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a diplomatic dispute with saudi arabia and ukraine's defense minister claims russia is likely to escalate the crisis by the end of january. but both sides say they don't want all welcome to the news. we begin with the race to further understand the new cro virus very and causing renewed restrictions around the world. it was 1st identified in south africa. the countries health minister says a full waive can be banished without tough or restrictions more than 11 and a half 1000 cases have been confirmed in just one day. that's 5 times the number reported a week ago. but hospitalisation and intensive care capacity remain stable over in india, the government's working to increase genome sequencing to assess the prevalence of of chrome. india was previously overwhelmed by the delta v area that calls record deaths and infections in april and may in germany,

the government plans to ban unvaccinated people from most public places. it's parliament will also debate plans to meet vaccines mandatory by february. and the u . s. is imposing title restrictions on international travelers and that's after i'm across was detected in 5 states. so me, the miller has more from janice book in the last address by a prisoner forum of course, when, after this variant was detected to the surprise of minutes of africans, the restriction levels remain the same. any other south africans, instead to be vigilant, use non pharmaceutical interventions to keep themselves safe, but most importantly, go out to get vaccinated. at this point, only 41 percent about 42 percent. in fact, of adults have had at least one job and about 36 percent of adults about to vaccinations at this point. so that's a good one to to reach a target of about 70 percent by the end of the year. that's likely not going to happen, but again,

the emphasis from the government is this is what will keep you safe because we just so uncertain. a about how the virus spreads its transmitted realty, how quickly it's just, how sick people will become. and so the hope is that vaccines will keep people from becoming severely ill and keep them out of hospitals. they say they're ready for a 4th wave. the hospitals are prepared, there is enough oxygen at the moment, only 4 percent of hospital bills have been taken up by people who need that kind of medical intervention. so really what they're doing is waiting for my daughter to understand better how this particular variant works. and i suppose take it from there, but for the moment they're saying we're not going to heighten restrictions. we already facing these travel bands. our economy is back that we really need to look out for south africans to actually could see is the chair of the south africa medical association and they practicing general practitioner that she says while i'm a crohn's driving infections are going up. symptoms do not yet appear to be severe

. once we are seeing a parameter house level and again reach the bulk of the patients for now or as you today doesn't seem more deadly. it seems just very foss, brady, the sometimes that we are seeing the vaccine. i did and vaccine i did, but i through infectious, re infectious or mile. we are not saying that they will not be severe. severe questions. we still need to see the 1st, the placid and vaccine i did was go more, but these were chronic disease coming into the parameter, healthcare space. 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 severe did the for now that the author will only be available, going forward and even increase in our hearts we don't, but it's more in the public 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 clinical sometimes. well, let's turn to the situation in germany. now we're out. game chancellor. anglo merkel has announced tougher measures for the unvaccinated dominant cane as mulder trigger force from berlin. and dominic, it's not the parting gift that michael would have wanted to give the german people no very clearly not what she would have wanted as it were a request to the citizens of this country as she leaves office in the next few days . but there will be those who say they will recall that much earlier, earlier in the year anglo merkel said to germans that she was going to make

a full vaccine offer to every german citizen. and she has indeed made goods on that. everyone who has wanted to have a vaccine and who has been able to have a vaccine could have done so over the course of the last 67, perhaps 8 months. the point here is that perhaps 10, maybe 11 or 12000000 adults in this country. german citizens, therefore, or german residents who qualify for a vaccine will they have not had a vaccine. and in many cases, because they've chosen not to why does that matter? principally, because they are the people who, by the overwhelming majority of the new infections that are announced every day and its seemingly been rising every day for many weeks months indeed. now are the un vaccinated. so while clearly she would not have wanted to hand over to all our shots or presumed successor such a terrible race of infections, such

a terrible death rates. to a large extent, the responsibility for it lies with those who have had the chance to be vaccinated . have chosen not to and have then become infected with cove it of course dominic though, the german parliament also have or we're going to be debating to the mandatory vaccine policy for next year. i mean, what's being said on that front, both in and outside of parliament because that too is quite contentious. yes. is very contentious as it were. it's the other side of the same kind of what i was just saying that the people who will be most resistant and are proving to be most resistant to the idea of a mandatory vaccine requirement are precisely those who have not wanted to have the vaccine. pretty much all of this calendar year and so you have a fault line between the majority and it has to be said a considerable majority of society who have been vaccinated. it's around 70 percent

now who have full vaccination status. that's before you consider boosters. and the one 3rd who have not, we know politically there is going to be some degree of polarization in parliament. on the one side you have most of the mainstream parties who, if not overtly saying no, we don't want this. they are not expressing an opinion against it. and then on the other side, you have those on the extreme rice of politics who really think it should be a matter of personal choice. it will be interesting to see, we know that the incoming chancellor, mr. shots is saying he wants a free vote in parliament. i not along party lines where each member of parliament can vote according to their conscience. it will be very interesting to see how they go with that vote when it comes. remembering as a final thought, federal constitution here, federal makeup, the prime ministers of the states,

will also have a very important role to play. and many of those prime ministers are very clearly in favor of a mandatory vaccine. doubly came therefore, sim berlin, thanks very much. well, let's cross over to south asian, our, the situation. so very different. elizabeth param, josephina from the indian capital new delhi. we heard back from dominic, elizabeth, that you know that the politics playing so heavily in the issue of arm across in india's case is a race against time to identify the armor, chrome barrier. and because the population of india is so very large, they don't really want to go down the same road that they have done in this what past 12 months with so many deaths and infections. absolutely. so, and that is why. and since the 1st 2 cases of all the chron were detected in the southern state of kanaka on thursday, 500 of their primary and secondary contacts had been traced and they've been isolated those who tested positive recovered 90. hm. those contacts have had their

sample sent a gene on sequence, and glad to find out as soon as possible they to have the alma chron variant. but health experts have said that given one of these cases, that he had absolutely no travel history. and that he actually tested positive, recorded 1911 days ago shows that there are many more cases off the on the comp variant here already, the state of karnataka has now imposed some restrictions including a not allowing entry to many public places such as shopping malls, a cinema theaters to people who are not fully vaccinated. and the central government meanwhile, has told all states to really ramp up testing and send every single positive result in the country to genome sequencing labs. to find out the prevalence off on a cron and live will given rare access to one of the labs. and here's our report. this is one of 37 labs in india where scientists are using

a process called genome sequencing to decode the genetic information and coded 19 to learn more about the virus, the samples of every positive case and north and central delhi, a kept in this freezer at navy minus 80 degrees celsius. all we're doing through scientists show as a device called the flow cell which collects the samples. it's then inserted into a machine that reveals their genetic code. the director of india is biggest cause at 19 hospital says they have their best minds, analyzing the results, to see how the virus changes and you variance, and understand how these changes affect his characteristics. how the b as the scholars, we have their researchers, we have the professors, doctors who are full time working rather than working more than well, our body allan j. p. hospitals,

corona virus. what is receiving international passengers who tested positive for the virus upon their arrival? the government has imposed tighter restrictions at international airport, including mandatory code 19 test full arrivals. it's also delayed the resumption of international commercial flights. as other governments go further and ban flights from countries which have cases of alma kron economists say the new variant is old . ready, having a global impact. uncertainty leads to slow down in investment, and investment is what leads to growth under employment is under should know any kind of uncertainty that included affects the financial markets. i saw the stock market similarly decline. they made a color. but as long as the uncertainty remains, the financial markets will get affected. an investment re good effect. sociologists say, while many of anxious about another possible wave government must keep the poor in mind as they decide next set the different kind of people in this country and in

this world. and i think the impact of coven has been fed it, and expedients very differently. forced different social categories of people. and i think that something which we need to underline not because for some kind of social, logical reasons, but also for policy reasons. the 1st year of the pan debit pushed 230000000 indians into poverty now, and he has actually been recording its lowest number of daily college in 19 cases in around 18 months. and so, as scientists are working to find out if on the con, causes more severe symptoms, and just how much protection vaccines, off of the current vaccines against serious illness, the government is urging the 100000000 indians who haven't got their 2nd doses, who just haven't gone to get them to do so immediately and health experts had been warning that the very large number of indians who didn't go back for their 2nd dose

could lead to another wave. especially if there was a new variant. the dominant is also expected to announce its plan for boost to vaccines and also inoculate in those under 18 years old and the next 2 weeks. but there are many health experts who are saying that with only 34 percent of indian population, you'd only 1400000000 people, only 34 percent of them being fully vaccinated. that the government has to prioritize getting more indians flu vaccination or the booster doses for the update . thanks very much little problem. there are india correspondent in new delhi, but we've gone to the days of news now under ron's chief negotiator has told out 0 that world powers could not reject draft proposals. it's submitted during nuclear talks in vienna, an exclusive interview ali, bacardi connie says all nuclear relations sanctions from the u. s. should be removed immediately. the talks are aimed at bringing iran on the us back to the

deal. that meant to limit iran's nuclear program. in exchange for sanctions relief are going to be the proposal table by iran cannot be rejected, i told because they are based on the provisions of the 2015 nuclear agreement. and in principle, the countries which are still the participants of the j. c. the way they did not want to ruins the nuclear document, all the sanctions which have been imposed or re imposed under the so called maximum pressure campaign of the united states. they should be removed immediately. let's go to the hush him. he's live for us in baron vienna and the alley. the rain is offering a 3rd proposal, but what's actually happened to proposals $1.00 and $2.00 and how does the 3rd proposal fit into this equation? that's the hell. the 3rd proposal complements the 1st and the 2nd, the 1st is going to be on the lifting the sanctions. the 2nd is going to we are, it's already on iran's rollinback. it's measures after the us withdrawal from the

2018 nuclear the and the 3rd is going to be more on the verification process. and the guarantees yet on is asking the war powers and the u. s. to offer, in order for, for the resumption of, of the whole deal once again as we know, since 2018 when president trump withdrew from, from, from the a, j. c, p. u, a things renting or into a different direction. whereas the united states imposed a new sanctions and re imposed all sanctions. while you're on a categorically, it started stopping complying with the ad the nuclear deal. so this is, this is about the 3rd proposal, whereas iran is right now waiting for the international fall as the wall bowers to give the response on it. of course, this is a very different negotiating teen being sent from terran whither

a new chief negotiator. what was your sense of his need to make to make sure that these talks were a success for both sides? you've had an extended interview with him, which we will see in a talked to al jazeera program, shuttled later for the week, but what was your sense of the person, the man and the position that to ron is coming with to vienna? so hell it said different team, different mentality, different approach. so this team from the beginning, they came to this to these folks, went without any of rochefort without any previous relation with the other team. so there is no trust built before. and so they're trying to build than you've trust with their own counterparts. and this is going to take time. now with respect to the mentality, it's also a different mentality. there was a mentality that was

a negotiating from a different point of view from a different perspective. and the new one is trying to a, get the concessions from the other party while also standing to what they think is the red lines of this law, mac republic of iran. and that's, that's it. but the different ways off of dealing with the, with this situation. so i think with that with the, with the 1st, this is their 1st strong, maybe the 2nd, the 3rd will have more sense of how they are eating, how they're negotiating, and whether they need, they want to be more pragmatic on the table or not. right, we'll see, we'll have to set me up as the day progresses for the moment. any hashanah in vienna. thank you. while still ahead here on the news, you can do intensify military action against rebels in the democratic republic of congo with warnings that the fighting could escalate across the region. bringing back history to the fact that one brush stroke and his volt christiana, rinaldo lists the glue for men to be an active found for the magical performers at

old trafford. all that football action coming up in schools ah told people are reported to have been killed in the tub. coney village net bill in northern iraq. the kurdish regional government is blaming iso and says most of those killed was security force members who were trying to protect civilians in 2017 or on declared victory of isaac. but the group has continued to load. sporadic attacks, lebanon's information minister has announced his resignation in an attempt to resolve a spat between saudi arabia and other gulf states. now the defeat was called by comments made by george cor, die who was appointed less than 3 months ago. about the war in yemen. could i said the who the rebels were defending themselves in the fight against the saudi led coalition? in response, 3,

a band all lebanese imports and recalled it's sam baset. and let's bring in our correspondent in david's and how he's been following events for us. are we surprised by the resignation? ah, well for weeks now, kodachi, along with his political backers, they've been defiant, refusing to resign, saying that why should he resign if there are no guarantees that saudi arabia and other gulf arab states won't reverse the decision to sever diplomatic and economic ties with lebanon. and today, the information minister george could that he saying there's a new development he's talking about the french president manuel, mark collins visit to the gulf region in particular to saudi arabia. tomorrow. he said, the information he has from the prime minister is that the french president wanted him to resign. so he can use this in one way or another as a bargaining chip with the saudis, to open negotiations with odd every yard. so micron really trying to find a way to resolve this crisis. micron has been calling on gulf arab states night,

not to isolate lebanon. now, whether or not his resignation will help to reverse. let phase saudi arabia's decision to cut the full amount of ties and, and economic ties been all imports from lebanon. it's still too early to say, but at the end of the day, the relationship between lebanon and saudi arabia was strained, even before this crisis because of what saudi arabia perceives as iran's influence in lebanon. and it's through, it's local ally has bella, they control political power here. so saudi arabia repeating time and time again. this is not about the minister. it's not about his comments about the m in war. the root of the crisis is iran's domination over lebanese politics is really where does this leave really the public in trying to understand where they sort of sit a in the middle eastern because won't. my question might have been, what's the message that supposed to be sent from this you've covered that as opposed people in level must be quite confused about which way forward the country

goes. now. yes. mixed reactions in lebanon, some will say yes for that he should resign. because at the end of the day, those in our hezbollah and his allies have isolated this country through its actions, as well as decision to engage in other conflicts outside lebanon's borders in syria . and yemen, so they feel they're responsible for isolating the countries and worsening the economic crisis, because lebanon is in the midst of its worst economic crisis in that case. but of course, there are those who support has below and, and it's allies who say that's cr dot, he made his, before he became a minister. why is saudi arabia pressuring lebanon and violating its sovereignty at the end of the day 11 on, is stuck really attract in, and the regional power struggle between saudi arabia and iran, and lebanon, has long been a play playground background for these 2 rival factions. and it's continuing to hold up in beirut force. thanks so much for the update. now you can use defense

minister says russia is planning a large scale escalation along their shared border. he said 94000 russian soldiers and mobilizing and moscow will probably make a move in january. now the kremlin has repeatedly dismissed suggestions as preparing for an attack. russia deny supporting separatists in ukraine's east, in a conflict that killed thousands of people since 2014 russia is trying to put things upside down, insisting that it is a victim. and it requires some security guarantees like but for the last, at least 7 years. and if we take into con, georgia, the aggression against georgia, it's even more, it's russia who has been aggressive. it's russia who has been pushing boundaries, and it's russia who was violating international law. so i reject this idea that we have to guarantee anything to russia. i insist that it's russia who has to guarantee that it will not continue its aggression against any country. charleston

said has the latest from nova trotsky in ukraine. the defense minister, citing intelligent sources, both ukraine animals described as ukraine's partners. with that information. it is being speculated that one of the reasons maybe because we haven't seen any snow any solid snow on the ground yet in this region. and of course, when there is snow and the temperature dropped, the ground is a lot harder, which makes it a lot easier to move heavy machinery and weaponry around. but as i say, that is speculation. some of the other things, the defense minister said, also very interesting. he said that there be no provocation on the ukrainian side, but we are ready for war. and he said that making a decision on ukraine's entry into nato will be a political, one of a political nature. there is no consensus in the alliance yet. so one could argue tentatively that this is the beginnings possibly of a little bit more of

a conciliatory tone. by the ukrainians, considering the very kind of bella, cose and confrontational language that we've heard in recent weeks culminated realistically, yesterday, after that, o. s. c meeting. when a statement was put out by the russian foreign ministry, following those meetings between laboratory blinkin, which said that moscow will be forced to take, it's highly a 3 measures to level the military and strategic balance. if it's legitimate concerns about nato forces being deployed along its borders and ukraine's involvement in u. s. g o political gains are not taken into consideration. so as i say, the beginnings possibly of a more conciliatory tone by the defense minister, we wait and see what is said in the discussions that we're expecting in the coming days. that's what we've been told. and the discussions between the us presidents

and the russian president vladimir putin. uganda has said more troops of equipment into the democratic republic of congo to fight the allied democratic forces. part, ongoing operation against the armed group that began on tuesday with the backing of the congress, the government. the adf, have been blamed, the massacring people in eastern d. r. c, and attacks in the uganda capital come parlor. welcome. went passmore from nairobi and neighboring canyon. i witnessed the boarder been counting those soldiers said that he's the nearly 4000 crossing. we don't have an official number yet from the candle admitted to the gun. the military did say it's soldiers have continued to attack and take control of the abs bases. now we call the adf side of the story because they never communicate with it being described as a joint operation. but there's no visible activity on the part of the congo leave forces on the ground at the moment. it's only a gun and forces that have been seen mobilizing and fighting a tool,

but the reaction from people in and around the town of benny. some of them a welcoming this because they're just so tired of the violence, which is the map because of which the adf had been accused for the last 7 years, killed 1000 of unprotected civilians and people that a desperate and they feel that they're ready to try anything in the m p 's that represent them reflect that g, but just a short while ago to an m p. for the while cali constituency, that's another part of north tv province, and he expressed great reservations about this. he said for 3 reasons. firstly, he said, this operation isn't legal, that it doesn't have the full approval of congress parliament. secondly talked about you can the track record of looting and hurting civilians on the previous in cash and that made into congo. thirdly talked about the risk of an escalating conflict with the drawer in rwanda. ever since you got the lender invaded eastern congo 25 years ago. they both been accused of meddling looting,

minerals and supporting rebels ever since. well, it's time for the webinar his jeff. hello, good to be with you. i want to bring you right up to speed with this iconic storm flemming in to the east coast of india. we have red weather warnings in play for the indian states of interpretation, o disha on saturday, the darker the color, the more intense, the rain is falling. we press play, see where it goes on, sundays, sliding up that east coast of india that still becomes a story for westbank all as well. so all 3 states have the potential to see flooding when you consider could see about a 10200, maybe even more millimeters of rain, se asia, the ne spawn soon steering some heavy rain into borneo blanket it in rain across to mantra and java. and it's drying out across into china. we have seen flooding in southern areas of thailand, central, southern vietnam. so this reprieve is very much needed. high pressure is carving out sunny conditions across a huge swath of china. these temperatures looking pretty good to great lin at 22

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