life, how much money did you make for your role in deliverance? i made the al jazeera english proud recipient of the new york festivals broadcaster of the year award for the year running ah, the chrome barry and drives up cave in 1900 cases in south africa. the health minister says the surge can be managed without a stricter lockdown. ah, the whole room and you're watching out. they were like my headquarters here in the hall. coming up around chief negotiator says, world powers cannot reject the proposal that put forward during talk to revise the nuclear deal. also lebanon's information minister resigns, in attempt to resolve 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 war. welcome to the burger. we begin with the raise to further understand the new credit, the virus variant causing renewed restrictions around the world. it was 1st identified in south africa. the countries health minister says a 4th wave can be managed without tougher restrictions. more than 11 and a half 1000 cases have been confirmed in just one day, not 5 times. the number reported a week ago, but hospitalizations and intensive care capacity remain stable. in india, the government's working to increase cheenum sequencing to assess the prevalence of american india was previously overwhelmed by the delta of area and to not cold reco deaths and infections in april. and may, over in germany,

the government plans to ban unvaccinated people from most public places. it's parliament will also debate plans to make vaccines mandatory by february. and the u . s. is imposing time to restrictions on international travelers, not after. over con was detected in 5 states while from the miller has more from johannesburg in the last address by a prison in florida post. when, after this variant was detected to the surprise of minutes of africans, the restriction levels remain the same. any other south african 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 2 vaccinations at this point. so that's why i wanted 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 more data 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. julie could say, is the chair of the south african medical association and the general practitioner, she says, well, microns driving infections, all right, arising going up, the symptoms do not yet appear to be severe. once we are seeing

a parameter house level and again, we see the bulk of the bushes for now or as you today doesn't seem more deadly. it seems just very foss, brady is the sometimes that we are seeing the vaccine i just 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 worry because we never know which patients will get severe. it'd be for now that the author will only be available going forward

and even increasing 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 and that goes well, let's get more on the situation in india where 2 cases of course have been detected, including in one person with no recent travel history. now the government has a states to increase gene and sequencing to find out how prevalent the very intense india previously suffered. record death, son infections driven by the delta there in india, correspondent elizabeth for on him was given where access to a lamp in new delhi. 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 vi chris, the samples of every positive case and north and central deli, a kept in this freezer at navy minus 80 degrees celsius, all we're doing through scientists show us a device called the flow cell which collects the samples. it's then inserted into a machine that reveals the 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 new variance, and understand how these changes affect his characteristics. how the p as the scholars, we have the 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 airports,

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 an 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 immediately decline the emitter covered. 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, governments must keep the poor in mind as they decide next steps. there are 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 across different social categories of people. and i

think that's something that we need to underline, not because for some kind of sociological reasons, but also for policies. and the 1st year of the pandemic pushed 230000000 indians into poverty in the recording its lowest number of daily cars. 19 cases in 18 months, as scientists race against time to find out on the phone for the more severe symptom . and just how much protection vaccines offer, again, serious illness, the government is urging the 100000000 indians have missed getting this 2nd dose. to do so immediately. elizabeth, for on al jazeera new delhi. well, let's turn to the situation in germany right now. we're out game chance langley, myrtle has announced tough measures for the unvaccinated dominant cane, his life, walrus in berlin. and dominic is not really the parting gift, but the chancellor would have liked to give the german people

no, it is most certainly not what she would have chosen as a legacy to hand on to her successor or indeed to have hanging over the heads of so many people here in this country, remember though she had says close to the start of this calendar year, that her mission was to make a substantial vaccine offer to every german citizen by the start of the awesome. well, she succeeded in ass, the vaccines were available freely and readily for the vast majority of this calendar year. the problem is that something in the region of around 10, perhaps 12000000 adults in this country. so far, i've chosen not to take up that offer. now some may well be those who aren't medically able to do so. there's no doubt that there are very many, many millions of people who deliberately have chosen not to have the vaccine. the

reason that masses, of course, is because they are by far the greatest group in society in terms of numbers who are becoming infected with cove it in this country. today we have the statistic that more than 6000000 people have fallen victim to cove. it have become infected with cove it that stands out for one simple reason. when this year started, the number was below 1000000. so we have had, in the course of the past 11 months and a few days more than 4000000 infections in germany. and in terms of the death rate, that also is much higher now than it was at the start of the year. at the start of the year, 34000 deaths have been recorded. now, it's more than a $100000.00 and climbing every day. so whilst this is clearly not the gift she might wanted of to impart to the citizens that she's about to say good bye to. as chancellor, in some large sense, it's not her responsibility when millions of adults are choosing not to have the

vaccine. and part of that conversation that she's having with the public that she leaves is, is issue of mandatory vaccine the policy that the government now want to try and really make sure that everybody is vaccinated in 2022 in germany. that in itself is contentious. both in and out of parliament as the debate continues. yes, you might almost say it's a polarizing issue, that you have very large group in society who is vaccinated, and that includes well, more than $50000000.00 citizens who have now had both jobs or are fully vaccinated there. that of course, includes those might have had the johnson and johnson vaccine and therefore any will have had one vaccine vaccination. but that's the number of people very large indeed. but then as i said, there are millions who have not, and they are opposed to the idea of having the vaccine in the 1st place. so then to be told that they in potentially as of february, next year,

we're must have the vaccine that clearly will cause very serious problems for those people. interestingly, from a political perspective, you have the vast majority of the mainstream politicians and parties on the one sides, some fit fervently calling for mandatory vaccine requirement. so i'm not quite so fervently doing it. and then on the other side of that, you have the extreme rights party, the alternative for germany, there's always said it's a personal choice whether somebody has a vaccine or not. we know that the man is going to be replacing angle america in the next few days. all have shots from the social democrats where he said he wants to see this mandatory vaccine requirement. and he wants parliament to have a free vote so that every member of parliament votes according to their conscience and doesn't have to, as it were tow a party line. dublin came forth. and berlin, thanks very much and we will be going to geneva, hopefully in this program where the world health organization will have that weekly

press conference to talk about the article, barry and, and the particular situation right now globally. so we'll go to that as and when it happens. but moving on to the days other news now, and iran's chief negotiator has told out there that world powers can not reject draft proposals. it's submitted during nuclear talks in vienna. in exclusive interview, ali bahati, connie says, all nuclear related sanctions imposed by the us should be removed immediately, but also aimed at bringing iran on the us back into the deal. it's meant to limit around nuclear program and exchange for sanctions relief. they're 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. p. o. a, they do 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. hashem has more from vienna. with

respect to our interview, our exclusive interview is the ali bachardy gunny, iran's deputy foreign minister. well, he said clearly that they don't have the options the walt powers, the do not have the option to refuse iran's 1st 2 proposals, one on the sanctions lifting the sanctions and the 2nd on iran, rollinback. it's nuclear measures because us are located, can he because they do not want to ruin the nuclear dean. this is what he said. and then he added also that there are many destructors trying to destroy the nuclear negotiations, mainly external and foreign destructor. sunday, trying to confront them. he also added that iran once all the sanctions to be lifted. and moreover, it's once this to be verified and it's once more guarantees that another sanctions,

another set of sanctions would be imposed on iran going to him. the 3rd proposal is going to be submitted after the war powers accept the 1st 2 proposals. and a 3rd proposal is going to be mainly on the verification process. and the guarantees that are going to be given or iran is requesting the wall powers to give it in order to, to revive the nuclear. the will still had hail on al jazeera, the gambia sticks to its unique system of voting. as people had to the poles to choose the next president. and one of the great government is denying aid to more than half the people living in refugee camps on the mainland. they stories after the break. ah

hello, good to be with you. i want to bring your rate up to speed with this psychotic storm flemming into the east coast of india. we have red weather warnings in play for the indian states of interpretation of 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, southeast asia, the northeast spawn soon steering some heavy rain into borneo, blanketed in rain across to monitor and java. and it's drying out across indo 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 degrees. beauty of a day in hong kong on saturday. we've got penciled in for 21. next stop,

i'll take you to japan. a few things i want to put on your radar here were seen some c effects, snow kick in to the western side of horseshoe, and hole kado. still cool air here toward the top and bottom end of japan support to degrees bottom men's cargo shima. we've got you in for a hiv fix on saturday. that's it. awe in the media, the country with an abundance of results. right? are and why indonesia, whose turns for me, we moved people to grow and fraud. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs investment. let me park linda. this is growth and progress in indonesia now. ah

ah, welcome back. you're watching ultra 0. me sell robin. a reminder of all top stories . south africa's health minister says the country is entering its 4th wave of crone virus infections fueled by the new amok. com, berry, and more than 11 and a half 1000 infections have been confirmed in one day. 5 times the number reported a week ago. harold's chief negotiator has told al jazeera that world powers cannot to reject draft proposals that it submitted during weekly talks of vienna. an exclusive interview ali begati, connie says, all nuclear related sanctions from the u. s. should be removed immediately and germany plans to ban unvaccinated people from most public places. at gain chancellor, angular miracle announced the measure and said,

parliamentary debate making vaccines mandatory by february lebanon's, information minister has resigned in an attempt to resolve a spat with saudi arabia and other gold states. georgia could, i could die. he called the war in yemen, a saudi aggression trigger, triggering a diplomatic crisis that we had been dall, lebanese impulse of recalled, as ambassador say, dakota reports now from beirut. it's an announcement that's supposed to help open the door for negotiations with saudi arabia and other gulf arab states shall be done. one of them's was he lebanon's information minister george credit, his comments calling the war and yemen. a saudi aggression triggered the worst deterioration in relations in years for weeks credit he rejected calls to resign. he now explains why he changed his mind. right. if i didn't see him, i do have a french president. manuel mccaul is heading to saudi arabia on an official visit. what i understood from the prime minister who i met 3 days ago,

is it france wants to use my resignation to help open dialogue with saudi arabia. french president, manuel macross has been urging gulf states not to isolate lebanon. it's believed he wants to use the resignation as a bargaining chip to convince saudi arabia and other states to restore economic and diplomatic ties with lebanon. the government invaded track. now it's basically a corporation where the french and the iranians called the shots. and it seems that for the government in order to be able to, to succeed, to, in order to be able to ensure the implementation of the reforms that are being asked for by the international community. there must be some sort of in involvement of gulf money. there is no guarantee the resignation will be enough for saudi arabia, which has said, it won't engage with a government controlled by the iranian backed, has below. but it could help. and the political crisis in lebanon is backed by,

has been law, which, along with its allies, paralyzed the cabinet for weeks they want the lead judge investigating the 2020 explosion api reports taught at the tar remove, for what they allege is political bias efforts. to limit his jurisdiction in the case, are now under way prime minister, and as you may after, who took office in september, promised to repair ties with arab gulf states. but it has been a difficult balancing act with political power in lebanon in the hands of has bala . and there was a problem that seized him mainly on the system and lebanon, and the political system. second, what have taken place between lebanon and the gulf, and this spirit offer, especially, we need the best scenarios in order to be a haley on, on, on the healing wreck. a saudi ban on all imports from lebanon is adding pressure to an economy already in free fall. a gesture of good will, may reverse such measures that repairing a relationship with

a traditional ally is part of a larger geopolitical struggle with iran. then a footer elk is eda, made it ukraine's defense minister says russia is planning a large scale escalation along their shared border. he said 94000 russian soldiers are mobilizing and moscow will probably make a move in january. the kremlin has repeatedly dismiss suggestions. it's preparing for an attack. russia denies supporting separatists in ukraine's east, in a conflict that's cool. thousands of people since 2014 charles trafford has the latest from north 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 falls, he's 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 sent more troops of equipment into the democratic republic of congo to fight the allied democratic forces. and it's part of an ongoing operation against the arm group that began on tuesday with the backing of the congolese government. the adf have been blame for massacring people in eastern d. r. c and attacks and the uganda and capital come parlor. voters in the ambient are heading to the poles on saturday to elect that next president. the electoral commission says that it's made all the preparations needed for

a free and fair election. and with address reports now from the capital ban jewel election staff examined voting kit. i had of saturday's presidential election more than 7000 of them will be used in more than 1500 boiling stations across the gambia. we could look isn't really threatened with how comes it says this is conditions. what will you, when you who it easily turns plainly, indigo of all but is to weeks so that the loses we've lived ac. nearly a 1000000 people have registered to vote in this election. that also sees a record number 6 presidential candidates. the gambia has a unique system of voting that predates its independence over here. our ballot boxes called the ballot drums. they're made out in different colors for each

candidate in this election. and in these boxes are election materials that include marble given to each verified voter. the voter takes the marble and then drops through this all inside the ballard drum. the moment the marble gets in there, it hits a bell and makes a sound to the voter election. officials and party representatives present. and finally the ballots. i counted on this wooden plate, the gambia police won't say how many officers they're deploying, but say they aren't leaving anything to charles. and nobody can tell what exactly my biddy glasses situation that my are up. i'm so police officers ought to be in to be able to deal with this address. and even though we are anticipating that we are going to walk into a peaceful election, but you may not know what might be. this is done that already. challenges every voter enthusiasm is high,

but many people don't trust the politicians would deliver what they promise. i believe every politician is there for that interest when a teacher like, sorry to say, but in reality sense, i se, the, i guess after that interest i would because as i mentioned earlier and i am a concerned citizen and, and i have to what it is my right to void of vicious hope, this enthusiasm will translate into a high voter turnout which could be possible as can be and save our the freedom to vote and express themselves without fear of intimidation. degrees al jazeera bundle, the gambia. more than half of the refugees living in comes on the greek mainland are in danger of getting hungry. after authorities restricted aid, the government has tightened rules and does any giving food and money out to those applying for asylum. chung therapist reports from a refugee camp near. shall peter asylum seekers served lunch at it's 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. i think 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.

few months ago when people work, but not the same. you saw them in the inventory as well. and it was the same government with zoning mckesson, and i would say government was asking them to lead because they need to remember long 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 strength, 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 is lack of integration policy for refugees. all of them are extern, 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, not 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 and it's on a refugee camps. ah, your general deserve me, said robin. a reminder of our top story, south africa's health minister says the country is entering its full way. the current of virus infections fueled by the new ami con barons more than 11 and

a half 1000 infections have been confirmed in one day 5 times. the number reported a week ago.