stories and some elements of the truth and the whole story of the means and content . unpacking the stories you're being told, it's not a science story at all. it's a story about politics. the listening boseman, your guide to the media. on a j 0. lou at this point, the very dominant a very and remains delta. the wallace urged to focus on all threats posed by the pandemic. while scientists work to answer questions about the new variant. ah, oh, i made room for the get. this is al jazeera life and go home. also coming up, iran's chief negotiator tells al jazeera that his science proposals of nuclear talks, mustn't be rejected. the u. s. in 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. a host nation catalyst secures the 1st spot in the quarter finals at the fisa hour. well, i'm 50 out of common with 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 kron has been detected in 38 countries up from 232 days ago. to nicea is one of the latest to confirm a case and measures reminiscent of earlier stages of the pandemic government. so trying to keep all the kron out by imposing travel restrictions. but scientists say that it will spread regardless at a calling on countries to instead focus on preparing health systems and to avoid becoming too distracted. 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 all make on 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 south africa is in the grip of a 4th wave of curve. 19 infections driven largely by on the chrome, al jazeera from the miller reports. now from his book, experts in south africa say, the surgeon covey. 19 infections is the highest, if 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, what transmissible. but most of the time there would be less today as we enter the 4th wave with a new variant. we can see confirmation of this one. while people from this and

other countries in southern africa facing international travel bands lockdown 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. we've been 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 how do we pounds for 72 to 80 percent of the new daily infections, we have not yet reached attending stages in terms of our 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's been hospitalized the phenomenon of young children, younger age groups have brothers. busy pregnant women having increased infection, it can bring in a gated. we are hoping that in the coming weeks we'll be able to think of the reason why. busy this particular cohorts of 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 experts say the number of people dying from covert 19 has remained low because of vaccinations. and right now wanting for people tested for coven, 1900 in south africa, a recording positive for me to mila al jazeera johanna. the book in the us health

officials say that vaccine manufacturers are already working on contingency plans, including a possible on the chrome specific booster. the government is imposing tighter travel restrictions and escaping up vaccination. the system and a sphere goes into winter. the variance been confirmed and at least 9 states hydro, castro reports out 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 was infected has no recent travel history. so it is now undeniable that community spread is happening. kennedy, spread of on the crown is happening in the united states and the chief white house medical adviser, anthony found she talked about this in a briefing today, 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 bio valence where you have the, a 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 being prepared for that. and val, she said that the national institutes of health, citing their early studies, he said that there's strong evidence that the existing boosters do protect against omicron, the voucher said that has yet to be proven. the us and european participants in the nuclear talks are accusing iran of not being serious about salvaging the type of

deal earlier iran is chief negotiator told al jazeera the well palace count, reject drop proposals that it's submitted during discussions in vienna, jabber townslee reports from washington runs chief nuclear negotiate ab, a vienna talks told al jazeera the terror on presented its proposals, and the other parties were present. there's going to be that proposal table by iran cannot be rejected at all 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 ruin the nuclear document. all the sanctions which have been imposed or re imposed on the so called maximum pressure campaign of the united states. they should be removed immediately with the us secretary of state, however, painted a bleak picture. what he suggested was around in intransigence and are united international front. now we've had this 1st round of talks since, since the new governments in and what we've seen in the last couple of days is that

iran right now does not seem to be serious. we're now to different place and even of russia and china are clearly frustrated with what iran is doing or not doing. in these talks, however, the russian ambassador appeared relatively and i'm big us about the agenda and there's a technical break of the van talks which will resume next week. he tweeted an opportunity for each participant, including iran and the us to consult with the capitals and to think how to proceed further taking into account the positions of other counterparts. the 1st week of talks confirmed predictions that initially both the u. s. and the new iranian government would take maxima this positions as they sized each other up. it's clear that around feels that, as it was, the us who withdrew from the iranian nuclear deal, and then imposed unilateral sanctions. the onus is on washington to act. the u. s. differently, but there are further complications. now there is another element which is the uncertainty about where the united states is growing and that is creating even

greater problems. because even if the sanction lifted today and the deal is revived, european companies are likely not going to go back into the lawn until they are feeling far more confident that the new situation is a stable one. and there the 2024 election is a major, major factor. so that is seen as a positive sign that the talks will reconvene next week and they will not be another long hiatus and diplomacy she ever times the al jazeera washington. when he saw iran's chief nuclear negotiator in that report and you can catch the full interview with oliver, getty connie on talk to al jazeera, which you can see in a little over 4 hours from now at 430 g m t the u. s. is again warning that it's prepared to take action against russia if it invades ukraine. the number of russian troops has been rising along the border, but the credit says it's nothing to worry about. ukraine though, believes that russia could bounce on offensive as soon as next month. the

whitehouse says that it's trying to organize a coal with moscow. we want to make sure that we are prepared. we know what 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 an area we have express serious concern about so what he means by a group of us a package is there's a range of tools that are disposal of course, economic sanctions are an option, but we're going to do that and coordination with our european partners with congress. those consultations has been ongoing and we just want to be prepared. and the stand off in east on the ukraine is making it more difficult for people to access basic services. trips that used to take less than an hour can now take an entire day or longer. i'll just use cha. stratford is in eastern ukraine. please stand in the cold waiting for instructions from

a ukrainian soldier. this is one of only 2 places where people can cross more than 400 kilometer front line in eastern ukraine because that's why i think we haven't been able to freely come and see our relatives and friends. but 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 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 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 dun misc 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 to nancy. 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 bristol, 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 fields. they never imagined they'd be afraid of before this complex started. 7 and a half years ago. chance drop al jazeera novel, trotsky, eastern grain in the days ahead. high speed rail across southeast asia will look at china is a multi $1000000000.00 international express. gambia is unique voting system. and

one of the electoral commission hopes that it doesn't lose its models. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways. hello there, we've got warnings out across the north, east of india, thanks to a tropical cycle and its brewing in the bay of bengal. but before we get then let's start in east asia, and you can see that mass of cloud, that's a tie food. moving to the east of japan, it isn't expected to make landfall it's dissipating and it's not of concern. and there's not much concern weatherwise for much of the region for mainland china. it's largely fine and dry thanks to high pressure, lots of sunshine for beijing and shanghai. the temperature is a nice cities above average. it's a similar story for the korean peninsula. plenty of sunshine here, but for the wet and wintry weather we have to move to japan. we've got to

northwesterly wind blowing in the wintery mix to parts of han shoe, for example, western areas. what does the chi do? but as we go into sunday, it's going to blow out to the east sunshine coming back in for tokyo, but the temperature will dip down thanks to the cooler air. now we are seen maybe a rain for taiwan. it's dry a however, for hong kong dry is not the word. he moved to south asia for that north eastern corner of india. we are expecting very heavy rain, strong winds from that tropical, like an, as it works its way inland. we've got a red warning out for addition, and under prediction with an likelihood of some flooding. oh, with sponsored by casara ways. as a kenyan, i watched these scenes with horror as a kenyan some money. i feared the backlash, ethnic somalis have long been the target of intimidation and persecution. in kenya, almost every woman was of it. mohammed

a down travels through his homeland to reveal of his people and family had been subjected to years of brutal discrimination. just typical of the way they were through that in the country were colo algae. 0 correspondence for ah, hello again. this is al jazeera. let's remind you of the main news this our iran is chief negotiator has told l 0 that world powers cannot reject trough proposals that it's submitted during talks in vienna associations and aimed at bringing the us back into the pact and ensuring that iran is once again complying with the world health organization says that the only chrome very of has been detected in 38

countries that's up from 232 days ago. it's cooling on countries to focus on perry health systems. instead of imposing travel restrictions on the top health official in the u. s. as the vaccine manufacturers are already working on contingency plans, including the possibility of an all the con, specific boost up. the variance has been confirmed that at least 9 states, though little is known about to all the court at the moment south africa, doctors have been surprised by its spread among young children. hospital admissions are up among those aged up to 5 years. but scientists are also warning, it's too early to draw firm conclusions. dr. whitney casarez is a pediatrician and a spokesperson for the american academy of pediatrics. she says that cov at 19 has a significant effect on children, both physically and mentally. as a pediatrician, and as a parent myself, i'm always extremely concerned about new development with coven 18. i think we have

found that with this particular disease, it's been so deadly. the number of hospitalizations have been staggering. the social isolation that happens from having cobra and having to corn teen for an extended period of time. the fact that if more and more children get hallway, it's going to mean shut down a school system even further. and we know that the panoramic has not just affected the physical health of children, but also a mental health of children. i mention my kid before my oldest happenings, i do disorder. she is worried every single day that she or her friends will get cobit 19. this is the single most devastating and traumatizing of that to happen in the life of our children today. and we want to prevent it as much as possible. if you're a p, as government says that it's pushed to grow and rebel fighters out of all the positions in the fall region fighting, it's not set to be limited to the area between the towns of basi and dessie has

been no comment from the rebels. video obtained by al jazeera appears to show to ground forces retreating north. the government recently launched a counter offensive answer to cry and faces advanced towards the field is capital. others have about libya, is foreign minister has accused europe of pushing the refugee of migrant crisis into its lap with failed policies. some anguish lashed out of what she says is unfair criticism of libya's efforts to shelter migrants and added that europe's only offered superficial solutions. a decade of instability is made libya, a crossing point for people trying to reach europe. those detained by libya, european union backed coast guard, usually kept an overcrowded facilities where rights groups say violence is common. it does not push the problem in our lab, and please don't points your fingers at libya and portray us as a country which abuse and disrespect refugees. last week, there is a $27.00 immigrants drawn to cost and the english challenge from france to britain

and humans. life are valuable for everybody. but i to, i look at it and they think if 2 of the most stable countries and the words using the most advance are civilians search and resort rescue technologies and the words if they can not control illegal immigration. and how are we libya with the situation we are facing? and we still are going through how we expect to control it. a un representative has been inter lanka looking into the working conditions that many laborers are forced to endure. some make only $7.00 a day, despite long owls and heavy lifting. all zero's been l fernandez. reports from colombo. backbreaking was long hours and minima. p. david has worked as a puerto or not army for 30 years here in better. she long as busiest commercial hub, it's narrow streets and alleys. how's

a large part of the wholesale commodity trade? making the not tommy, indispensable. that david and hundreds like him have little to show for their efforts. younger leave her alone. we on a daily wage, we only have this no extra benefits. but given the current situation where we make is not enough, we are not blaming anyone, but with everything increasing and price. it's very difficult to manage. and why, of these men appeared between $5.10 us cents for each item. they move and make an average of between $7.00 to $10.00 a day. and it's not only here exposed to the sun and the rain that workers have to deal with hard working conditions. tens of thousands of women walk in, crammed faces on production lines like this in factories throughout the country. those who work their stablished industry leaders enjoy better working conditions, but never angelie. a single mom who worked for a leading company had a different experience. marley deck in that among antarctica cadillac. there were

treat me differently because i'm sick, but hoping not to come to work because i couldn't achieve the targets i was given. i couldn't because i had a heart attack and an operation on the song that i could help me out. the opposite warfare form the back wall of the garment industry, which on $5300000000.00 us dollars in 2019 the un special wrapper turn modern forms of slavery has spent the last week in shall anchor. looking into walker rights or cheating. target is who are serving as an enormous pressure on women in sector as garment. so they, many of these factors have target. you have to produce, produce this a 100 clothing, an hour. and if you don't, air pops, you do not get bonus. labor minister lamar city bothered da silva, told al jazeera he will come criticism oh, bar, promote rules and regulations. the buyers and the government and the international community. when they press these issues,

i like the up within these issues. because that they didn't, they, employers are reluctant to break loose things. what their rights advocates, c, changes are being made that more needs to be done or the conversation about the law reform. liberal or reform is geared towards hold me, their worker more flexible, hold increased productivity, which is fine. make increasing productivity. anybody wants to play by days nor talk about how to protect the vote on the cut over presented findings to the you in, in september 2022 and for workers like david, it's likely to make little difference to their daily battle for survival. miller, fernandez o g 0 colombo, a new 6000000000 dollar, high speed rail link between china and louse has completed its 1st day. the tray line runs for just over a 1000 kilometers from the chinese city of calming could ming to the n t. m. china

funded 70 percent of the project under its belton road initiative. the bullet train travels at 160 kilometers an hour or coming to vienne is just the beginning of a much larger network under development from dep. it'll link with another line under construction from the border town as long kind thailand to bangkok. the central routes will then extend down through malaysia to singapore. while other lines to the west of east will eventually connect myanmar cambodia and vietnam to the pan asia railway network. antony nelson is senior director of the east asia and pacific practice at albright stone bridge group. he says the high speed line will help china's ambitious plans to develop travel links with large swathes of southeastern asia. that's the theory is that you'll be able to reach the 620000000 people at least live in the association of a nation. i think there's a key distinction between the braking route of this project in laos and the other

projects throughout the rest of the region where there are much more difficult situations in terms of projects. more pushback from locals, countries that are able to strike a harder bargain and losses. so the prospect of this fully realized regional rail network that extend the old way through china is quite a bit farther off. whether i can do that fast enough to justify the call went into it was already has an enormous debt problem. losses on the company about 30 percent of the cost is real, which was that's a $1000000000.00 and a half dollars, which is quite a bit. 1 of relapse for where they are just as their overall deaf burden and makes it difficult for them in a time the already struggling to meet for cambia is preparing for elections that the 1st time would have former dictator. yes. john a l. the balance. but his legacy hangs over

a country that still suffering from his time and power. and this frustration with a slow pace of change on the current president adama barrow of 0. i would address reports from the capital banjo 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 couldn't, isn't really transmitted al comes in, it's a 2nd. is this what when you, when you who it is your turn? squarely, indigo, all but is to make sure that the loses we've lived ac, nearly a 1000000 people have registered to vote in this election, but also sees a record number 6 presidential candidates. the gambia has a unique system of voting that predates it's independence over here. are 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, huh. the gambia police wouldn'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 might come up. i'm so police of his us 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 thanks that already challenges that will

come up voted. enthusiasm is high, but many people don't trust the politicians will deliver what they promise. i believe every politician is there for that interest. well, it isn't 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 of way of vicious hope. this enthusiasm will translate into a high voter turnout which could be possible as gambia save out the freedom to vote and express themselves without fear of intimidation. degrees al jazeera by duel, the gambia cut eyes the 1st team to reach the quarter finals of the fee for our cup . boast, patient beat among function pot to an own goal. john a garage or off scope report. when cancer was a wooded, the world cup, many of these young football fans when even born yet, but with the host country moving through to the quarter finals of the biggest test

event. yet the arab cup, excitement and expectation is building the owner for us as the arab. i've got golf country raw, so excited to invite you to visit him in doha and 2022 a very beautiful. yeah. amazing night cath, i went into that group a match against him on looking for back to back victories from their 1st 2 matches . and they took the lead around the half hour mark when a man gave way a penalty ac, from a thief scoring from the spot to put the hosts, one new up and the education city stadium rejoices. but among toledo harshly broke through catalyst defense midway through the 2nd half to equalize. it's the half time substitute. who schools a big goal just it looked to be heading for drew with 7 minutes about a time to some to her mom and own goal giving counsel the to one with the soon as

you read time window video comes checked by b, o is know the way camp i had hoped to finish the match, but a man's mistake ultimately and the house to place in the quarter finals of the arab cup, join a gas raska al jazeera doha education. said he stadium. ah, it is kurtz everywhere this hello adrian for the hearing. so how the add lines lauser of the world health organization says that the only crone variant has been detected in 38 countries from so from 232 days ago. it's cooling on countries to focus on preparing health systems instead of imposing travel restrictions. as we're talking about ami con, let, it's also not forget that the predominant variance right now still remains.