understand the differences, homeless, imaginative cultures across the world. so no matter what you see when using kind to force that matter to you, ah, at this point, the very dominant a very and remains delta, the world's budge to focus on all threats posed by the pandemic. while scientists work to answer questions about the new variant, ah, hello, i'm adrian finnegan. this is al jazeera alive from dough. also coming up aaron's chief to garcia, tells al jazeera that his science proposals of nuclear talks must be rejected. the u. s. and europe say that iran isn't being serious ukrainians. describe the

hardships of trying to get across. no man's land as tension mounts on the border with russia. and we beat the iraqi painters, turning these dilapidated bagdad alleyways into works, abbas in the new cove at 19 very it is getting more of a foothold around the world. a week off to south africa identified it. the world health organization says that all the con has been detected in 38 countries that's up from 232 days ago. shanicea is one of the latest to confirm the case. it measures reminiscent of earlier stages of the pandemic government. so trying to keep on a cron out by imposing travel restrictions, but scientists say it'll spread regardless of calling on countries instead to focus on preparing health systems and to avoid becoming too distracted. as we're talking about ami con,

let's also not forget that the predominant variance right now still remains the delta variance. so micron may be on the rise and we may come to a point where it takes over to be the dominant variance. but at this point, the very dominant variant remains delta of south africa in the grip of a 4th wave of covey. 19 infections driven largely by on the con i was 0 for me to miller reports. now, from his book, experts in south africa, se the surgeon covey 19 infections is the highest as seen since the start of the pandemic. and they blamed the latest and possibly most contagious variant. ami kron what. the variance would generally be one transmissible. but most of the time they would be less up to date as we enter the 4th wave with a new variance, we can see confirmation of this one. while people from this and other countries in

southern africa facing international travel bands locked down restrictions in south africa at the lowest, the government is instead urging people to get vaccinated. so for 42 percent of adults have received a job with admissions, mainly dominated by those were not vaccinated. and the young people below the age of 40, most of whom are not vaccinated. at this stage, we can say that even in the how to which are pounds for 72 to 80 percent of the new daily infections we have not yet reached, didn't stay just in terms of our hosted capacity and the new hospital admission. the government says it has enough resources to deal with the outbreak, even in one of the worst hid provinces. halting the latest statistics show daily infections are growing,

and health workers are also concerned about the high number of children. and the 5 years old who been hospitalized the phenomenon of young children get age groups as well as pregnant women having increased infection. it can thing in the gated. we are hoping that in the coming weeks will be able to give reason for. busy why the particular cohort of the patient is having increased in fiction. but officials hope that while the new variant appears highly transmissible, it can be managed. the government says it will continue door to door campaigns and community awareness programs to try to convince people to get the job. how's expert say the number of people dying from covert 19 has remained low because of vaccinations. and right now, one in 4 people tested for coven, 19 in south africa, a recording positive for me. the miller, i'll jazeera johanna, the book in the us health officials say that the vaccine manufacturers are already

working on contingency plans, including a possible on the chrome specific booster. the government is imposing title travel restrictions and scaling of vaccinations. as the normal northern hemisphere goes into winter, the very end has been confirmed and at least 9 us states. how does your castro has more from washington fresh cases of ami kroner popping up coast to coast in the us from new york to california to many states and between. and particularly one case in hawaii in which the person who is infected has no recent travel history. so it is now undeniable. a community spread is happening. kennedy spread on the crown is happening in the united states and the chief white house medical advisor anthony found she talked about this in a briefing to day, saying that the vaccine makers were already on top of this working on multiple plans to in the case of whether or not the current vaccines work, which is still

a study that's ongoing, but he says that these vaccine makers will be prepared. they do have plans that have multiple contingency. one is to wrap up the production of the vaccines that they already have. the next is to make, for example, a by valence will you have the vaccine against both the ancestral strain and the new variant. and the other is to make a variant specific boost, the degree to which they're going to be doing that they are now assuming they may have to do that and are being prepared for that. and now she said that the national institutes of health fighting their early studies, he said that there's strong evidence that the existing boosters do protect against only chron, though, found, she said, that has yet to be proven. iran was chief to go see it as told al jazeera that well palace cannot reject draft proposals that it submitted during talks in vienna. in

an exclusive interview, ali began to connie also reiterated to the position that all nuclear related us sanctions be removed immediately. but against asians are aimed at bringing the us back into the park and ensuring that iran is once again complying with it. alhashan is in vienna. it explains more about what iran is asking for after the 1st proposal . the 2nd proposal, the radians are now talking of the 3rd proposal that they would submit just after the war powers except the 1st on the 2nd. let's just go into some details, the stresses about the sanctions. the 2nd is about iran rollinback. it's measures following trumps president trump's withdrawal from the j c, p u a or the new care deal. and the said is going to be bucket 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 ranges are asking for. right now. they want the united states to live all the sanctions that were imposed and re imposed following the united states to throw away from the nuclear deal. and also they want to verify that this, these sanctions will not be every imposed once again 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 how to tell us earlier today, they're going to 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. away, they did not want to ruins that 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 no, the talks came to an end to an end. this round box came to an end of birth, and ricky moore, or the u. official who told reporters dot the delegations would go back to the capitals 4th to talk to the official. it's due to the governments that a try get new lines from that a new direction in order to come back to vietnam maybe earlier. next, next week. the us and european participants and the talks are accusing iran of not being serious about salvaging the tattered euclid deal. it's called live to washington. i'll just years sure have returns. he can tell us more. she have what's washington saying there's never that acceptance of that. iranian argument that since it was the us who unilaterally withdrew from agreed upon,

ratified un agreements, the j. c. p. away. and then impose unilateral sanctions that it should be the us, us to make amends in order to get back to a g c period that it claims to and claims to support. instead, what we have from the secretary of state blinking was that iran since we haven't been serious about the negotiation as this week and that, but patience is wearing thin out of it. it was the us who broke off the negotiations this week as a result of what is not acceptable. and what we will not allow to happen is for iran to try to drag out this process while continuing to move forward inexorably in building up its program. so we've set all on that if that the path to return to comply with the agreement turns out to be a dead end we. we will pursue other options. and throughout lincoln's comments, he kept on saying that there was a unified front. now russia and china rules are frustrated with, with iran and it's, it's clear that a huge goal of the us is to try and present iran as the intransigent party the us

trying to do everything it can. however, when we look at the russian assessment of what happened in vienna this week, this is a tweet from their ambassador. the talks, there is a technical break of viviana talks, which will resume next week and opportunity for each participant, including iran and the u. s. the consult with the capitals and to think how to proceed further taking into account the positions of other counterparts are very much in keeping more with the iranian position, which was like we presented out al briefs. now you, you present, present. yours is not this idea that the u. s. has a storm out of the meeting and in fact it is being seen as well. the positive that the talks will resume next week. there's not going to be another months long hiatus between diplomatic sessions. how serious chaper tennessee reporting like washington as she have many vaccinate and you can catch the fall talk to artist her interview with iran is chief nuclear negotiator on saturday. that's in a couple of hours time at o for 30 hours. g empty. we'll check the weather next. then we'll speak to

a pediatrician about why the on the con variant appears to be surging among children. of all the resignation of a cdn minister helped to heal lebanon's rift with saudi arabia. ah, with hello there. let's start in north america, and high pressure is keeping things fine and dry across many areas of the us in particular that southwest corner. now denver hasn't seen snow from the start of this december. that's the 1st time since record keeping began. it's unlikely to see any snow this week. it will be next weekend that we see that happen. it is looking rather dry. here we got drought conditions persisting across colorado for the wetter and windy weather as well as the wintery mix. we have to once again look to

british columbia, we've got more wet weather on the way here as well as the north western part of the us, washington seeing that. and as it moves across the winter, we mix, we are going to see the temperatures plunge in places like helena in montana and cas becoming way down to one degree. now what he's going to get wet her across the midwest and the great lakes. lots of snow on the way from michigan. but there were still a lot of warm surround. got warm air coming up into the toy and into new york. it remains very dry along that east coast over the next few days for the wet weather. we have to head to the deep south. we could see some flooding in places like louisiana and arkansas as that heavy rain comes into play and we got heavy rain on the cards for on doris, all the way through the weekend. that's the weather update. ah, as a kenyan, i watched these scenes with horror as a kenyan some money. i feared the backlash ethnic somalis had long been the target

of intimidation and persecution in kenya, almost every woman was it. mohammed a dow travels through his homeland to reveal how his people and family have been subjected to years of brutal discrimination is typical of the way. ready we are treated in a country where colo al jazeera, corresponding lou ah, hello again, this is al jazeera, let's remind you of the bi nears the saw iran chief negotiator. so there was a 0 that will power column reject draw proposals that it's submitted during talks via negotiations are aimed at bringing the west back into the pact and ensuring

that iran is once again complying with it. the world health organization says that all mc chrome has been detected in 38 countries up from 232 days ago. it's going on countries to focus on preparing health systems. instead of imposing travel restrictions on the top health official and the u. s. as the vaccine manufacturers are already working on contingency plans, including the possibility of an all micron specific boost up. the variance has been confirmed at at least 9 states. though little is known about on the crown at the moment, south african doctors have been surprised by its spread among young children. hospital admissions are up among those aged up to 5 years old. but scientists are also warning that it's too early to draw firm conclusions. dr. whitney casarez is a pediatrician and a spokesperson for the american academy of pediatrics. she joins us now live via skype from portland in the state of oregon. doctor's really good to have you with us. i know that you've squeezed a sin between patients. so we'll,

we'll be brief. how concerned are you about these reports that the virus, the, the, all the con very in, is spreading rapidly, particularly among children under the age of 5. as a pediatrician, and as a parents myself, i'm always extremely concerned about new developments with coven 18. and especially given the fact that we now have the vaccine available for our kids age 5 to 11, aaron, 12 and up. it really drive home the point that getting our kids vaccinated should be our number one priority in the united states. and we vaccinate, particularly young kids against a whole bunch of childhood illnesses. should it be any different for for cove, it should, could, should kids on the 5 be vaccinated? you know, i think time is going to tell with that i, i know that scientists are working on trying to get

a vaccine for those children. so the if is continues to spread that will be able to more effectively, really protect even more of the population. i think the most important thing to remember though, is that we do have a large number of children who are already been affected by this disease. and who still can be vaccinated even now we know that we've had up to 6900000, almost 6900000, who have been infected and tested positive for coping 19 says the inception of this pandemic, and over 740 children who have died you know, my daughter is a 3rd grader in elementary school, that's her entire class. that's her entire school. all that would have been wiped out by cook at night team. so really it's about protecting the people that we know right now we can protect when it comes to, particularly young kids vaccination them against cove. if, if that's, that's at all possible. what would that have to be a different kind of vaccine to the one that that's given the older kids and adult?

you know, we don't know that information yet. it would be specific to that age group to the under 5 year olds. we do know that for the 5 to 11 year olds, that we was a different dose and that were being very, very careful with it. i want to make sure for parents who are out there listening, that they know that at the american academy of pediatrics and in general, that vaccine producers are most concerned with making it safe and effective and appropriate for the specific age. so that's what needs to happen for younger children. that is what will happen. and what about a young kids a known as little petri dishes at times? i know, having had 3 of them, the bugs that go through the house all the time that they pass it on to to everyone while their immune systems are developing. is there a case to argue that the, perhaps we should let, particularly, particularly young children get covered so they develop some kind of natural

immunity? you know, i do not think that that's a case in this circumstance. i think we have found that with this particular disease, it's been so deadly. a number of hospitalizations have been staggering. the social isolation that happens from having co that and having to corn teen for an extended period of time. the fact that if more and more children get cold when it's going to mean the shut down of school systems even further. and we know that this pandemic has not just affected the physical health of children, but also a mental health of children. i mentioned my kids before, my oldest has an anxiety disorder. she is worried every single day that she or her friends will get cove at 19. this is the single most devastating and traumatizing event to happen in the life of our children today. and we want to prevent it as much as possible. doctor, it's really good still to we appreciate you giving us your time. many thanks. indeed dr. with it cause others. thank you. the u. s. is again warning that is

prepared to take action against russia. if it invades ukraine, the number of russian troops has been rising along the border. but the kremlin says, it's nothing to worry about you. crane though, believes that russia could mount and offensive. as soon as next month, the white house says for their trying to organize a call with moscow. we want to make sure that we are prepared. we know what our president putin has done in the past. we see that he is putting in place the capacity to to take action in short order, and should he decide to invade, that is why we want to be prepared and, and in the area we have expressed serious concern about so what he means by a group of us a package is there's a range of tools at our disposal. of course, economic sanctions are an option, but we're going to do that in coordination with our european partners with congress . those consultations have been ongoing, and we just want to be prepared on the standoff between the government,

brushing back separatists in east and ukraine, is making it difficult for people to access basic services. trips that use to take less than an hour can now take an entire day. because checkpoints are limited on to cirrus charles traffic report. so from nova troika, in east of ukraine, we stand in the cold waiting for instructions from a ukrainian soldier up in the gulf of. this is one of only 2 places where people can cross the more than 400 kilometer front line in easton ukraine. i think we haven't been able to freely come and see our relatives in france for more than 7 years. both sides make obstacles for us. i'm using my ukranian passport and they now say it's not enough for me to cross i. i have to go online. i've been trying for 3 days. many of the elderly and infirm came to the cranial government controlled side to collect their pensions. sure, only around a $100.00

a month. the 1st separatist checkpoint is around 3 kilometers down this road. now before the conflict started in 2014, the journey time from the town of done this to here was around 30 minutes. but now because of the complexities of traveling across the separatist controlled region, many people decides to come via the russian border. and that can take more than a day. nikolai is a company of his wife to separate his control. don't ask. he can't find a nearby hospital and the government controlled side. the can carry out the life saving operation. he says she needs years or for more than i may 2 years old and live bruce so much. i hope my children and grandchildren can live a better life. i just hope doctors can save in my why you as they say, hope died last 1st. it's so difficult, it's terrible if this happens to us at our age.

the checkpoint is only open twice a week. red cross trucks pass carrying tons of aid for around 3000000 people the you and expects to need humanitarian assistance next year. and that's on both sides of the front line. soldiers tell us the, his shilling a few kilometers from here. every night. see spar monitors with the organization for security and cooperation in europe. say both sides regularly, brake cease fire agreement, signed in 2015. mchale has just arrived from separate, is controlled on ask all my friends who wants to leave, and most of my family have left some to ukraine or russia, some to europe. many still there, miss what life was like before 2014. they wait for a seat on the bus to take them across what's called no man's land feels they never

imagined they'd be afraid of before these conflicts started. on 7 and a half years ago, char, stop it al jazeera novel, trotsky, eastern grain. libya's foreign minister has accused europe of pushing the refugee and micro crisis into its lap with failed policies. national anguish, learn lashed out what she says is unfair criticism of libya's efforts to shelter migrants and added the europe, certainly superficial solutions. a decade of instability has made libya a crossing point for people trying to reach europe. those to pay and by libya is european union back to coast guard. i usually captain, overcrowded facilities where rights group say violence is common. it does not push the problem in our lab, and please don't point your finger at libya and portray us as a country which abuse and disrespect a few sheets last week. 27 immigrants don't cross in the english channel from france to britain. and humans. life are valuable, put but i took

a look at it and they think it's 2 of the most stable countries, in the words, using the most advance or civilians. search and resort rescue a technologies and the words if they can not control illegal immigration or how are we libya with the situation we are facing? and we still are going to how we expect to control it. lebanon's information minister has resigned, hoping that it will help resolve a diplomatic dispute with saudi arabia and other gulf states. george could, are he a former game show host was critical of the war in yemen, in response to the saudis band, all lebanese imports and recalled the ambassador onto zeros and a 100 reports 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 or race. if i didn't see him, i do have a french president. manuel mccall 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 invader 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 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, has below. but it could help. and the political crisis in lebanon is backed by husband law, which, along with its allies, paralyzed the cabinet for weeks they want the lead judge investigating the 2020 explosion, f. a reports taught the tar remove for what they allege is political bias efforts to limit his jurisdiction in the case are now underway. prime minister naji may add to 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 faced amazingly on the system and lebanon, and the political system. second, what have taken place between lebanon and the gulf and disputed offer, especially,

we need the best scenarios in order to be a haley on, on, on the healing, like 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, but repairing a relationship with a traditional ally is part of a larger geopolitical struggle with iran than a for their elders. eda made it a rundown neighborhood in baghdad is getting a new lease of life. frank's true iraqi artists have turned its crumbling walls into their canvas. they say they want to capture a more beautiful time. as julian wolf reports the stories that this one's vibrant district in baghdad were only shared by word of mouth and in history books. now they're written on the walls with a splash of color. this dilapidated neighbourhood is enjoying a revival. and it's the talk of the town order summer carter. we did not expect

that this would get so much attention. it spread all over social media in baghdad within a day, and at the same time, different people got in touch so that we now paint houses here. we are happy and see that people encourage our ideas. one alley khalifa leads. the collective formed mainly of painters from the construction industry. they use their skills artistically to create these murals. jonathan ross, yes, all the area used to be historic. but with the passage of time it got neglected. these guys painted the traditional windows with famous personality. they brought back the soul and life to this area, which now has caught the attention of people. now more people come, the youth come to take pictures. families come to look at the beautiful paintings and mark on. the stories behind these faces seek to inspire audiences. both young and old and the started up in this historic area, we paint traditional motifs and famous personalities. and we reflect the life of

people who are living here in the beautiful times that they were living in. and we also reflect the simple baghdad life body, a simple life from history, now restored in brilliant color, one brush stroke at a time, gillian wolf, al jazeera. ah, it is good to have you with a fellow adrian. so they get a hearing though, how the headlines and i was 0. the world health organization says that only kron has been detected in 38 countries up from 232 days ago. it's called on countries to focus on preparing health systems. instead of imposing travel restrictions, as we're talking about all make on, let's also not forget that the predominant variance right now still remains the delta variance. so i'll make on maybe.