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ah, we're going to be talking, ami, crohn and all things covey to the next half hour or so. we have 3 correspondence on 3 continents, covering all the angles of the pandemic. that seems to have taken a new and a rather uncertain turn we have for me. the miller will be talking to us about what's going on in southern africa. we have dominant cain are berlin correspondent taking you through what the european picture is and also kimberly hallett are washington white. house correspondent will be taking us through the u. s. bite and administration reaction to the situation there. let's 1st the go to south africa. the government, seeing the country has entered a 4th wave, but new infections can be managed without tougher restrictions. the army kron variant has led to a jumping cases among people who had already been infected. south africa recorded 11 and a half 1000 cases on thursday. that's 5 times the number reported

a week ago. live now to job work and the situation in south africa with our correspondence for me. the miller, for me to the numbers are astonishing. bordering on staggering, unpack them for us though. wave and then a complete drop in terms of infections where on average and scientists you're looking at a 7 day average. there were perhaps 3 or 400 new cases every day. that was a week 2 weeks ago. now we're looking at an average of perhaps $9000.00 new cases every day. and experts saying it's driven largely by the army con variance, and this is what's wiring them just how easily it spreads. they're still working on understanding whether or not vaccines will keep people safe, but that so go to at the moment they're saying people need to go out and get vaccinated, especially because only 42 percent of adults in this country have received at least

one job. so health experts are relying on vaccines to keep people safe because they still trying to understand better what's going on with this particular variant and how people are affected. there is one positive piece of news at the moment from south africa in that hospitalizations remain fairly low. just about 4 percent of hospital beds have been taken up by people with coven, 1900 who need that kind of intervention. and so the ultimate says that we have everything under control, we prepared for the 4th wave, but we need the public in south africa to be vigilant and take back scenes. is that picture reflected across the other southern african countries that have been impacted by all microns in this way over the past 10 days or so. at the stage, we only have information in southern africa from south africa, where they are 172 ami kron cases. to take that and put swan to the latest figures . there was 19 cases. and since then,

they've said that several of those people have recovered and all the symptoms were mild, as far as the other southern african countries go. they haven't been any figures, or perhaps no depiction of the variant in those countries. whereas in west africa, both nigeria and gonna have detected the variant, but linked to the detection of the variance in africa. the has been a lot of frustration and anger in response to the travel bands that the southern african countries are facing. but, but one has said that it's unacceptable. south africa called the draconian, the president of the law. we have said that it's nothing less than phobic. so it appears that the african countries and the governments are trying to deal with these travel band. while at the same time trying to manage the spread of that variant in their respective countries. so me to thank you so much for me. the military talking to us from johannesburg, europe. continuing to be the epicenter of the pandemic. germany is battling

a devastating 4th way. the government says one percent of its population now has cobit 19. it is imposing major restrictions, including the banding of unvaccinated people from most public places across the continent and elsewhere. the delta variant is driving up the rates of new infections. he has reports of overcoming 38 countries in all 6 w h o regions. and we do see increasing trends in on the con in south africa. so there is a suggestion that there is increased trends miss ability. what we need to understand is if it's more or less transmissible compared to delta, that delta vary is still dominant worldwide. that's important to keep in mind. so we need to see how oma con, compares with delta, when they're both circulating in the population at the same time. ok, the heart of this particular aspect to the story berlin, our correspondent is their dominant. came don, this kind of goes against, okay. she's politically, almost a thing of the past now, but this kind of goes against anglo mom calls libertarian. provenance, you know,

she kind of played it gently, gently, and it's kind of coming back to bites or a little bit. now the point that angler merkel was making at the start of the year when the vaccines were just about to be launched in this country at least, was that she wanted to make a, what she called at the time a firm vaccine offer to all german citizens by the start of the autumn months, so the end of september and to a large extent, she succeeded in doing that. it was pretty clear to the vast majority of people who medically could have the vaccine that the mac vaccine was freely and readily available at many different places right across the country. the problem for her is that a very considerable minority of people, perhaps somewhere between 10 and 12000000 adults right through the course of this year have persistently refused to take up the vaccine offer that matters because

they're the ones who are coming down with the infection they're the ones who are in it's obviously the delta vary that they've been coming down with. certainly in the last 34 months, it's more dangerous. it's more infectious, it does worse things to the body and the people who caught it, who are unvaccinated, now find themselves in intensive care and they're filling up the hospitals, causing a great deal of problem. so it's not what miss, that much angler merkel would have wanted, but to some extent she is not responsible for the, the decisions taken by responsible adults. we've decided not to have the vaccine if we looked on though the kind of regional breakdown where there is the most reticence, that the, the strongest, pushed back against this. a lot of it seems to be in what was east germany. i mean, it is, they are cultural history to this when it comes to not trusting or not believing or not getting i don't know emotionally invested in what the government are telling them to do. one state

which absolutely embodies what you're just saying. there. pizza is the south east and state of saxony and east germans state in the old east germany the did the day out as angle america would refer to it because she is also a former east german. in that state, you have the lowest uptake of the vaccine and the worst cove it stats at the same time. now one particularly interesting. other aspect of that particular state is that is the state which has the highest vote share for the extreme right wing party . the alternative for germany that matters because the alternative for germany party and its leaders have always said they believed that vaccine uptake was a matter of personal choice. they have never called for and are not calling for a mandatory vaccine requirement. so there are some political scientists in germany whose theory is that the further

a person is in the political spectrum to the right or indeed to the left. because there is some evidence from a state near. now that borders saxony, which has earned extreme left government, that the further that one is to the extremes. politically, the more likely one is to reject a mainstream media and reject mainstream medicine. and that therefore means rejecting the idea of a wearing masks be having the vaccine and see submitting oneself to accepting a mandatory vaccine requirement. and it does stand out that in that state of saxony, you have the lowest uptake the worst statistics in terms of cov it and the highest support for the extreme right wing party, the f d. dont many thanks on the camera. berlin correspond. okay, about the picture from europe, the picture from southern africa. let's go across the atlantic. the united states is imposing tighter travel restrictions and scaling up a vaccinations ahead of the full winter season just around the corner. of course, less than 2 thirds of eligible americans are actually fully vaccinated,

and the u. s. cdc, the center for disease control says the u. s. death toll could exceed 800000 people by christmas live now to the white house, my colleague kimberly hallett. so kimberly, given what mr biden was saying, what this time yesterday, is there a sense there that the administration's very much playing catch up here? there's no question that this is an administration that is meeting and fighting a number of challenges. much like my colleague in europe described on the political spectrum, the position of many in europe with regard to whether they believe that vaccine mandates are okay, whether they want to wear mass. we're seeing the same thing here in the united states and where the biden administration is really challenges when it comes to conservative. there are tens of millions of americans along the political conservative spectrum that believe that this is a violation of civil liberties to be forced to wear a mouse or even forced to get

a vaccine. so as the president has laid out what he calls his winters strategy in order to try and combat the uptick of the autocrat variant that we're seeing in the united states i, he's got a number of challenges on his hand. he's put in place tighter travel restrictions, meaning now that people come to the united states, they must have a negative test within 24 hours previously. that was 72. these also extending the mask mandate on public transportation. but the problem is for this administration, some of the other things the president has done through executive order have been rejected, at least for now by the court. for example, mandating that federal workers have to have a vaccine and that the private employers must do the same. those have been challenged in the courts and right now the by ministration is suffering setbacks. again, the argument that this is a violation of the us constitution and civil liberties. so the department of justice is challenging. 2 this, but we are seeing this on a number of levels in

a number of sectors of the government where people are pushing back. and that's the challenge for this white house right now. there are the 10s of millions of americans who are fully vaccinated with 2 shots, but are not yet boosted. so that by the administration is putting in a public health campaign trying to get a 100000000 americans to get that 3rd shot. but again, facing some resistance, not only by conservatives, but many america, her now wondering why they even need the shot. given the fact that we're seeing so many breakthrough paces from those that are considered to be fully vaccine. that's a challenge for the white house as well. so one more quick, more thing that we should mention at the start of the week, no signs of honor cried buried in the united states now up to 5 different states. and what the concern is is that those numbers of infections are continuing to rise up 4 percent just the last 2 weeks. kimberly thank you so much. kimberly help they will talk you again later. i'm sure. kimberly, thank you. kimberly there at the white house in washington. well, malaysia, detecting its 1st case at the army, chrome variance. it was found in

a fully vaccinated visitor arriving from south africa via singapore. earlier this week, malaysia and singapore opened their land border. one of the world's busiest 4 vaccination travelers malays, he is also bought travelers from 8 african countries due to concerns over the variant south korea's making it mandatory to show a vaccine pass for more public spaces, including cafes and restaurants. the process already been in use, but up until now only for high risk venues, like jim say, south korea is ramping up restrictions after confirming 5 cases off on the chrome. india has detected 2 cases of the new variant, including in a person with no travel history. the government has all states to increase genome sequencing. india previously suffered reco desks and infections driven by the delta variance. elizabeth moran, them was given rare access to one lab 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 call the 19 to learn more about the virus. the samples of every positive case and north and central delhi, a kept in this freezer at needy 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 the genetic code, the director of india's 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 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 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 sociologist say, while many are anxious about another possible wave, government must keep the poor in mind as they decide next steps that are different

kind of people in this country and in this world. and i think the impact of which has been fed and expedient 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 policy reasons. 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, rates against time to find out on the phone for the more severe symptoms. and just how much protection vaccines offer, again, serious illness. the government is urging the 100000000 indian who missed getting this 2nd dose. to do so immediately. elizabeth, for on al jazeera new delhi. last morsels come for you here on the news are including will the resignation of a senior minister help he'll lebanon's rift with saudi arabia. also had uganda

intensifying military action against rebels in the democratic republic of congo. with warnings the fighting could escalate across the region. and in the sports means when elder richie's 800 career goals during mental united come back when of asp. ah, the other big story here on the news, our iran's chief negotiator has told us channel that world powers cannot reject draft proposals. it's submitted during talks in vienna. in an exclusive interview, ali begati, connie says, all nuclear related sanctions from the u. s. should be removed immediately, the talks are aimed at bringing iran and the u. s. back into the deal. it is meant to limit in one's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief live. now to my colleague ali hashem,

who's in vienna for us this our alley. the key thing here is this 3rd condition as being laid down by the iranians. what's in there? well, after the 1st proposal, the 2nd proposal, their indians are now talking on the proposal that they would submit just after the what follows except the 1st on the 2nd. let's just go into some detail, the stresses about the sanctions. the 2nd is about iran rollinback. it's a measure the following, thompson, president thompson withdrawal from the j. c, p. u, a or the new care deal and the fed is going to be box. you can, you told us on the guarantees and the verification process, whereas this is going to allow iran to get back to its commitments. so this is, this is mainly what the iranians are asking for. right now. they want the united states to lift all the sanctions that impose and re impose following the united

states to do away from the nuclear deal. and also they want to verify that this, these sanctions will not be every imposed once again on, on iran. and that they can deal with the whole world community and do business as they should. this is, this is what they think they should have guarantees for anyway, this is what are the bucket county had to tell us earlier today. they're going to the proposal tape and 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. 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. so now the talks

came to an end at an end. this round of talks came to an end as fer, and ricky more are the. you are an official who told reporters that the delegations would go back to the capitals for her to talk to their officials, there, to their governments there and try get new lines from there. and you are directions in order to come back to vietnam. maybe earlier. next, next week or mid next week, to start once again talking about all these points. now there are some proposals, some people are, are unhappy with these proposals, the iranians, as we heard from ali bucket, can he think that they should accept them anyway, there is a path and it's going to be a long path yet. it's not going to be a road without a clearing ending, so it's either a deal or not the what we, when we want to know that before next, next week, or maybe the weeks after. okay, i will leave it there. many thanks,

alhashan talking to was live here on the years are out of vienna. turn your attention out to iraq were 12 people have been killed in an attack on a village near a bill. the kurdish regional government is blaming ice. sullen says most of those killed were security force members were trying to protect civilians. in 2017 iraq declared victory over the arm group, but his fighters have continued to launch. sporadic attacks. lebanon's inflammation minister has resigned in an attempt to resolve a spat with saudi arabia and other gulf states george could, are he called the war in yemen, quotes a saudi aggression triggering, what was a diplomatic crisis? re add band all lebanese imports and re called it's ambassador scene hotter. 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 deaf. 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. 4 weeks credit he rejected calls to resign. he now explains why he changed his mind. right. if i don't see him, i do have a french president. manuel mcroy 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 tract. 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 an 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, as below. but it could help. and the political crisis and 11 on best buy has the law, which along with its allies, paralyzed the cabinet for weeks they want to lead judge investigating the 2020 explosion, f. a report 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, nosy, me, out to who took office in september, promised to repair ties with arab gulf states. but it has been a difficult balance act was political power in lebanon in the hands of hezbollah. and there was a problem that made the on the system and lebanon, and the political system. second, what have taken place between lebanon and the gulf, and this period of,

especially we need the best scenarios in order to be healing on or on the healing. a saudi ban on all imports from lebanon is adding pressure to an economy already in free fall. a gesture of goodwill may reverse such measures, but repairing a relationship with a traditional ally is part of a larger geopolitical struggle with iran than for their elders either bailed increased. 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 dismissed suggestions is preparing for an attack. russia deny is supporting separatist and ukraine's east in a conflict that is 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, if 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. cha, stratford has the latest now from another trait sky in ukraine. the defense minister, citing intelligent sources, both ukrainian and what he 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 a little bit more of a conciliatory tone by the ukrainians. considering the very kind of bellicose and compensation language that we've heard in recent weeks. the 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 still to come here on the news. i will take a look at the latest employee again as of the us will also try to work on what the great resignation is and will speak to a leading diseases expert in south africa who hopeless shed some light on what we know so far about the omicron variant and the n b a, the memphis grizzlies record the biggest victory in the history ah

with hello there. here's your weather forecasts in a minute. 15 will begin in the middle east where we've got cooler air filtering across northern areas of saudi through q weights and also doha. and then we've got this shamal when that's a north swing coming down from the rock. we could see gus in doha, on saturday, up to 50 kilometers per hour. that's enough to swirl around sand and dust, an impact the visibility of to pakistan right now. not much to report plenty of sun karachi, a hiv, 30 degrees, get some rain moving across a central areas of afghanistan next to turkey. quite a bit of acts of weather going on toward the west, moving more inland as so this is hopped over the a g and, and just slamming into that west coast. it's going to plague is we are on saturday with the high of 18 degrees. central areas of africa right now, we've got our storms in and around kinshasa also through gab on in cameroon. and then we can trace lot of wet weather for southern areas of angola toward the

northeast of namibia, south west of botswana. and really now a huge swath of south africa were seen this. so on saturday, i think both for johannesburg and cape town, we will get into the what weather and we may even power up. some thunderstorms for places like durban, for example, kit towns got a high of 22 on saturday. that's it. see again soon. ah, a mass pro democracy movement, violent crackdowns assassinations, and you imposed sanctions. old tactics in the struggle that ensued from the 2020 bella luce, him presidential elections. that shook the country's self proclaimed dictators seat of power. and now new tactics, migrants, people empower, investigates, the humanitarian disaster on rivaling on europe's borders and asks what's next and the battle for bella. bruce on a jazz eda ah mother nature's gift of

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