proclaimed dictators a seat of power. and now new tactics, migrants, people in power investigates the humanitarian disaster under rivaling on europe's borders and asks what's next in the battle for bella bruce on a jazz eda. ah! this is al jazeera ah! hello there, i'm miss darcy at hand. this is the news. our line from our headquarters here in durham coming up in the next 60 minutes south africa as he is covered. 19 infection surge has health experts investigate the dangers of the new army con variant signs of positive progress here to vienna, the wrong submits to drop proposals to the world, follows negotiating good barbara the nuclear view of the house in vienna for the

latest democratic republic of congo, as government says its special forces are indeed fighting alongside uganda and troops in an operation against an armed group in the east of the country. and the u . s. a reaffirms that support for ukraine and discuss possible sanctions against russia. while moscow denies it has any plans to invade, its neighbour adorned, he defended with the sports news live from are free for arab cup studio. as the international olympic committee review, they had a 2nd video call with chinese tennis player on the slide. at over in the states will keep you across the 1st lockout in major league baseball for 50 years. ah. well, the new on the kron very, and his feeling an increase in the daily number of corona virus cases and that africa. now, you recall south africa was the 1st country to identify army from the number of

reported code. the 19 cases there has doubled in a day. scientist say the strain was also in europe before flight bands were imposed on countries in southern africa from eda. mila has the latest now from johannesburg . they has been a resurgence in numbers in about the last 3 weeks. and while they is concerned around the daily rate of infections increasing just a day ago, there are about $4000.00 new infections. and now they're $8000.00 new infections in the last 24 hours. while that is the case, the infections appear to be mild and also when experts are pointing out, is a comparison between the 3rd and 4th wave which south africa appears to be entering right now. during the 3rd wave, there was an average of about $400.00 deaths a week. and while south africa is in the early stages of the 4th wave, experts are saying they are seeing an average of perhaps 25 deaths a week. and that potentially the number of people who are seriously ill will become

seriously ill or could potentially die from cobra. could potentially be harvey compared to the 3rd wave, primarily because of vaccines. south africa is in a unique position compared to many african countries who just don't have as much access or may not be able to afford those vaccines. there is a certain amount of vaccine hesitancy. and when that information trickles down to people, for example, the new variant with scientists are saying, well, we not quite sure we know it may be more transmissible. we're still investigating just how effective vaccines may be. this is the kind of information that adds 2 vaccine hesitancy and concerns are from people around just what, how effective the vaccines are. and we're, if they're worth taking on we can ass painter. dr. tanner balder, he's the incident manager for coven 19 emergency response at the w h. o regional office for africa. dr. i want to start with what we do and don't know about our

micron. because we're now hearing anecdotal evidence from south africa that more children in our hospital, but overall symptoms are more mild. can you talk through what you at the w h? i know at the stage a suite of these increasing number is in south africa. however, the stability of the cost disability and also the impact of the video that we know on the, on the, on the people he's not aware that to find out the woman to take some weeks to deter mine. i mean, what conclusion it on the and going on goes in the next. but also what do you want to know that to me for the past 2 years and there be a reinforced across the region and articulately conscious? it's not enough. i'm confused. i think that was a kind of p and yeah, you know, for he detected these new are the end of the virus and i do declare all of these it

can help us to what me wonder if it's quite a bit concerned with them. when we see the id number is in the meantime, we are going to see the situation as of now, you know, the only one or for one person i see currently the audio by some of it. so at this point, we are observing this, which we are trying to understand the need to get more of the behavior of these variants now on the, on behalf of the people and just leave it as much as possible, you know, for countries to get them there or 400 lee, if you have, i mean, you have to more our case. well, in terms of response, i know that underwriter has criticize the travel bands that we've been seeing. and i know that those bands are already limiting. some africans capacity, for instance, even track on the con, how concerned are you that these bands may limit data sharing going forward?

a honest was they might have a lot of, lot of effect on the hands of the people about the social and economic aspect. what is a, a very scientific and maybe that's a 40000000, the cost me some of these, these are, these are new variance and the new group of people will come back to you some of the decision with a kid by emotions. so, but really hope you really, people, i mean for the different countries to come back and you get more collective. i mean, this goes on and they can use it on my exactly what needs to be done. on the contrary, i mean, and therefore to determine that was that with their mission. so you mentioned, we've been fighting this pandemic for 2 years now. we have known for

a long time that the virus mutates more in unit compromised people. we've seen multiple variance, for instance, imagine south africa where there's a large h, i v positive population, isn't your reading then at the w h or that the slow vaccine rollouts there and across africa has allowed this to happen. this is probably a week before the only one you have to watch and the one was a, a digital, almost 97 percent of the target population. so they have a good number of question. however, i mean, this mutation they get are everywhere to just to report it, you know, to conference. so really, really need to get the need for a pass

. so don't investigation lasting. well, let's talk about, i mean, when shorter i want to talk about what happens now, because maxine manufacturers, they say they're already working on tweaking existing vaccines that we have that presumably then we're still going to come up against the same challenges with the roll out of the vaccines that we've already seen across africa, and i know you're very concerned about vaccine equity. so what should be the priority? him? a good moment again, i think maybe then you just keep, continue understanding are the behavior of the effect of the boxes and a bed. and i'm just going to all of you get one box, you know, so the one you know, got these that seemed on what i think you know, we have a lot of salad just got upset that we know about the bus to one year for getting

back into the arms of the people, however, i mean to be not cheap or maybe not that the level that we wish. however, i mean they're not based on this one. and i just, if we have been collecting all of the different, i mean, organization of the society in order to get you to walk around these with people and get you the vaccine, i'm pretty sure you get. i mean, i could before they will, companies are to where we are. dr. jan i bel day that the incident manage if it covered 19 emergency response at the w h. i regional office for africa. thanks so much for your time, doctor. i know you must be very busy. thanks for joining fun out there. thank you. now moving on and iran has submitted to draft proposals to european powers, negotiating the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. mrs. now the 7th round of talks in vienna and, and bringing iran and the us back into the agreement. it's meant to limit iran's nuclear program and exchange for sanctions relief. now on wednesday,

the ones nuclear watchdog said iran is expanding its uranium enrichment capabilities. despite these negotiations, when it sounds me to ollie hush him, he is across these talks for us in vienna. ali no surprises then with the contents of these proposals at teens. that's for now now says yeah, the re ins, as you said, submitted the draft proposals to dot proposals to the wild powers. negotiating the revival of the yuki of the there are 2 lines. one on the sanctions are relieved. the 2nd is on iran, rolling back its measures the post 2018 measures. and from that, iranians will now be waiting to hear from the wall follows whether this is acceptable or not, as we had, as we understood from an iranian diplomatic sauce. these proposals are bent up and what was agreed on during the past 6, a rounds of talks. now, some of the points that contradict with the jessie p. o,

the nuclear deal that was struck in 2015 were o mitted and additional elements and points at that. the radiance c as crucial to go ahead with the talks were added today of the iranian top negotiated ali bachardy county met with the europeans with the, the russians on the chinese and is a, is believe to be me think also later today with mr. grossey, the head of the i a e, a. have asked for the, the talks. this round of talks, there is no clear picture whether it's going to continue or it's going to be halted and be resumed later. and maybe this month, or next year. and you get any sense that from other signatures, and what are they saying about iranian demands at the stance

was didn't the moment that is no really clear stance. however, what we know is that the radians are talking to the war powers. we're talking about for floss, one, you 3, you k gemini, france, and china and russia being united states of america, which is an important faulty in this whole. a picture is on the other side. it's not inside the g, c, p l or the you've on the so b, a walk powers are going to convey whatever the iranians also aud is submitting or proposing to the americans and they will look into it. so this is a, a mediation in a way or another though no one wants to say here it's immigration, it said and negotiations between the it and another. the parties are saying that it's negotiations between directions on debt partners and, and do nuclear. the, however, it's a, that's a mediation, and it's going on and it's i, however, it started in the beginning, in 2012, and 2003 theme between iran and the united states. at the end,

it's going to be an agreement between it on and the united states and all the for you. so in case it on, on the united states, on going to be able to reach a common ground, then does the an agreement and tell them on. and it doesn't seem that that is an agreement coming into coming hours, days, or weeks. maybe this is going to take some more time alley hashanah. therefore, us acosta talks in vienna. thank he sent metalli. well, there's still plenty more had here this news are including warnings of a worsening humanitarian crisis. the u. n. highlights ethiopia as it appeals for aid. protecting the past campaign, his fight to save a historic palestinian village from development and in sport, we bought action from the fee for arab cup or that is coming up shortly with pizza . ah now you a secretary of state anthony, blinking. it says he is deeply concerned about what he is called russia's

aggressive policy towards ukraine. he's met his russian count upon psych, a leverage to discuss moscow's true build up along the border. moscow is rejecting claims that it's planning an attack on ukraine. for earlier in the day of lincoln also spoke with ukraine's foreign minister. we have a strong aah! aren't quite commitment to the sovereignty, and church will integrity of ukraine. the best way to avert a crisis is through diplomacy. and that's what i look forward to discussing with, with sergei, including by both parties, full implementation of the minsky agreements with russia pulling back its forces, the united states is willing to facilitate that. but and again, in the spirit of being clear and candid, which is the best thing to do, is russia decided to pursue confrontation. there will be serious consequences. i have no doubt that the only way out of today's crisis is actually to seek the

balance of interests. and i would like to highlight that we are interested in taking a step to settle the greening crisis. in american colleagues have said in numerous occasions that they are ready to help by establishing a dialog channel. i would also be interested in and to his explanation about remarks he has delivered by stating of the provision of domains agreement that rushes to fulfill. or both russia and ukraine have accused each other of ramping up tensions. over recent weeks. ukraine says more than 90000 russian soldiers near its border. moscow has dismissed claims. it's preparing an attack. russia accuses ukraine for it's part of plotting to recapture areas in the east, held by pro russian rebels and says, ukraine has gathered about a $125000.00 soldiers near that conflicts or something. the kid has denied. now ukraine is not part of nato, but russian president vladimir putin has warned that any expansion of the alliances military infrastructure into ukraine would be a red line. well,

let's now speak about at smith. he joins us from moscow. bernard, i believe the meeting today between blinking and leverage was rather brief. do we have an idea of what was said? it lasted about an hour. the meeting between de la rovan, anthony blink, and according to a statement from the us state department, they said the meeting was serious, sober and business like. it's the 1st time both diplomats of hard to face to face meeting after russia started building up his troops again. along the border with that you crane and again on jimmy blink, and according to the state department, made clear that the u. s. doesn't have a desire for conflict with russia and bring lincoln said, he told love that the u. s. c's, a key to ending the conflict is the implementation of the men's agreement. and the allegations here are that russia and ukraine are not engaging in prison swaps.

ukraine is not allowing local elections to take place in the area control by russian separatists. russia isn't removing heavy armor, lots of things like this that should have happened by now. so this is what an exchange in russia will repeated. it's point about is red lines that it does not want to see nato expanding beast woods taking in ukraine and georgia and burn. and can you give us a sense here because we've had a lot of strive rhetoric over the last few days, how, how's russia responded? to what we've been hearing from nato over the last little while. well, i think the most important thing that seems to come out of this meeting and is something that we think we believe the russians have been talking after the last few weeks. is that the russian news agency said after this meeting ended that there, it looks like the likelihood of a summit meeting between joe biden and vladimir putin is possible in the coming days. so we're seeing a repeat of the scenario we had in the summer,

where russia built up, its troops along the border with ukraine. 2 months later, joe biden announce, is going to have a meeting with vladimir putin as not long after that. the 2 men meet in geneva, this time if there is a meeting, it will surely be held virtually. but the point is that the russians have been talking up for the possibility of this meeting. and it seems now that it might be actually happening. very interesting, bernard smith, with all the latest forest from moscow. thank you. valid. now, the international olympic committee has held a 2nd video call with chinese tennis player portray, amid concerns for her while being they've confirmed hung safety in a statement that was released on thursday. the form and double, while number one accused a politician of sexual assault, then wasn't seen in public for weeks. the w t. a meanwhile has suspended all of its tournaments in china as a result. and beijing says in opposes what it's calling the politicization of sports. well, ali, i speak to michael cast a, his,

a human rights advocate. and he says that the i o c has been used by china. the fact that the women's tennis association has shown more credibility than the international olympic committee. or for that matter, more credibility than interpol in resisting these types of clearly scripted and coerced ah, performances from china is, is really shocking. and it shows how far we really do need to go still. the fact that the i o c or interpol have been turned into tools for china's propaganda. whereas the w t o has resisted it, is really a mark for the w t a. and really we should see more organizations behaving such as them resisting clear allies from the party these propagandizing efforts. we also need to see real coordinated action between governments. china is a powerful state actor of course,

and what we need to confront them is to hold china accountable through the coordination of multiple countries. what this abuse against and punctual i is, is also very much part of a long trend of the wide spread and systematic use of arbitrary and secret attention to a remove from public any one seen as a counterpoint to the will of the party. it is part of a number of high profile disappearances over the years from the former interpol president, mung hong way or an actress on bang bang or earlier this year for jack mall. but also just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the 10s of thousands of chinese citizens who have been disappeared into similar situations of arbitrary and secret detention. now, uganda is increasing its deployment of traipse in neighboring democratic republic of congo to fight an ongoing. it's called the allied democratic forces, uganda blaine's the adf, a 3 suicide bombings and its capital last month. but he also has government

spokesman has told out there that special forces from both countries are conducting a joined military operation on patrick me. i also told me that that he owns his government has been speaking to local communities in an attempt to gain their support for this operation. we are fighting doorways to, you know, fighting to release a very complex issue. that's why we decide to bring together. i wanted to just services and now we bring together hospice or forces walk in the ground to make sure we are ready to seeing if we can, when you see reduce 100 percent off campus you to we will do so by the 15 year. is that theory we want 1st, he destroyed word the and look at it. and we know that they read and make some refreshment again, a getting they can continue to act. people from mission when i saw massacre as they act as they do. but that's why you stop looking for national to be vigilant at those people when they've been running, running after the back of the army,

they can go even more. traditionally, we are a word that they can act like that's why we are asking off would be nation. so or what is going on and to be very vigilant and been us old book, the police to the army. when you see something, something looks not clear about the movement of stores inside the country. we as government speaking, we file difference for me to explain that you know what i shouldn't, she'd be 3 country people. if in the past years there was some issues and us today, both presidents, i will o king, close the and both raises. i agree, make movement economically or did. and now strategically because we need to defend a common enemy, because adf are killing in years more than they are bringing on. the web is also following developments on this from kenya's capital nairobi the nature of the

a t. s a tax or certainly for about the last 7 years they've targeted communities which protected villages often around the city of benny, conducted brutal math because more recently in the last year or 2, they've been pushing vehicles on the road to making some of those key vote in and out of the city of benny and going north to the province, making those very unsafe people in that part of the country. a very tide of the violent people feel that the recent efforts of the congo leaves me in the last 6 months, haven't succeeded. they declared estates of martial law in the eastern provinces. so definitely the sentiment among many people that if somebody can just put a stop to this, the terrible math, the kids need, bloody attack on civilian target. then that would be a good thing. the same time. a lot of skepticism from some people about whether

you're going to coming in 3 and once again will bring stability or just yet more instability. now the united nation says it needs a record of 41000000000 dollars next year to meet humanitarian needs and an interview with a fee. the head of humanitarian affairs said he fears the growing instability in ethiopia could lead to a piece of that chaotic exodus that took place. and i kind of stone back in august and i forget it. james bass has worn out on why the, you need such 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 being need of humanitarian assistance. a 17 percent rise. the u. n. is appealing for a record amount for its annual appeal. $41000000000.00 us dollars. the you ends under secretary general for humanitarian affairs. martin griffith struggled when

asked to name the worst crisis. i think ethiopia is the most concerning. i mean, it's a terrible thing to have to choose between. you know, places of such great need. ah, you know, so saddam is at its worst and it barely get to mention your. remember when haiti at that extraordinary earthquake, back in awe, in the middle of august, it didn't make the news for that week because of course the taliban were walking into cobble on that home. so it feels somewhat improper, allowed to choose among these places in some of the humanitarian emergencies. for example, somalia, of 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, myanmar and afghanistan, 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 at the united nations. well, william davison is the senior. okay, okay. and last at international crisis. great. he says there may be no near and inside to the contract. and if you're a plan, there is an risk of breaking out that of course, to what extent that the social fabric is is damaged. already is a question of debate. of course, if the conflict continues that will appraise play further pressure on the government. worse and existing divisions within society. and i think the big concern for march in griffin is for many, many europeans and, and all of us paying attention is that at the moment i'm the reason i real end in

sight is conflict. what one thing we should note is that it was sort of very serious, an insurgency counter insurgency. situation that has been growing and are mere region and the country's largest. but indeed, and there 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 great forces advance in partnership with those or my rebels on the capital is out of that does not look likely to be happening eminently as the federal forces have made some gains, but in terms of communal violence. yes, there is a strong into communal element. so this is a very significant political problem between the har, integrate leadership and the people at large. and as part of the complet because

they are suspected supporters and collaborators. we have seen more violence and state repression during a states emergency with the mass round up of 2 great and civilians over the last month and also plenty of our most civilian. well meanwhile, the european union is now ordering all non essential stuff out of ethiopia. as the conflict continues, several european countries have also raj, their citizens, to leave and reason, weeks rebel forces fighting. federal troops have made gains near the capital out of saba, the long war has already killed thousands and displaced more than 2000000 others calls. now time for the weather and he is jeff. hello, good to see you. here's your headlines for asia. we're starting in the big band gall where we've got this disturbance. it's going to slam into interpret dash o dish and westbank all that's on friday. we press play, see where it goes over the course of a weekend, still plugging all of these areas. amber alerts are out for the potential. see a 10200 millimeters of rain and flooding. very likely,

as while or monsoon range. active just south of indo china through malaysia and speaking of indo china take you there right now. because central and southern portions of vietnam have seen some land size, but we are drying off across into china on friday. next up, we're going to go to china and high pressure, carving out sunny conditions. here is not much to report way. lin, 21 degrees. big sunny cloud in hong kong, and you're also coming in at a high of 21 degrees. no number of records broken across japan for a rain and winds monthly records, and we still have it coming out for that western side of horseshoe and hook kado. and that cool pool of air is still in play here. so sol, just a high for degrees. same goes for a car, go she not, and on who kato in those showers, it looks like support got you in for a high of 9 dry and tokyo, however, 17 to, to concrete, the high for you on friday. that's it. see as soon mostella had here on al jazeera, the biden administration on val,

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