or eating malice found along the getting river. the area affected by the red tank is small, but news of the lp 2 has affected seafood trade is in the area. ah . the army kron very and drives up cove in 19 k says in south africa, infections 5 times higher than the number reported a week ago. ah, i'm sam is a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up tensions remain high with the military build up along the russia ukraine border even though both sides say they don't want war. uganda and troops continue their security operation

against an armed group and the democratic republic of congo and refugees living on the greek mainland face hunger off the supporters, withdrawn rights. organizations blame the government. ah, south africa's health minister says the country is now entering its 4th wave of corona virus infections. nearly all its provinces are experiencing a rapid rise in cases where the newly discovered army cron variant has been detected. more than 11 and a half 1000 infections have been confirmed in a day 5 times the number reported a week ago. how fake spurred, say, ami, cronies, driving up infections, but hospitalizations and i see you capacity remain stable. doctor angelica co, etc, is the chair of the south african medical association and the practicing general

practitioner. she says, while ami crohn's driving infections up, the symptoms do not yet appear to be severe. what we are seeing a primary healthcare, naval and again, recently the bulk with the patients for now or as you today doesn't seem more deadly. it seems just very foss, brady is the sometimes what we are seeing, the facts, united and vaccine. i did, but i through infectious re infections or mile. we're not saying that they will not be severe. severe questions. we still need to see the 1st lesson and vaccine i did was go more, but it, these were chronic disease coming into the parameter, healthiest place. we don't really see them. so they might be much more m. c and suffering from severe disease. but totally the sanity, the picture,

the so much do we need to be worried because we never know which patients will get to bid the for know that the author will only be available going forward and even increase in our heartbeat don't. but it's more in the private sector hospitals where they are seeing an increase in the patients. we have tried to ask, what is the clinical sometimes we don't have that. and sometimes the u. s. has reported on the con, in 5 states, including one person in hawaii who have no history of travel. president joe biden has announced title restrictions for international travelers is also appeal tool eligible americans to get boost to vaccine shots. she returns a report from washington, dc. the president biden had been due to outline a winter plan for dealing with covert 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 poll, 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 center. no circumstances would i get a vaccination because of the new variant are now saying i'm going to get them activations. biden is filing an approach based on what he calls science 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 ensure hundreds of family vaccination clinics will be opened, where all eligible age groups can be vaccinated out the same time. and mobile vaccination connects will be sent to underserved areas to prevent school pleasures

. the centers for disease control will release the findings on whether it's possible to test or students on site. instead of sending them home after coded 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 the delivery of the vaccines that has promised to the developing world and travelers to the us. we require to be tested within a day before departure. instead of 3 days. the mosque mandate on public transportation will be extended into march. some scientists and the world health organization have 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 boosters 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 somebody will further nudge the u. s. as unvaccinated eligible adults to get the shot. but at a time of nationwide legal wrangling over vaccinate mandates in the workplace, that would clearly be a hard sell for some share brown. see al jazeera washington in germany unvaccinated people will be banned from taking part in most public activities. outgoing chancellor, angular merkle calls the restrictions, an act of national solidarity. germany's parliament is also considering imposing a vaccine mandate under simmons reports on the situation across europe. now 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 bar 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 it was got anything other than that, and to be quite honest, the fact that we are now in the middle of such a strong 4th wave does not make me happy. it depresses me, especially when i look at certain regions when via in france, where the health services struggling with record numbers of cove infections. the government scientific advisor believes the on the chrome variant will be dominant within a matter of weeks. lorraine me. soon as i can brag,

our weekly value on the real enemy is the 5th wave with the delta variant. there will be some time before the army on a 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 any very anything come across in with us to get people come in 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 are still 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 on the chrome variant at a christmas party in a restaurant. the government says they were all vaccinated. and re, simmons al jazeera south korea is making it mandatory to show a vaccine pass for more public spaces, including cafes and restaurants. the passes already been in use, but until now only for high risk and new flight jims. south korea is ramping up restrictions on the confirming 5 cases of the army kron variant authorities have also counseled quarantine exemptions for vaccinated travelers. they've replaced it with 10 days of mandatory isolation. the international monetary fund is warning of an economic collapse. if g 20 countries don't extend the debt relief initiative,

the program was launched last year to assist poor nations during the pandemic can expires this month. the i'm f once more private credit is to take part and it's calling for improvement to encourage more poor countries to make use of the program . 73 countries are eligible for relief. rushes, mercury build up near its share border with ukraine is raising fizz. it could attack its neighbor, the us secretary of state anthony ben can says he's concerned about what he calls an aggressive russian policy towards kiev. he held talks with his russian count to park in stock coleman 1st day. moscow says any presence of nato troops and weapons in ukraine represents a red line. char stratford is live for us and never tried ski in ukraine. so charles has thought when the situation that the ground on stand you rather crossing what's it like?

that's right, sammy, this is one of 2 crossings along the more than 400 kilometer front line. the separates ukraine from the separatist held territories. and this is where people come to cross from both directions behind me, the road leading out the distance there. that is around about 3 kilometers before you get to the 1st checkpoint, controlled by the separatists. people come in here with their papers. they can see there's a queue of people here crossing back. most of them come see ukraine to collect their pensions, which about $100.00 a month. they come to renew their bank details and they come to visit family as well. the situation despite 7 and a half years of people like this, having to go through these kind of daily challenges. the situation remains very difficult for them. we've been speaking to a number of people here who some of them got quite emotional. one gentleman who

said that he was going actually into don yet to get a medical procedure for his wife. it wasn't able to get it on this side of this checkpoint on the ukrainian side. another woman said that she'd been waiting a 3 days trying to get back to done it, but because she hadn't, accordingly to the ukrainian assorted, he hadn't done the procedure correctly, electronically. she was actually sent back. others we spoke to said that they'd come via russia by the russian border. not have taken them 30 hours. so a journey that used to take around 40 minutes from the next to here, taking anywhere between certainly these people 6 or 7 hours. and as i say, some people a lot longer than that, the security situation here we've been speaking to the military as well. is com, although they say that every night, they're hearing shelling, what they estimate is to be around about 5 kilometers from here. of course, on

a diplomatic front, there are big questions about how this, the 7 here and a half year conflict could well or not escalate. we understand now oversee this, this proposed talk between president putin and president biden. we don't have an exact date for that yet. but some very well cause some very, very harsh language use yesterday at the s c conference in sweden. meanwhile, yeah, as i say, every day life goes on here in the hardships that these people face trying to visit their families, trying to basically live a live, live a normal life by coming over here and collecting the various pensions and financial documents that they need to continue living and done yet score example continues. all right, we'll leave that. thanks so much charles. dr said the whitehouse is reinstating it from peer bought a policy that false is asylum seekers to wait in mexico for us immigration hearings

. the biden administration had scrapped the remain in mexico program, but was ordered by a court in august to restart it. the program will begin at one border crossing location. on monday, my camera has more from washington d. c. 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 lo, introduced 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. 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 make 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. well, still ahead on al jazeera, the sky's the limit. china's impressive toll buildings are expected to dominate next week's world architecture festival. ah,

ah, look forward to burritos, guys. with the sponsored play cut on airways. hey, there are getting going on your weather forecast for europe in africa. we've got a lot of activity around that central med and the adrian c. i think we may power up some thunderstorms for southern areas of italy. and to give you an idea of the moisture we're working with. sorry. if i could see more than 10 centimeters of snow, but go closer to the adrian. see, we'll call it most star to, to prospect around 70 millimeters. so, flooding will be a concern here. dose with rain as well for that west coast of greece. and we've also got some disturbed weather for western areas of turkey. this includes, is mere at 19 degrees water logged areas of northern spain. finally, a reprieve. come in just a few scattered showers. here we've been coming in at a height of 14 on friday, north western europe right now, our next batch ship it by and take re moves in to the south west of england,

western areas of france in speaking of france, we may see some severe flooding toward the northeast snow southern scandinavia, i've been snowing in copenhagen and it's still coming on friday for the high of 2 degrees. remember all that what, whether we're talking about around the central med, what's driving down, what, whether northern algeria tunisia rate into northern libya. so tripoli has a high of 20 degrees on friday. that's it. that's all, marcia kent soon. oh, the weather sponsored by casara, always chilling the debate. 90 percent of the world's refugees have come from a common impacted country. the climate emergency is putting more pressure on cities across the world and amplify your voice. it's not really the future 8 now. it's not our, it please get a lot can get into this content. believe it cannot lose hope. we know what to do, and we have the tools and tools to get back with all the patient this to you are

now to sierra lou. ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera time to recap our headlines now. south africa's health minister says the country can manage a 4th wave of cobit 19 infections without imposing strength to log pounds more than 11 and a half 1000 cases. fuel by the army kron variant have been confirmed. in one day, germany plans to ban unvaccinated people from most public places, outgoing chance of anger. merkel announced the measure. she said, palm untold debate making vaccines mandatory by february. tensions

remain high along the ukraine. russia border with the build up of military forces on both sides. the u. s. secretary of state says she's concerned about what he calls an aggressive russian policy towards pierre. moscow says eddie nato troops moving into ukraine. cross a red line. reinforcements from uganda arriving in the democratic republic of congo on the false day of a joint operation against rebel forces. air and artillery strikes have been launched against the allied democratic forces. uganda blames the abs for 3 suicide bombings in its capital. last month. laura burton idly reports people and barely walk in the deployment of troops and tanks. many want an end to file and it's besetti, ethan democratic republic of congo. for decades. a joint forces operation by the

ugandan and complete governments ain't through towns the allied democratic forces. the rebel group is a keys of massacring thousands of people, and 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 u. p. d. f. soldiers, finally conducting military operation and darcy mannion benny region. it was our demand and the suffering of the people in banana treated eagans who have long been massacred by the adf. you can the government planes eladio for november, suicide bombings in kampala. the con, lease army, had 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 asper

shirt forces to walk in regards to make sure we are ready to sing. if we can reduce it, reduce 100 percent off it out. as you do, we will do so by this in year is that clearly we want 1st to destroy, we're the allocated. 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 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

ron has submitted to draft proposals to european powers, negotiating the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. it's the 7 throughout the talk to be held in vienna aimed at bringing iran and v us back into the deal. they meant to limit around the nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. wednesday, the un nuclear watchdog said iran is expanding its uranium enrichment capabilities despite the negotiations. how the hush and has more on iran. the draft proposal 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 the rangers will now be waiting to hear from the wall power. read that this is acceptable or not, as we had, as we understood from an iranian diplomatic sauce that 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. all the nuclear deal that was struck in 2015 omitted and additional elements and points that the iranians c as crucial to go ahead with the talk where did today, the iranian top negotiator bucket. he met 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, a chinese ride hailing giant d. the global says it'll d less from the new york stock exchange. and pursuer listing in hong kong, instead, the company pushed ahead with its 4000000000 dollar initial public offering in the u. s. in july, despite warnings from beijing about data security, chinese cyber authorities ordered the removal of 25 of its mobile apps from stores,

citing national security concerns. the world's largest annual event celebrating the best in architecture is underway in lisbon. hundreds of projects are competing for title such as world building and future projects of the year. about a 3rd of all short listed sites are in china. just katrina, you reports from beijing. country hasn't always had the best reputation in the industry. there are millions of office buildings in china, but the liter skyscraper and southwest b jang is unlike any other straddling and made a subway station. 2 structures i connected by a soaring atrium that twists towards the sky. here we were face with her and if she 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 create her, 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 as ashley always very

interested in innovation, but innovation has been interpreted widely. for years, china was known for poor quality, gaudy constructions, president she didn't, paying 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 that 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 the aging 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 are the 0, beijing. more than half of the refugees living in camps on the greek mainland are in danger of going hungry after authorities restricted aid. the government is tightened. rules and is only giving food and money to those in the process of applying for asylum jobs. romulus reports from a refugee camp near chunky, the asylum seekers served lunch at its on a camp. 90 kilometers north of athens on today's menu burgers with mashed potatoes

or pasta with polonaise sauce. there's a choice of salad, fresh tomatoes, or beat. some people take the food home, others just take the salads and throw the cooked meals away. but of anna a, mary, an afghan, who's lived this camp for 2 years explains why they don't want to take the food because they don't eat it. they don't want it because it is not eligible for most of them and it is getting repeated especially for the children. such food waste seems incomprehensible. especially considering that of the 18000 refugees living in camps on the mainland. 60 percent are in danger of going hungry. that's because state aid is given only to those in the process of applying for asylum. and most camp presidents have already been accepted or rejected. they're now expected to fend for themselves or leave the country. but excluding these people from state aid, say, refugee charities, undermines what the government achieved by putting them in camps in the 1st place.

a few months ago when people work but not the same, you saw them in the invoice, and it was the same government with zoning mckesson and i was the same government was asking them to lead because they need to remember and many here say the government has just made the problem worse. governments have typically taken over tasks, aid groups developed in times of crisis. earlier this year, the government took over management of mainland camps from the united nations on october 1st, it further shrank the u. n. 's role, assuming responsibility for cash handouts. these transitions haven't always gone smoothly. the 40 percent of camp presidents eligible for cash hasn't received any for 2 months, starving a fledgling economy inside the camps and leading to hunger crisis. many like the immediate emily has been granted asylum, a living off savings, others rely on cash from relatives. this age group say is a manufactured crisis,

resulting from greece's lack of integration policy for refugees. all of them are external, overseer, they're resourceful. and they're not there. then they just need more real support and the plan that we look at their needs from reception point to gratian and then that will just be for us. and not the burden. greece says it is merely implementing the law supporting those deemed in need of protection. and asking every one else to go away, but they have nowhere to go. jobs are hopeless at the malak asa under the toner refugee camps ah, and less thank you. through the headlines here in al jazeera, now, south africa's health minister says his country can manage the 4th wave of covey. 19 infections.