still stadiums for 2020. so take a look if you across the action is cast off repairs for the regions biggest ever sporting events that be for our cup on al jazeera ah, germany bos, unvaccinated people from most public places, to avert another wave of coven 19 infections. we're going to fight this for it's risk science and speed, not chaos and confusion. u. s. president joe biden unveiling his went to plan to combat an expected surge in koran of ours cases. ah, on has him speaker. this is edges here life and also coming up the u. s. reinstates

a trump era policy requiring asylum seekers to remain in mexico and skies the limit china's tall buildings are expected to dominate the world architecture fest. ah. but a rising corona, virus infections and the arrival of a new variance of pushing several nations to look at stricter measures to contain the spread in germany, unvaccinated people will be banned from much public life. outgoing chancellor angler marco cause the restrictions an active national solidarity. gelani's parliament is also considering imposing a vaccine mandate. andrew simmons reports on the situation across europe. in less than a week, the omicron variant has swept the globe with more uncertainty about cove. it in many countries, especially in europe,

new restrictions were being introduced anyway with the winter surgeon delta variant 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 bod from access to all but essential businesses such as grocery stores and pharmacies. angler merkel says new stricter measures are essential in a situation she finds depressing. as even got anything with the internet and 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 in france, where the health services struggling with record numbers of covey infections. the government, scientific advisor believes the on the chrome variant will be dominant within a matter of weeks devine me. soon as i can brag our weekly volume,

the real enemy is the 5th wave with the delta 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 on the chrome variant has led to a clamor for vaccinations. we're starting to st. pete. oh, i think probably anxious about the new very within come across in that to get people coming for their 1st and 2nd jazz that they couldn't possibly had monsak i, you case prime minister boris johnson himself got his booster on thursday. in germany. the government will also consider compulsory vaccinations and those people put their hopes in jobs. being able to ward off or ma 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 cov, it infections in the e u. and from the norwegian capital oslo. another warning, more than 50 people have been infected with the on the chrome variant at a christmas party in a restaurant. the government says they were all vaccinated. and re, simmons al, jazeera of south africa has reported more than 11 and a half 1000 new co, with 19 cases in 24 hours. that's 5 times the number. just a week ago when south african scientists alerted the world about the new varied health experts say our micron is driving up infections, but deaths and hospitalizations so far are rising at a much lower rate. for me. the miller is following developments forced from johannesburg. will expert suspect that it is the army 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 ami crony 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 the 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 or have risen 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 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 of the u. s. is taking new steps to tackle rising cove with 19 infections. president joe biden's plan includes title restrictions for international travels travelers. he's also appealed for all eligible americans to get boost of vaccine shots. she ever ta see reports from washington. president biden had been due to outline a winter plan for dealing with coven before the discovery of the on the chrome variance. but the president appeared hopeful that even those reluctant to get vaccinated were changing their minds. now there's some evidence in one pole, i won't mention it because i'm not positive of the number was told this is i was leaving the white house that there is an expectation that 30 percent of the non vaccine seller. no circumstances would i get a vaccination because of the new variant are now saying i'm going to get them

activations. vitamins filing an approach based on what he calls, firms and speed and not chaos and confusion. the underlying principle of his winter plan to make resources available to prevent another lockdown. it doesn't include shutdowns or locked downs, but widespread vaccinations and boosters and testing a lot more in order to ensure the 100000000 eligible americans who have yet to get a booster shot do so they will be contacted and availability ensured hundreds of family vaccination clinics will be opened, where all eligible age groups can be vaccinated at the same time. and mobile vaccination clinics will be sent to underserved areas to prevent school pleasures. the centers for disease control will release their findings on whether it's possible to test or students on site. instead of sending them home after a coven case is reported, home testing kits will be covered by health insurance or provided free for those without insurance. the number of surge response teams, medical staff can be deployed into areas where medical resources being strained by the virus will be increased by this pledge to speed up delivery of the vaccines. it

has promised to the developing world and travelers to the record to be tested within a day before departure. in 3 days, the mosque mandate on public transportation will be extended into much some scientists and the world health organization of argued that the case for boosters for the entire adult population. and not just a particularly at risk simply hasn't been made. nor is the evidence as yet the boost is increased protection against on the chrome, the w h. i use it to prevent further variance. the priority should be to get vaccines to the developing world. i call on all member states to choose to achieve our targets of vaccinating 40 percent of the population of every country by the end of this year, and 70 percent by middle next year. something button didn't announce was requirements for vaccination for domestic ad travel and measure that some of you will further nudge the us as unvaccinated eligible adults to get the shot. but at a time of nation wide legal wrangling of a vaccination mandates in the workplace,

that would clearly be a hard sell for some shape or time. see al jazeera washington, the u. s. government will restart a trump era bought a program. the forces asylum seekers to wait in mexico for us immigration hearings by an administration had originally scrapped the controversial remain in mexico program on the former us president donald trump. but a court order in august for them to reinstate it, migrants are expected to be sent back as early as next week. my car has moved from washington. well that texas court ruling was upheld by the supreme court which agreed that the bible had ministration had not investigated fully enough before removing this particular law. biden had described the law interviews by president trump as inhumane, and his administration got rid of it immediately. however, now, in the light of the supreme court judgement, 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. a 2 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 mx because 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. leon fresco is

an immigration attorney, who was the u. s. deputy assistant attorney general in charge of immigration during the obama administration. he explains why those fleeing danger will be a greater risk. they used a law in the, in the united states called the administrative procedure act. and what the administrative procedure act says is that no administration can change a policy of a prior administration, if it is doing it for arbitrary and breach of 3. and so what the court concluded, and it went all the way up to the brink guard, and they agreed that the biden administration, the reason for discontinuing the remain in mexico program were insufficiently persuasive to the level they claimed that it was arbitrary and capricious. as such that the revocation could not occur and the remain in mexico policy had to continue . traditionally, when people have come to the united states for asylum, the understanding was that we would protect the ball seeking asylum in our shores

until it was proven that they were not people were valid asylum seekers. this turn that on a ted. and so the only way you ever get that come in to the united states is to finish your asylum claim and when, and so from that perspective, even forgetting about whatever conditions you can make to make this program more palatable. just flipping that narrative on it. but upside for a lot of people and the question is, where do you make the error? you make the error in letting from one day who might not be supposed to be here and then removing them, or do you make the error and making every one way. and then someone maybe was the legitimate file of speaker might be harmed or something bad might happen to them. a still ahead on as a back in the race. libby in court reinstates safe. get daffy as a presidential candidate. signs of progress as iran submits to drop proposals to

european powers at talks to revive the 2015 nuclear. you. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by cut on airways. hello, good to see you. here's her headlines for asia. we're starting in the bay had been gone, where we've got this disturbance, it's going to slam into entrepreneur dash o dish and westbank all that's on friday, we're 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 c, $1200.00 millimeters of rain and flooding. very likely as watts 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 stop,

we're going to go to china and high pressure carving out sunny conditions here is not much to report grey lin 21 degrees. makes the sun in 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 at you 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 4 degrees, same goes for a cargo she not an on hoko in those showers. it looks like support. oh, got you in for a hiv nights dry in tokyo, however, 17 to quickly is the high for you. on friday it is in oh, the weather sponsored by katara ways. other, can i watch these things with some money? i see of the buck as nick, somalis had long been the target of intimidation and persecution in kenya,

almost every woman was of it. oh, how mad a doubt travels through his homeland to reveal of his people and family have been subjected to years of brutal discrimination. just typical of the word through that in the country were colo. i'll just hear a correspondence for ah, but again, you're watching, i does it a reminder of our top stories, this out, germany plans to ban unvaccinated people from much of public life to stop a 4th wave of coven 19 infections. u. s. is placing tied to restrictions, re international travelers. as the army kron variant continues to spread. south

africa is confirmed more than 11 and a half 1000 new cases in 24 hours. that's 5 times the number. just a week ago, in south african scientists alerted the world about the new various health experts say alma crohn is driving up infections. the us will restart a trump iraq border program. the forces asylum seekers to wait in mexico for immigration hearings. the vital administration scrap the controversial remain in mexico program, but a court order forced them to reinstate or uganda is increasing its deployment of troops in neighboring a democratic republic of congo to fight an arm group called the allied democratic forces. uganda blamed the adf for 3 suicide bombings in his capital last month. laura, but a manly reports people. and then he woke in the deployment of troops and tanks. many want an end to file, and it's beset ethan democratic republic of congo for decades. of joint forces

operation by the ugandan and complete governments ain't through townsley allied democratic forces. the rebel group is accused of massacring thousands of people with we support this operation and the collaboration between our 2 presidents to put an end to the adf killers. we're expecting a lot from this operation because we want to resume with our normal life. this is a, it's a real joy for us to see the you p d f. so just finally conducting military operation and darcy, mainland benny region. it was our demand and the suffering of the people in binion did treated regions who have long been massacred by the adf. you can the government planes, the adf, for november, suicide bombings in kampala. the comalies army have been fighting rebels for years and introduce martial law in the region. 6 months ago,

we decided to bring together our digital services. and now we bring together us brochure forces to walk in the ground to make sure we are ready to sing. if we can, when you see reduce 100 percent off, there are as yet you, we will do so by this in year is that clearly we want 1st destroy. we're the, i look at these thick forest surrounding benny, have provided a shelter and strategic base for the adf. originally from uganda. and the rebel group has been active for nearly 3 decades in the 19 ninety's it fought against you, gun as president you are, you must have any but was defeated in 2001, and relocated to the d. i. c o. molten group say attacks had become more widespread, brazen and bloody after the adf aligned with i sold 2 years ago. and for the past few days, the 24th of these artillery and air raids against the rebels. and said that dave and numbered but they have made clear how long the so take laura that money out to

sarah of the son of libby as former lead him on my dash he has been given the go ahead to run in the presidential race. said if the slam get daffy was disqualified last week by the election commission because he was convicted of war crimes in 2015, but he appealed as far as data gathered to celebrate the court ruling. the vote is in 3 weeks and i still go, mattie is the director of the saw, the institute, the 1st public policy think tank in libya. he says there are no clear legal rules to establish what makes someone an eligible candidate for december's election. we have 3 come the main 3 horses. we have up to debate 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 for after amanda, also guilty of or is wanted for international by the international criminal court

for investigation and will crime. a court was case with 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 is 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 or in session. it's so confusing that even analysts like myself struggling to try to understand what the structures are for the legal mandate for 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 where the, i'm predictable, the military situation, given that there are so many groups, many of which attacked the court, that separate us land today. submitted his appeal in all of those on groups or i so bulletin to the situation could just erupt into the conflict. iran has submitted to draw proposals to european powers, negotiating the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. it is the 7th round of talks aimed at bringing iran and the u. s. back into the deal. they mentioned limited iran nuclear program in exchange for sanctions really on thursday, israel's prime minister natalie bennett, called for an end to the talks accusing iran of nuclear blackmail. hashim as more rounds drop proposals from via 2 lines one on the sanctions. really, the 2nd is on iran, rolling back, it's measures the post 2018 measures. and from that there will now be waiting to

hear from the world whether this is acceptable or not, as we had, as you understood from a new bring in diplomatic. so these proposals are built up and what was agreed on during the past 6 rounds of talk. know some of the points contradict with the jessie p. o, a, all the nuclear deal that was struck in 2015 omitted, and additional elements and points that the radians see as crucial to go ahead with the talk. where did today, the iranian top negotiate what are the bucket county back with the european with the russians on the chinese, and is, is believe to be meeting also later today with mr. grossey, the head of the i, a hammer. mirandi is the head of american studies at the university of to iran and

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 in toronto is going to be much more steadfast in protecting iran. right 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 toby's harlem entry elections. she alida, my father's father,

whose block one the most seats met leaders of iranian backed political blocks. testers who mainly support for iranian groups. acclaimed the vote was rigged. my mode up to what i had has more from back 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 the leaders, our political leaders of the coordination framework that includes the reign. in fact, 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 pot. all the world's

largest annual event celebrating the best in architecture is on the way in lisbon. hundreds of projects are competing for titles such as world building and future project of ear. about a 3rd of all shortlisted sites are in china, but as katrina here affords from beijing, the country has always had the best reputation in the industry. there are millions of office buildings in china, but the liter skyscraper in southwest bay, jang is unlike any other straddling and mater subway. station 2 structures are connected by a soaring atrium that twists towards the sky. here we were faced with her and as you were to build an office tower, 200 meters tall, with the subway tunnel underneath. how do we create something very elegant? that really will be part of the city. we critter, we call an urban window. so the atrium that's created because of straddling the,

the tunnel creates a tower that's creates the tallest atrium in the world. straight lines are hard to find here, but the unseen is equally impressive. integrated smite systems, manage the buildings, temperature and air quality. energy use is minimized. every office is connected with 5 g. these are just some of the reasons it was highly commended at the prestigious world architecture festival taking place this week in portugal. at about 500 international projects nominated for awards one 3rd a chinese young costume and isn't surprised by the country strong showing. he spent a decade working here before founding his firm in 2015. even though tanner's a place that has actually the largest, traditionally, you can possibly imagine it's still very young at heart. so it's ashley, always very interested in innovation. but innovation has been interpreted widely. for years, china was known for poor quality gordie constructions,

president. she didn't ping has called for an end to so called weird architecture. a government ban on ugly buildings was issued earlier this year. there's now focus on sustainability, simplicity and preserving history. themes seen at show gong number 3, blast furnace. another shortlisted project completed in 1959 and closed due to environmental concerns and 2010 designers chose to refurbish rather than demolish the site. with this land has historical memory and the owners have a deep affection for it. we focus on transformation and renewal to give the enterprise new vitality with these blue skies. it's hard to imagine that this area was once choked by heavy air pollution. for decades, shogun was dating industrial hud, and main source of smoke. these trains used to transport iron, or coal, and other materials. the area now houses the offices of the beating winter olympics,

and has become popular with tourists. with an estimated half of the world's construction taking place in china. buildings here will continue drawing global attention and designers hope for the better and not the worst. katrina you out a 0 dating. ah, this is al jazeera, let's get around up now. the top stories germany plans to ban unvaccinated people for most public places to stop a foe. 4th wave of clover 19 infections. the u. s. is placing tighter restrictions for international travelers as the arm across very and continues to spread. run a fight is variance with science and speed, not chaos and confusion just like we beat back over 19 in the spring and more powerful ver, and deliver in the summer and fall. as result,

we enter this winter from a position of strength compared to where america was last winter.