ah, germany bars, unvaccinated people from most public places to avert another wave of coven 19 infections. run a fight is variance with science and speed. not chaos and confusion. u. s. president joe biden unveiled his winter plan to combat and expected search in corona virus cases. ah, launch hasn't think of this is as you said, a life front door also coming up the u. s. reinstated trump era policy requiring asylum seekers to remain in mexico signs of progress as iran submitted to draft

proposals to european powers at talks in vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. ah, arising corona, virus infections and the arrival of a new variance of pushing several nations to look at strict measures that contain the spread in germany, unvaccinated people will be banned from much of public life. are going chancellor angler, michael, calling the restrictions an act of national solidarity germany. parliament is also considering imposing a vaccine mandate. andrew simmons reports on the situation across you in less than a week. the abi chrome variant has swept the globe with more uncertainty about co vote. in many countries, especially in europe, new restrictions were being introduced any way with the winter surgeon, delta variance infections. germany is the latest to announce new measures. signs

like these vaccinate immunized is the way this country and others are now heading the unvaccinated on our board from access to all but essential businesses such as grocery stores and mrs. angler merkel says new stricter measures are essential in a situation she finds depressing as it was got anything with it. and i don't to be quite honest the fact that we are now in the middle of such a strong 4th wife does not make me happy. it depresses me, especially when i look at certain regions when the in france, where the health services struggling with record numbers of curves, infections, the government, scientific advisor believes the amik wrong, variance will be dominant within a matter of weeks divine me. soon as i can brag a regular volume, the real enemy is the 5th wave with the dell to variant. there will be some time before the army con variant establishes itself in france and in europe. in general,

we estimated to be at the beginning of 2022 of at the end of january, you do need one in the u. k, where booster jobs will be available to anyone over 18. the arrival of the amr chrome variant has led to a clamor for vaccinations. we're starting to see people who, i think probably anxious about the various been come across in mental status to get people coming for their 1st and 2nd jazz that they couldn't possibly had months ago . you case prime minister boris johnson himself got his booster on thursday in germany. the government will also consider compulsory vaccinations and as people put their hopes and jabs, being able to ward off on the chrome, something that scientists sister unsure about. there's a chilling prediction from the european union's public health agency. it says that within a few months the omicron variant could be causing more than half of covey infections in the e u. and from the norwegian, capital all's low, one of a warning,

more than 50 people have been infected with the of a chrome variant at a christmas party in a restaurant. the government says they were all vaccinated. andrew simmons al jazeera of south africa has reported more than an 11 and a half 1000 new covered 19 cases and 24 hours. that's 5 times the number reported just a week ago, when the south african scientist alerted the world about the new variance health. the experts say alma crohn is driving up infections in the country, but deaths and hospitalization so far are rising at a much lower rate. for me to miller is following developments from johannesburg. will expert suspect that it is the ami con variant that is causing that sharp rise? whereas previously, it had been the doubt of variance. and this was their main concern. just how transmissible army kron is how it would affect people, and just what vo vaccines would play in terms of protection. now the institute of

communicable communicable diseases has said to day that there is, chances are that people who had coven 19 before it's likely that they still would be infected by this new variant, despite having antibodies. in fact, chances of being re infected, i have written about 3 fold. so that continues to be a concern. in the last 24 hours, they have been 11500 new cases of coven 19. and what is of particular significance? even though south africa has a total of $40000.00 existing active cases of coven 19 in south africa, even though that number is significantly lower than many other countries in the world, is the positivity rate that's now it 22 percent up from 16 percent. just a day ago, so it's clearly giving scientists a better picture of just how transmissible this particular variant is or the

u. s. is taking new steps to tackle the rising cobra 19 infections they are in winter. president jo biden's plan include title restrictions for international travelers. he's called for com while scientists learn more about the new variance. we're going to fight this variance with science and speed. not chaos and confusion . just like we beat back over 19 in the spring and more powerful variant delivery in the summer and fall as result, we enter this winter from a position of strength compared to where america was last winter last christmas year and a one percent of american adults were fully vaccinated this christmas, that number will be 7772 percent, including more than 86 percent of seniors. most population. dr. eric fagel doing is an epidemiologist and health economist. he joins us via skype now from san francisco. california, thanks for being with us. now and in addition to the tougher stringent testing for

international travelers, the administration also announced campaigns to increase vaccinations and booster shots rapid at home testing for more people. that's just a few of them. but what do you make these measures? could he could they have gone further why? i think it's not just asking people to vaccinate, but getting it into people's art and i think boosters are incredibly important. that's vaccinations, the 2 doses, of course we're trying to push as much as we can for boosters. right. now are urging urgent need for those with that, you know, over 4 to 6 months since their 2nd shot. and that is the best protection to get them across. and we, we believe that it should hopefully call back on the current location with the boosters. but the testing was good move, but testing the make it free, but will it be available really enough? that's the other question because it's free and really quickly acceptable without

many hurdles. and i've not yet heard here exactly how we're going to scale up and make them very widely available. and it's free. and 1st of all, also, we also need testing at the international arrival, every single person coming to the country. we can't just run based on pre department testing as much as shortening into 24 hours as just to know if it's good . we need international rival testing, preferably some formal warranty, where home warranty and then another follow up test. because we've seen time and time again that many cases when they arrived there, they're either negative. and then they only have positive at a later date after the arrive. and if we don't have that, we would lose a lot of cases. because right now, stopping to enter and orders is really, really critical, early, early stage. and i cannot find out. and of course vaccine mandates right now is

being litigated, biden's. osha is trying to labor departments trying to meet these mandatory workplaces in court. but all these things carrot sticks to incentivize and encourage people come back to me. does. they're not the urgency. sure. if i could just jump in here for mom, does they need to be further investment in combating all of the misinformation that still out there, particularly in the us about vaccines? your common misinformation is very hard to have a very politically charged situation as well. right now we're trying to fight this information much can't with good information, but sometimes finding information to get this information, just create even greater. we can't give up the course. we need to find this information and i think facebook needs to get more involved in twitter and read it

and all the other youtube and all social media platform really have to crack down the they have a moment. here is google apple base book and all these other major companies going to be on the right side of history and save lives, or they just going to stay there and make profit based on all the information clicks. so i think that also really need to be held accountable right now. good to talk to you. eric 5 will being in san francisco. i should be was you know, you a secretary of state anthony blinking has met russia's foreign minister survey. love rob as the divide between moscow and washington widens blink, and says he remains concerned about what he called russia's aggressive policy towards ukraine. but the foreign minister, but la rove is adamant that the but russia will protect its interests. bernard smith reports from moscow. this was the 1st face to face meeting between anthony

blinkin, insert a lover of sins. joe biden became us president. the us secretary of state use the encounter to warn russia of the serious consequences, including sanctions. if it invades ukraine, it's now on russia to de escalate the current tensions by reversing the recent trip build up. returning forces to normal peace time positions, and refraining from further intimidation and attempts to destabilize ukraine were watching the situation very closely, were in close contact and coordination with our allies, russian back separatists in eastern ukraine had been patrolling these trenches for more than 7 years after russia next crimea, now a build up of russian troops along the border. more than $90000.00 says the government in kiev is fueling fears of a russian invasion. across the field, ukrainian force is a holding exercises. russia says ukraine is being provocative,

deploying more than half its army, 125000 people to the east. russia dismisses as inflammatory. any suggestions? it's preparing to attack. the kremlin is also floating the idea of a new, your appeal security packed to try to stop nato from expanding further east. we, as president preaching, stated, do not want any conflicts. but if i may to partners have stated that no one has a right to dictate to a country that would like to join nato. whether it can do or not, we can say to every country is able to find its own interest to guarantee dare security. in the spring, there was a similar show of russian strength along the ukraine border tension eased after a 1st, some meeting between the russian and us presidents. russia's deputy foreign minister says he's hoping for confirmation that there'll be some sort of contact between. let me put in on joe biden, in the coming days, could be a phone call or a virtual meeting if it does happen, then just as in earlier this year, go

a long way to calming tensions on the ukraine. russia border, bernard smith, al jazeera moscow. the u. s. government will restart the trump era board of presidente forces asylum seekers to wait in mexico. so us immigration hearings, the biden administration, had originally scrapped the controversial remain in mexico program. but a court order in august forced them to reinstated, migrants are expected to be sent back as early as next week. mike, hannah has moved from washington. well, that texas court ruling was upheld by the supreme court, which agreed that the biden had ministration had not investigated fully enough before removing this particular law. biden had described the lo, entered use by president trump as in humane and his administration. got rid of it immediately. however, now in the light of the supreme court judgment, the administration is we introducing this remain in mexico protocol. it has spent

the last few months at discussing with the mexican government ways in which this could be imposed in a far more humane manner than it was in the past. this includes, for example, providing transport for individuals to encampments within mexico where they can stay while they are waiting the court cases to proceed within the united states. a significant matter as well was that the us agreed to mexico demand for a time limit on the legal process, a maximum of 6 months to be taken to decide the case of each particular individual . but this is, of course, going to have a massive impact on tens of thousands of people, the bite and administration. one understands is looking at its immigration protocols to see how it can rewrite its immigration policies in a way that would satisfy the courts and conservative politicians. a fil a head on edge, is it a back in the race and libyan caught reinstate safe?

get daffy as a presidential candidate and protecting the pass campaign, a fight to save a historic palestinian village redevelopment plan. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with the sponsored by capital airways. hello, good to see you. here's her headline for asia, we're starting in the bay of bengal where we've got this disturbance. it's going to slam into under per 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, so the potential c 10200 millimeters of rain and flooding, very likely as well, or monsoon rains, active just south of indo china through malaysia. and speaking of indo china, i'll take you there right now because central and southern portions of vietnam have

seen some land size, but we are drying off across indo china on friday. next up, we're going to go to china and high pressure, carving out sunny conditions here. so not much to report grey lin, $21.00 degrees mix of sun in cloud in hong kong. and we'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 at you for that western side of honshu and ho kato. and that cool pool of air is still in play here. so sol, just a high for degrees, same goes for a cargo shima and on her condo in those showers, it looks like support. oh, it's got you in for a high 9, dry in tokyo, however, 17, to decrease the high for you on friday. that's it. c, as in igloo with sponsored by catera, it weighs more sacred himalayan summit more treacherous than ever it combat qana has never been tang with and feared by local

yet and irresistible challenge to west in climate a sharper family was choose between going against their religious beliefs and guiding a group of mountaineers or rejecting much needed income. the rule of shatters on al jazeera. ah the me again, you're watching, i just remind laptops, toys, germany plans to ban on vaccinated people from much of public life to stop a 4th wave of cobra. 1900 section, the u. s. is placing tied to restrictions. the international travelers on the con

variant continues to spread us extra state entities. lincoln has met with russian foreign minister as a divide between moscow and washington widens tensions. remain high over russia's military build up near the border. would you claim the button to ministration is resurrecting former us president. donald trump's controversial remain in mexico policy following a court order policy requires asylum seekers stay outside the u. s. while they wait for their hearings. the son of libya as former lead mom or get daffy has been given the go ahead to run in the presidential race say for the slam get daffy was disqualified last week by the election commission because he was convicted of war crimes in 2016. but he appealed supporters of good data gathered to celebrate the court ruling. the vote will be held in 3 weeks. and as in go mighty as the director of the southern institute, the 1st public policy think tank in libya,

he says there are no clear legal rules to establish what makes a person what makes it person eligible for december's election. we have 3 can the main 3 horses we have to have the baby, the current entering prime minister who pledge the beginning of the year that he wouldn't stand as prime as the president for the elections. he's been reinstated, as of the last 24 hours. we have a half to amanda, also guilty of or is wanted for international by the international criminal court for investigation and will crime. a court was cases solving him. and the last 40 hours he may choose to just run anyway. and i think that's where this process just seems to have no legal integrity. it's almost like if you have an opinion from a court, a court that you control in a jurisdiction where you have on groups and then you can run the elections, lawrence stuff that was passed by decree, potentially even by fax or by email libyan that never saw a day where the election law was passed by parliamentary votes. so it's broken the

rules. a supreme court could come out in the next 24 hours. come on the next 3 weeks come out after the election and rule that the elections law that we're basing this on. it's manageable that if the legal that has been and the supreme court suffering is not the thing and is not in session, the lower court where appeals are being submitted are in session. it's so confusing that even analysts like myself struggling to try to understand what the structures are for the legal mandate. so this is and then you have other external issues. you still have mastery that have been deployed, that have not withdrawn. i think it's all of those things that are coming together . that means that this situation is really unpredictable. the military situation, given that there are so many groups, many of which attacked the court, that separate us lamb today, submitted his appeal in all of those on groups or i. so the bullets out of the situation could just erupt into the conflict of the united nations fears ethiopia could descend into sectarian violence that could flash the country. the un humanitarian chief is wanting, its growing instability could see

a repeat of the chaotic exodus from afghanistan in august. the un says it needs a record of 41000000000 dollars next year to meet global came out of cherry needs. the european union is ordering all of its non essential staff to get out of ethiopia. several european countries have also citizens to leave in recent weeks. rebel forces fighting government troops have made gains near the cap, capital, addis ababa. the year long war has killed thousands of people and displaced more than 2000000. iran has submitted to drop proposals to european powers, negotiating the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. it is a 7th round of talks to be held in vienna aimed at bringing iran in the u. s. back into the deal they meant to limit ron's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions released on thursday. israel's prime minister natalie ballot called for an end to talks accusing a wrong of nuclear blackmail. hashem has more on the wrong drop. proposes from

vienna. there are 2 lines, one on the sanctions. relieve the 2nd is on iran, rolling back. it's measures the post 2018 measures, and from that their indians will now be waiting to hear from the world. whether this is acceptable or not, as we had, as you understood from a new ring in diplomatic sauce. these proposals are built up and what was agreed on during the past 6 rounds of talk. know some of the points that contradict with the j. c. p. o or the nuclear deal that was struck in 2015. we're omitted and additional elements and points that the radians see as crucial to go ahead with the talks were added today. the iranian top negotiator bucket cutting back with the european, with the russians on the chinese and is,

is believe to be meeting also later today with mr. rossi, the head of the i. a hamlin mirandi is the head of american studies at the university of to around an advisor to the iranian negotiating team at the talks. he says iran latest proposals should be seriously considered by all parties. what is important is that both drafts are in accordance with the j, c, p. o, a. in other words, the iranians have not submitted anything to the different negotiating teams that goes beyond the nuclear deal. what the iranians have been saying all along is that if the united states and the europeans expect the route to go to go back to 2015, then they to have to go back to 2015. and that's the major problem the united states wants to keep some of this trump maximum pressure of sanctions. and the

iranians are saying that is simply impossible. i think one can say that there has been progress. the very fact that the europeans recognize that the new administration and temperature is going to be much more steadfast in protecting iran's rights within the framework of what was agreed 6 years ago. i think that that progress in itself, they, when the iranians made it clear that they will not allow the united states to take advantage of iran to keep certain sanctions in place and, and continue to use them. in fact, that that is a violation of the nuclear deal itself. everything that the iranians are doing today are in accordance with the international law. and the non proliferation treaty, the caps that were put on iranian nuclear program were basically the result of the j. c. p. o a. so when the united states tore up the agreement, they should have thought about this. iraq's political rivals have come together to

try to put an end to recent protests. demonstrators gathered on wednesday to oppose the final results of october as alimentary elections. she lead, i thought, the southern whose block won the most seats met, leaders of iranian backed political blocks protest. this is mainly support. probably iranian groups claim the vote was rigged. mood after i had has more from baghdad, after 6 weeks of a political arrival reason, tension a controversy over iraq's parliamentary elections. political ravens met on thursday no order to reach a consensus and to end the crisis to diffuse detention. that has been brought on by the election rhythms on thursday, the religious and political leader to the soda and met with leaders, our political leaders of the coordination framework that includes the iranians

backed the political blocks and political parties. they agreed on a number of major points on top of them that all foreign troops should leave the country as could yield by the end of this year. they also agreed on supporting and enhancing the rule of the popular mobilization forces, the military wings of the iranian fact and political parties also, they agreed on criminalizing any type of normalization with, as right now, among the points the tackled during the meeting is to support under privilege it areas across iraq was financial and economic support. they also agreed on the combating corruption, especially those who are abusing the state authority in order to serve their own interests. but following the meeting to the sort of just tweeted that the

government will be formed only by the majority of the party, a fight to preserve and abandon palestinian villages entering and potentially critical phase tended to start work on a redevelopment plan are due to be issued in the coming weeks, hurry force reports from lyft on the northern slopes of west teresa. in every seasons in the year lived, there is very beautiful also in my life english tele, for my childhood. jacobo day was born on this jerusalem hillside in 1948 years later, he was one of 3000 palestinians who fled or were forced from homes here in the fighting that preceded the creation of the state of israel. it was a scenario repeated across historic palestine known to palestinians as the napa or catastrophe, both cal balance than it does not give me to come back to live.

this is my dream. but at least dow lift i remit to remain left there. as i witness for all on what happened in this area, but there has been some change earlier this year to is really brothers opened this guesthouse, built from 3 hubs. looming, larger is a redevelopment plan, sponsored by israel's land authority. in may, it promised to invite bids for work on more than 250 housing units, a commercial center at a hotel. it's a moment of glory for jerusalem to build a new neighbourhood are in that particular place. of course, i am aware that the palestinians are, are dreaming about the day that they will be able to return their that means perpetuating the conflict. and i am not for that go by says green spaces,

terraces and ruins would be preserved. but for a broad coalition of campaigners, the project would destroy the soul of the unique space. what's rare about this campaign is that it seems to be getting some real traction. palestinian voices have been joined by jewish heritage and environmental campaigners. and that position as one of the backing of jury summons municipal government. the construction tendering process slated for the summer has already been delayed several times. the latest deadline is the end of the year, the campaigns lawyer. so it's down to effective work in the courts and in the public sphere is riley land authority. since that the preservation of lift is preservation of stones preservation of architecture of buildings. while in our view, the reservation of lift is the preservation of the entrance village that but a senior village of lift as it testimony for the history of the place. in 2012 campaign has won a court case that put

a freeze on the plans. the hoping that episode and left his history can be repeated . harry faucet, algeria lifter, west jerusalem. ah . all right, let's go round up the top stories on agency and germany plans to ban unvaccinated people from much of public life to stop a 4th wave of cobra 19 infections. the u. s. is placing title restrictions for international travelers as the army. kron various continues to spread. we're going to fight this variance with science and speed. not chaos and confusion. just like we beat back over 19 in the spring and more powerful variant delivery in the summer . and.