the philippines is fighting to restore, fighting in dock st. louis. i got the gaudy philippi night and the wrong one. 0, $1.00 east investigates point out to 0. ah, at this point, the very dominant a very and remains delta. a well deserved to focus on all threats posed by the pandemic, while scientists work to answer questions about the new variant. ah, oh, i'm a very upset again. this is al 0 live from. so ha, also coming up, iran's chief negotiator tells al jazeera that his science proposals that nuclear talks mustn't be rejected. the u. s. in europe say that iran is being serious

ukrainians. describe the hardships of trying to get across. no man's land as tension lumps on the border with russia. and we meet the iraqi painters, turning these dilapidated bagdad alleyways. it's a works evolves 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 crone has been detected in 38 countries up from 232 days ago. shanicea is one of the latest to confirm a case in measures reminiscent of the earlier stages of the pandemic governments of tried to keep all the corn out by imposing travel restrictions. but scientists say that it will spread regardless of calling on countries to instead focus on preparing health systems. as we're talking about ami 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 or south africa is in the grip of a 4th wave of covert 19 infections driven largely by the on the con variant, the government reported more than 16000 new cases on friday. i was just curious for me to mila reports from janice book. experts in south africa say the surgeon cove at 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, as their 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 fall 42 percent of adults have received a job with breast admissions, mainly dominated by those who are 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 which are 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 age groups of. busy pregnant women having increased infection in thing in the gated, we are hoping that in the coming weeks will be able to give reason for. busy why this particular cohorts of patient is having increased infection. 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 19 in south africa, a recording positive for me. the miller al jazeera johanna,

the book in the us health officials say the vaccine manufacturers are already working on contingency plans, including a possible on the chrome specific boost up. the government is imposing type of travel restrictions and scaling up vaccination system over the hemisphere goes into winter. the variance has been consigned in at least 10 states. l 0 hydro. castro reports from washington. fresh cases of ali cronner popping up coast to coast in the u. s 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 that 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 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 by 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 are 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, though, felt she said that has yet to be proven. the u. s. and european participants of the nuclear talks are accusing iran of not being serious about salvaging the chance of

deal. earlier ron's chief to go, she had a told al 0 but world powers cannot reject dropped proposals that it's submitted during discussions in vienna. and to see russia, fraternity reports, washington runs chief, a nuclear, negotiate to vienna talks told al jazeera, the tariff presented its proposals, and the other parties present. there's going to be that 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. a. they did not want to ruins the nuclear document. all the sanctions which have been imposed or re imposed under the so called maximum pressure campaign of the united states. they should be removed immediately with the us secretary of state, however, painted a bleak picture. what he suggested was iran and intransigent 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 are on right now does not seem to be serious. we're now in a 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 on the big us about the germans. 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 maximum 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 impose a unilateral sanctions. the onus is on washington to act. the u. s. hills differently, but there are further complications. now there's 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 clearly far more confident that the new situation is a stable one. and there the 2024 elections is a major, major. ah. so that is seen as a positive sign, but the talks will reconvene next week and they will not be another long hiatus and diplomacy she ever turns the al jazeera washington. when he saw iran's chief nuclear negotiator in that report, you can catch the full interview with ali begati. connie on talked to al jazeera, is as fast and a little over 2 hours from now at o for 30 hours. g m t a 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 cronan says it's nothing to worry about. ukraine though,

believes that russia could bounce on offensive as soon as next month. the white house says it's 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 an 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. and the stand off in easton, 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 do as charles stratford is in eastern ukraine. they stand in the cold waiting for

instructions from a ukrainian soldier. this is one of only 2 places where people can cross the more than 400 kilometer front line in eastern ukraine. i think that's i think we haven't been able to freely come and see our relatives and friends 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 have to go on line. i've been trying for 3 days . many of the elderly and infirm came to the cranium, 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 chime 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. 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'm 80 years old and live bruce so much. i hope my children and grandchildren can live a better life. maybe i just hope doctors can save in my why you as they say, hope died last but it's so difficult. it's terrible. 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 u 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 far agreement, signed in 2015. mchale has just arrived from separatist control. don't ask all my friends who want 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. chance drop it al jazeera novel, trotsky, eastern new grain. a weather update. next to on i was era, then got us government a q to trying to down play a deadly outbreak of yellow fever. and the technology helping visually impaired

football fans, get more of the action. ah, ah, look forward to burritos, guys. with the sponsored my cattle airways. hello there. we've got warnings out across the north, east of india, thanks to a tropical cycle. that's brewing in the bay of bengal. but before we get there, let's start in east asia, and you can see that massive cloud that's a typhoon. moving to the east of japan. it isn't expected to make landfall that's dissipating and it's not of concern. and there's not much concern weatherwise for much of the region from mainland china. it's largely fine and dry thanks to high pressure, but the sunshine for beijing and shanghai, the temperatures in the cities above average. and 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 go to north westerly wind blowing in the wintery mix to pots of hon shoe, for example, western areas, as well as the kinder. 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 scenes. maybe a rain for taiwan. it's dry, however, for hong kong. dry is not the word we moved to south asia for that north eastern corner of india. we are expecting very heavy rain, strong winds from that tropical fica. and as it works its way in land, we've got a red warning out for a dish. and under per dish with the likelihood of some flooding. oh, the weather sponsored by casara ways. ah, the stage is said and it's time for a different approach. one that is going to challenge the way you thing. we're ditching the sound bites and we're digging into the issues from international politics to the global pandemic and everything in between. join me if i take on the

large, dismantled misconceptions and debate the contradictions. upfront with me, michael might help out 0 for the me again, this is 0. let's remind you of the main news. this how the world health organization says to be on the con variant has been detected in 38 countries. that's up from 232 days ago. it's called on countries to focus on preparing health systems. instead of imposing travel restrictions, the top health officially, the u. s. as the vaccine manufacturers are already working on contingency plans,

including the possibility of an all the con, the specific booster, the very and has been confirmed, and at least 10 states. and iran is chief negotiator that has told us here the world powers can't reject drop proposals that it's submitted. it talks in vienna. associations are aimed at bringing us back into the pact and ensuring that that iran is once again complying with it. the e. c. o. p and government says that it's pushed to ryan rebel fighters out of all of their positions in the fall. region. fighting is now said to be limited to the area between the towns, body, and dessie has been no comment from the rebels. video obtained by al jazeera appears to show to grand forces retreating. the government recently launched a counter offensive officer to graham fighters advanced towards if he left his capital at his ab about. your highness, what ammonium is an international relations lecturer? specializes in the horn of africa. he, john just now live from new york heavy with

a. so what do you make up these e c o p and government reports claiming that to grow rebel fighters have been pushed out of the physicians in our phone. well, i mean, you know, they've been pushed out many, many times and they have come back to strike again. and so, you know, this is just not a very credible kind of information because i mean bottles are one, but the water may not be one year. and this is a situation that is still evolving and, and the propaganda water is also extremely una heated. so it's hard to believe what is being taught by the government because the government has been taught to lie a lot. and you know,

i'm going to put under where everyone is in the military war. so you think that it's unlikely that the t p l f that the, the to ground fighters of given up no, absolutely need from me and absolutely not to grant will never do that because it's an existential crisis for them. and so you know, this and this is, this is, this is not the end of it. i mean, they can those battles, but they will not with the war. but, you know, i mean water, you know, i mean, a few months ago they were, it was completely defeated. and then they reached a new one child in combustion when they reached all kinds of places. and so this is, this is mrs. peitner from the just the mean media campaign by the government to try to revive it. sounds viable

a viable, but really not far from to you. think that this is not going to be resolved any anytime soon. is there a place for external diplomatic efforts here in trying to solve the crisis externally providing something very effective for me because i mean this, but the point that this has to be, you know, basically getting the literally wasn't within, within the, sadly that's the case because the, the responsibility to protect the interest in and not been credible so unfortunately. okay, so you know, i mean yeah, that's good. talk to somebody, thanks. and a tanis. my libya's foreign minister has

accused europe of pushing the refugee of migrant crisis into its lap with failed policies, nicely languish 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 crossing point for people trying to reach europe. those detained by libby as european union bank coast guard are usually captain, overcrowded facilities where rights group say violence is common. you do not push the problem in our lab and please don't point your finger via and for che us as a country which abuse and disrespect to t. she's last week. there is a $27.00 emigrants don't cost into the english channel from france to britain. and humans, life are valuable, put it but i to, i look at it and they think it's 2 of the most stable countries in the words,

using the most advance. so 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 to kill how we expect to control it. hundreds of protests as in jordan rallied on friday against their countries energy deal with israel. they calling on the government not to pursue the proposal, which they say will deepen reliance on their neighbor plans with c jordan supply electricity to israel including its illegal settlements by building new solar farms in return. jordan, the receipt would receive much needed water from israel's, the seller nation. an outbreak of yellow fever has led to the depths of at least 35 people in ghana over the past 2 months. the government is now racing to bring in more vaccines al jazeera hm. era child re reports waiting to be examined by

a doctor. these patients are here to protect themselves from yet another deadly virus. yellow fever has killed dozens and gone as wes ganja district. but house officials here say despite the rising number of cases, death or slowing down wherever we identify cases in the community. we go in there to look for multi usage. and we need those who need to take it again. the yellow fever is transmitted through a bite of an infected mosquito symptoms are mild and can develop up to 9 days after exposure. but about 15 percent of those infected develop serious illness that can lead to potentially fatal bleeding and organ failure. cases have been detected across a wide age range from 4 months to 70 years. with women accounting for more than half as the cases and gonna there are concerns. the government is downplaying,

the number of those infected and not all cases are being reported. you look at the numbers and then you look at what is on the ground. it appears all the cases are not reported simply because of the lack of education. and so that has a whole about the science and how they got important. there are also concerns about your ticket vaccines. garner is trying to secure 400000 doses from the world health organization and hoping they are able to contain the outbreak before it becomes more widespread. marriage audrey knowledge is error. the u. s. couple whose son is accused of murdering for fellow high school students of handed themselves into police. james and jennifer crumbly charged with involuntary manslaughter. they failed to appear at a scheduled court arraignment, arraignment rather,

but their lawyers deny that they were on the run. prosecutors say they brought, they bought their teenage son ethan a gun as a gift. that ignored warning science before he carried out a mass shooting at a school north of detroit. the entire coaching staff has left the troubled english county cricket club yorkshire. the departure of 16 staff members is the latest developments in a racism scandal engulfing the club. yorkshire was heavily criticized for its poor handling of a report that found former player as im, ruthy was a victim of racial harassment and bullying. the world has been mocking the international day of persons with disabilities with events and initiatives to promote improved rights and services. the fee for the arab comp currently under way in casarez, playing its part by rolling out a new service for the visually impaired fans and richardson reports. the final has loved football all his life. losing his sight at the age of 12 has done nothing

to dim that passion or reduce his desire to attend matches in person between 60000 persons. and he had very actions of every person. so that's something that you can discover 20 are watching football much in the television. what do you feel? so this is one of the most excited points of it. a fish or a cup final has an added tool to increase his enjoyment of the game using an app on his phone. vital can listen to audio descriptive commentary, especially was full of commentary. the blind and visually impaired fans providing details which, which is give us exactly how the player is move. how was the ball move? not only thing, for example, that's a specific quote that was done. for example, experience spinning against the audio. descriptive comments refers to pay a fee for tournament to the 2014 world cup in brazil,

animated the women's world cup in 2019. but this is the 1st time that a faith or event that an arabic service has been available in t stadiums at this hour. of cup and is set to be available at all 8 venues by the time of next year as finals. a lot of the time that we're not in preparation for the arab cup and next year's world cup castles had been kelly for university, has been organizing training programs in both arabic and english. the would be commentators, the launch is tell us they want to follow the fall constant and they want to fall even when it's around the back doing very little policy that's being played back between the defendants. but it allows them to keep building the picture of what's about to happen. you're allowed to switch off watching the tv you're allowed to kind of ignore what's being said by the companies. because the images a doing their job for those who are blind and envisioning paid, they don't have the ability to have the images do the work for them. so this is about learning how to describe what's happening in front of you, so that you can give back the images that you see into the list. it is. this is

kind of something very rewarding to be able to do something that matters to society . and you don't always get to do that. i sometimes i feel i can do that in my normal life. maybe this is a little thing that can, can help me fulfill that feeling. this is a project that's heightening the much day football experience for all involved. andy richardson, al jazeera, doha, a rundown neighborhood bank that is getting a new lease on life. thanks to rocky artists have turned its crumbling walls into their canvas. they say they want to capture more beautiful time. the chilean will report the story of 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 neighborhood is enjoying

a revival. and it's the talk of the town. oh smith. 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. 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 his story. 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 and 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 star lamp. 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 with us hello adrian, sitting here in the headlines and i was 0. the world health organization says that the all the chrome variant has been detected in 38 countries. that's 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 ami con, let's also not forget that the predominant variance.