have seen a slight increase in terms of people wanting to get a job to protect themself as far as possible. and because there's been that slow,

well, that expected uptake and also what's of interest is compared to many other african countries, south africa does have back scenes in stock. they're wanting people to come out and get vaccinated. so the government is saying that he's considering a mandatory vaccination program for people who have to access public services such as transport to go to public areas. the government may face resistance in the coming months around that. but we do know. 2 that there are a number of universities who are saying any new admissions would require people to be vaccinated, and so that would likely develop in the next couple of months. thank you for that family to miller life, or as sarah in johannesburg, while the omi con, very, and has prompted the head of the european commission to urge you members face to consider making cove in 1900 vaccination mandatory early challenges in london with more on the surge across europe. farm occur on his speaking europe. with the delta variance, the content is already the global epicenter, the coven pandemic. again,

lead is 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 lead this discussion. now, how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the european union. this needs discussion. a 3rd, if you citizens, a 150000000 people remain and vaccinated to many police on the 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 teams 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 for it's according to his or her conscience on a general mandatory vaccination, the germans, it's horn about it in the finish on as i'm against mandatory vaccination, i think everyone should be able to decide for themselves as i'm from. so i skipped 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 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 masks mandatory again on public transport and in shops are 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 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 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 helen's. how does era london or pakistan has announced it will provide covered 19 booster shots to health care workers and people aged over 50. come on, hide every force from his lama bought so far over 50000000 people in budget don have been fully vaccinated and that of course means that just

a little over 22 percent of the population. the recognition dr. tell on and children over grad, after the age of 18 will also now be getting 5 a shock. but did it or concern regarding the new radius of go away to 19. and i thought had the alarm bell ringing here and focused on a guardian through the planning minister. it is now a question of week if not a month before dish wide is lines on budget on the story. and the budget on medical association has warned that the government must take this seriously in order to mitigate the fate of the new radio. and. and that of course means that there will be a stricter controls on the entry point on the airport. and also budgets on these have been a while to come forward if they have not yet received those vaccines. the age of culture travel ban, which didn't play for hong kong and figure out african countries because of the

great of the wider spreading from their budget on of golf. now going into action more judge week and it will be up to the performance of the government. how it golf with this new trait of covered 90, radian in other world news. the united nation says it needs a record 41000000000 dollars next year to meet him and the terry needs. in an interview with the f, the news agency, the head of humanitarian affairs, said he fears the growing instability in ethiopia could lead to a repeat of the chaotic exodus that took place in afghan. stand in august, diplomatic as a jane space has more on why the un needs a record amount of money. 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 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 is the most concerning. i mean it's a terrible thing to have to choose between. you know, places of such great need yourself. saddam is at its 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 africa stone, things got much worse. a flash appeal for afghanistan in september was the 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 the country where it's estimated. the price of bread has gone up 80 percent in just a few months. james bay's al jazeera of the united nations. while let's take a closer look at the situation any feel, pierre, and speak to william davidson who's a senior ethiopia analyst had the international crisis. school is joining us via skype from now will be very good to have you with us on al jazeera, the you, any monetary in chief wanted. griffith also said in an interview that there's a risk of fracture the of the fabric of ethiopia. if the conflict continues,

how legitimate a concern is that today is ethiopia at risk of breaking up? and there is a risk of ethiopia breaking up, but of course, you know, to what extent were the social fabric is and is damaged or m already is a question of debate. of course, if the conflict continues and that will be a price place further pressure on the government or worse and existing divisions within society. and i think the big concern for martin griffith, for many, many europeans and an order was paying attention, is that at the moment, and there is no real end in sight, there is conflict. right now what we're seeing is mainly a conflict between the gulf meant and a t p l. f forces target to gray and rebels from the north. are they signed so that it might be evolving into communist violence? one thing we should note is that it was sort of very serious insurgency,

counter insurgency, situation that has been growing and are a mere region and the country's largest. but indeed, i'm, that has been a civil war ongoing between the federal government and take great government for over a year. now, just in the last few days, you've seen the significant what looks like a potentially significant shift in the complex dynamics and possible. it's a gray forces advance and partnership with those or rebels on the cap to do i just have a book that does not look likely to be happening imminently. i suspect your forces have made some game, but in terms of communal violence, yes, there is a strong into community elements. so there's a very significant political problem between the horror and the great leadership and the people at large and as part of its complet because they are suspected supporters in collaborators. we have seen more violence and state repression during

a states for emergency with the mass were found off of 2 great and civilians over the last month and also plenty of our most civilian. so there is a massive concern that as well, william davidson, diplomatic efforts. so far, don't seem to be leading anywhere. the efforts led by the african union, the present of kenya we saw also was in ethiopia recently. what should the international community be doing right now to prevent ethiopia from, you know, from knowing the same scenario in the same situation as a gun is done as mom wanted. griffith has been warning, warning, the international community. so cold has been taking a different approach. i think that federal gains on the battlefield have been partly due to a intensified drone campaign with those drones coming from turkey, china with an rossi involvement. it's true that it's not to get that you mentioned have not been successful. the 2 main sides in this complex, so the federal government and take right leadership. they believe they are in an

existential struggle. the federal government cost this as a bathroom here, survival take, right? leadership is about to for pick, right, and people's survival. so that is why it's been so difficult to shift the protagonist here. but what i think it's very important to avoid is a battle for the caps. what about now that does not seem imminent, but because neither sides but willing to make the necessary confession. and that could still be a possible event reality. thank you very much for talking to us about this william davidson. senior analyst said the international. quite cool. thank you very much for your time. thank you. us secretary, said antony, blinking is said to meet his russian counterpart in sweden to discuss moscow to build up on a sport with ukraine. lincoln's already met separately with ukraine, foreign minister on the sidelines of a security summit in comb, ukraine to more than 90000 russian soldiers near its border. moscow has dismiss

claims in repairing an attack. lincoln has threatened sanctions if russia doesn't pull back its troops still ahead on al jazeera, why try non national team has been sanctioned by fever. and that from hosting international for both tenement they with a hey there, good to see you over the span of 24 hours. we had more than 400 calls for help in flood strict queensland and australia pretty close to that border with the new south wales as well. the good news is, this is it's rein his tapered away, but for a few scattered showers, a southern portion of new south wales. really the big story now shifting to a multi day heat wave through the interior into the northwest as while really no reprieve. look at that 3 day forecast and alice,

we're going to locker temperature into 40, but it's switch in the wind direction. will knock a few digits off your temperatures in the dates to comp for new zealand heavy falls for the southern l sand. if we look also in and around and eat in and the scattering of showers for the north island or monsoon rains, particularly heavy to the south of indo china rate through some elisia. and we're talking about indo china days of rain. we've seen land slides into central southern portions of vietnam, but things are now finally starting to dry off. it has been white's, wendy, and also snowy for areas of japan records set here. and we're still seen that rain for the western side of han, you into whole kado and still a cool pool of air here. saw 4 degrees kangaroo shima also high of 4 degrees on friday. ok, that's it for me. we'll see again soon. ah, a mass pro democracy movement, violent crackdowns assassinations,

and you imposed sanctions. old talk, dixon struggled with ensued when the 2020 bella roost in presidential elections. that shook the country, self proclaimed dictators seat of power. and now new tactics, migrants, people in power investigates the humanitarian disaster on to rivaling on europe's borders and asks what's next and the battle for bella. bruce on a jazz eda lou ah, they're watching al jazeera alive from doha reminder of our top stories health experts in south africa. see the omicron variant is during an increase in daily co

op. in 1000 cases. south africa was a 1st country to identify the variant by scientists say it was in europe before fright bands were introduced against southern african countries. the un humanitarian, the chief martin griffith says he fears a growing instability in ethiopia could lead to a repeat of the chaotic exodus that took place in afghanistan in august. and you are a secretary of state antony blinking has met ukraine's foreign minister and is set to meet his russian counterpart or a security summit in stockholm. lincoln has threatened sanctions if russia doesn't pull back its tools from the border with ukraine. by the women's tennis association has suspended all of its tournaments in china. beijing says it opposes what it calls. palletization of sports. w tier says it made the decision because of concerns about the safety of former doubles world number one pang, why? she accused a politician of sexual assault and wasn't seen in public for nearly 3 weeks. the head of the w t. a says players and staff could face risks in china. yeah,

q wong is a senior researcher at human rights watch is applauding the women's tennis associations 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 her picture from her mining, but we have not heard from her directly. she has not talked to her friends, 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 or 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 lead than ever forth in like in china and not be complicit if human rights violations in china, especially i'll say the international olympic committee who participated in this

public and the video was shot. it's really shameful. we've seen that 40 year from engagement with china. what had come out of it is crime, spoke to you, hong kong in serious crack dos in credit against humanity. she appears 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. tanks and other heavy machinery have been crossing into democratic republic of congo as uganda stuff, stuff attacks against and on scope. it launch 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 wave reports 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 blame the s, the 3 suicide bombings, kansas capital can 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 least population in mind, nor that it really one to stabilize the eastern d r c. but what we see now is, but apparently president katie has given the green light to this operation, which gives it a bit of a different character than previous intervention by the ugandans in easton d r. c. the adf originated and you got there in the 1990s for 3 decades. is hayden, when forest of ethan congos, profiting from timber and minerals? why 2 years ago had pledged allegiance to i so well they, the extent of the connection isn't clear. in recent years,

it's become notorious for massacring thousands of civilians in villages around the city of many 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 and now welcoming the ugandan armies arrival others, a skeptical the 1st thing the relation is looking for his protection. they want them to, to end. and that can be only possible if the protection of the 1000000000 is the 1st objective, are not clear how easily the adf can be flushed out of its forest high downs or how long you've gone to nami plans to stay. malcolm web al jazeera, the south korean, and us defense chiefs have met in sold to strengthen their decades long military

lines. they're aiming to update contingency plans for war and review a combined military command. they also planned to bring north korea back to diplomatic talks. the u. s. has promised to maintain its number of troops in south korea. now women across the u. s. have had a constitutional right to abortion since 1973, but a case before the supreme court could lead to abortion is becoming illegal again in many parts of the country. how do you feel castro reports in washington or 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, a supreme court justices, is revisiting that decision and could take it all back. it's heartbreaking to think that ro could get overturns, and ro has always been the floor and never the ceiling. but i want to live in a country where every single person can have access to health care that we mean saving the lives of so many rushes unworthy. children who are voiceless are un

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's, that he promised would overrule roe vs wade. ah, but there is no reason there is no constitutional basis to overturn nearly 50 years of precedent. during the hearing, liberal justices voiced concern the courts, legitimacy was at stake. will this institution survive this thing? but this create in the public perception that the constitution and it's reading are just political acts.

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. given after more than $100.00 state level restrictions this year alone, including a texas ban on abortions after just 6 weeks of pregnancy. 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 from so called trigger bands that would ban abortion. at the moment that gro was overturned, chosen and short of america, were asked to abortion. these protesters organized by the women march, are calling the supreme, have heard, while since her entire side tell you what it looks like. and 15, we filed a bully for we know that they have

a central nervous system. we know that the heart is beating, so we know that this is not a combo. so like your life did 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 justices line of questioning offered few clue to how they will ultimately rule their decision is expected. in june. heidi jo, castro al jazeera washington time and football team has been sanctioned by this force governing body for failing to put proper drug testing. protocols in place, the team can fly. the national song and thailand is banned from hosting international matches. tony chang has more 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 thief, a 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 by now it have it, helen. now i want to see the tile and f 8 to help to resolve the matter. so that dies can sing the national anthem to the world again. ty football fans are 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 ty essay is that this is just a legal complication, testing requirements from the anti doping agency water, contravene ty, laws, dec i it will have colleagues to called on gant 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 banned 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 for him on the benefits outweigh the health dangers, gall swan and got some people want 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 trying to lift the burden of that association. the tie, power, lifting, federation, markets itself as a drug, free sports, and berman and 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, 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 playing field back at the sun. the doom 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 that tony ching al jazeera banker. ah, this is al jazeera and these are are headlines, health experts in south africa. see, the only con variant is fueling an increase in daily cove. in 19 cases, south africa was the 1st country to identify the strain family. demila has the latest from johannesburg, looking at the number of people who have tested, the positivity rate has gone up to 16 percent. and this is really a red.