stories that latin on al jazeera, ah, bold and untold stories from asia and the pacific on al jazeera. ah . at this point, the very dominant a very and remains delta. the world is urged to focus on all threats posed by the pandemic, while scientists work to answer questions about them very ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is out there alive. out was coming up, iran's chief negotiator tells al jazeera his side proposals that nuclear talks must not be rejected. us in europe say aaron's nothing serious ukrainians. describe the

hardships of trying to get across. no man's land as tensions mount on the border with russia plus solar day staff members that some of the u. k is most prestigious universities go on strike. and one professor says she had to live in a tent to make ends with the new cobit 19 variant. is getting more of a foothold around the world a week after south africa identified it. the world health organization says on the kron has been detected in 38 countries up from 232 days ago. to louisiana is one of the latest to confirm a case in measures reminiscent of the earlier stages of the pandemic. governments are trying to keep on the con, out by imposing travel restrictions, but san to say it will spread regardless and are calling on countries to instead focus on preparing health systems. as we're talking about ami con, 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, very end remains delta. well, so that goes in the grip of a 4th wave of cobra. 19 infections driven largely by on the con, the government reported more than 16000 new cases on friday to be the miller reports. now, i'm janet 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. 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 variant. 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 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 pound for 72 to 80 percent of the new daily infections, we have not yet reached attending stages in terms of our hosted capacity and the new pedal 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 have brothers. busy pregnant women having increased infection, it can bring in a gated. we are hoping that in the coming weeks will be able to give reason for. busy why this particular cohort 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. travelers to the u. s. will now have to adhere to title restriction. the

government is requiring everyone to show a negative cove in 1900 test within 24 hours of departure. health officials say vaccine makers already working on contingency plans for the chrome variant, including a possible booster against it. the variant has been confirmed in at least 10 states . castro has moved from washington. fresh cases of ali cronner popping up coast to coast in the u. s. from new york to california to many states in 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 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 being prepared for that as well. 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 us and european officials that the nuclear talks are accusing iran of not being serious about salvaging the tattered deal earlier iran chief negotiator told out to 0 that world powers cannot reject

proposal that is submitted during discussions in vienna, jasper county report from washington runs chief nuclear. negotiate to ab of anna talks told al jazeera, the tariff presented its proposals and the other parties present. there's. they're going to be that 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. p. o. a 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 with 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 and vigorous 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 confirm 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 imposed unilateral sanctions. the onus is on washington to act the u. s. hills 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 f 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 there will not be another long hiatus and diplomacy she ever turns you al jazeera washington. the u. s. is again warning. 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 kremlin says it's nothing to worry about. ukraine though, believes russia could mountain offensive. as soon as next month, the white house says they're trying to organize a cool with moscow. we want to make sure that we're prepared. we know what our president putin has done in the past, or 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 or an option. either 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 east of 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. jaw stratford reports now from level throat ski. they 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. i think that's what i mean. i think we haven't been able to really 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 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 done this to here was around 30 minutes. but now because of the complexities of traveling across the separatist controlled region, many people decide to come via the russian border. and that can take more than a day. nikolai is a company, he's wife to separate his control. don't ask. he can't find a nearby hospital on the government controlled side. the can carry out the life saving operation. he says she needs years or but 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 my wife. you, as they say, hope died last 1st, but it's so difficult, it's terrible if this happens to us at our age. the check point is only open twice a week. red cross trucks pass carrying tons of aid 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 they he is shelling a few kilometers from here every night. see, spar monitors with the organization for security and cooperation in europe. say both sides regularly break. 6 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, but 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 conflict started and 7 and a half years ago, char, stop at al jazeera, noble trotsky, easton ukraine, lot more. so to come here now does air including gone as government is accused of trying to down play a deadly outbreak of yellow fever and spook kat arsic. here's the 1st spot in the finals with fever. erica warner saying, ah

hello there, let sat in north america and high pressure is keeping things fine and dry across many areas of the u. s. 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've got drought conditions persisting across colorado for the wet and windy weather, as well as the wintery mix. we have to once again look to british columbia. we've got more west weather on the way here, as well as the north western parts of the u. s. washington, seeing that and as it moves across that wintry mix, we are going to see the temperatures plunge in places like helena in montana. and caspar coming on the way down to one degree. now it is going to get wetter across the midwest on the great lakes, not of snow on the way from michigan, but there is still a lot of warm surround. we've 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 she weather update. ah, can you anticipate these rising excitement is growing as cattle anyways? brings your favorite team to cut off for the free for our upcoming 2021. greatness is india. that school is one to reach new clients. join us in cutoff from november, the 30th to december. the 18th booked your package now cuz i always dont call lou

ah, welcome back to could remind about top stories here. this out, the world health organization says on the corner 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, the top help official in the u. s. s. vaccine manufacturers are already working on contingency plans, including the possibility of an on the chrome specific booster. baron has been confirmed in these 10 states and roms, treat, negotiate, has sold down to 0. that will house cannot reject draw proposals. it's submitted. you talked in vienna negotiations, rain, but in the us back into the pot and, and showing that iran is once again, compliant with it. now, an outbreak of yellow fever has led to the death of at least $35.00 people and gone

over the past 2 months. the government now racing to bring in more vaccine doses. amera charge report 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 in west country district. but house officials here say despite the rising number of cases, death are slowing down. wherever we identify cases in the community. we go in there to look for mulkey. we do a search, and we need those who need to take it again. the yellow fever is transmitted through the 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 white age range from 4 months to 70 years. with women accounting for more than half as the cases in gonna there are concerns. the government is down playing the number of days infected and not all cases are being reported. you got the numbers and then you also look at what is on the ground. it appears all the cases are not reported simply because of the local education. and so that has been a lot a while about 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. homeric your 3, which is era. libby, as foreign minister, has accused europe of pushing the refugee and migrant crisis into its lap with

failed policies. national among dues lashed out, or 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 has made it to be a crossing point for people trying to reach europe. i was detained by labors coast guard. i usually kept an overcrowded facilities where rights group say varnish is common. hundreds of protest as in jordan rallied on friday against their countries energy deal with israel, their 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. i build a new solar farms in return, jordan would receive much needed water from israeli desalination loss. lebanon's information minister has resigned, hoping it'll help resolve a diplomatic dispute with saudi arabia and other gulf states. george co di, a former game show house was critical of the war in yemen. in response,

the saudis banned all lebanese imports and recalled their ambassador, santa hot reports, 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 cordette, his comments calling the war and yemen of 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 res. 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 invaded track. now it's basically

a corporation where the french and the iranians called the shots. and it seems that for the government in order to be able to, to succeed, to, in order to be able to ensure the implementation of the reforms that are being asked for by the international community. there must be some sort of in involvement of the gulf money. there is no guarantee the resignation will be enough for saudi arabia, which has said it won't engage with a government controlled by the iranian backed, has below. but it could help. and the political crisis in lebanon is backed by, has the law, which along with its allies, paralyzed with cabinets for weeks, they want to lead judge investigating the 2020 explosion, f. a reports taught at the tar, removes, for what they allege is political bias. efforts to limit his jurisdiction in the case are now under way. prime minister naji may after who took office in september,

promised to repair ties with arab gulf states. but it has been a difficult balance 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 healy on or on the even a saudi ban on all imports from lebanon, is adding pressure to an economy already in free fall, a gesture of good will may reverse such measures that repairing a relationship with a traditional ally is part of a larger deal political struggle with iran. then a footer elk is eda, made it now a new high speed train connecting china and allow us made its debut on friday. the train line runs for just over a 1000 kilometers from the chinese city of quinn, ming to vientiane the capital of laos. china founded 70 percent of the project as

part of its belt and road initiative. the bullet train travels at a 160 kilometers an hour. well could ming to van town is just the beginning of a much larger network under development. from there, it will link with another line under construction from the border town of non kind thailand to bangkok. the central route will then extend down through malaysia to singapore. while the lines to the west and east would eventually connect me in march, cambodia, and vietnam to the pan asia river network. will antony island nelson is from the old bright stonebridge group? he says the new line will help china's ambitious plans to link large parts of southeast asia. that's the theory is that you'll be able to reach the 601000000 people at least live in the association of a nation. i think there is a key distinction between the breaking ground 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 completing projects. more pushback from local countries that

are able to strike a harder bargaining allowances. so the prospect of this fully realized regional rail network that extend old wicker china is quite a bit farther off. whether can do that fast enough to justify the wood into it was already has an enormous debt problem. last is only covering about 30 percent of the cost is real, which that's a $1000000000.00 and a half dollars, which is quite a bit loud for where they are just as their overall deaf burden and makes it difficult for them in a time. the already struggling to meet or think a us couple whose son is accused of murdering for fellow high school students have hand it themselves into the police. james and jennifer crumbly charged with involuntary manslaughter. they failed to appear at a court arraignment. lawyers deny they were on the run. prosecutor say they bought

that teenage son ethan a gun as a gift, and ignore the warning signs before he carried out my shooting. at a school north of detroit. 50000 university staff and the u. k. have gone on strike of pay pensions and precarious employment contracts. they're in a bitter dispute with some of the countries oldest educational institutions. nevuk are reports from london, solid, a, some of the best brains in britain, an angry and on the streets, paralyzing classes for more than a 1000000 students across the country. but many of those same students are on the picket line and solidarity with their lecturers. staff of $58.00 universities were involved, furious at sharp pension cuts, pay freezes, and casual short term contracts, mine there, left some academics on the brink of poverty. you know, there are people, as you say, doing ph d's that's, you know, doing their doctorates doing their original research and thinking, wow, i'm just getting to this pinnacle of my academic work. it's taking me 1520 years,

whatever to get there. and suddenly smacking your face, this idea that you're going to be like a new bus driver. you're landing up in his casual eyes sector with potentially being sacked at any point. kay, painter, se universities are hiding the full truth from fee paying students. actually, this is the dirty feature that keeps you k higher education, a flight. people from all around the world come to study in the u. k and pay i watering amounts of money to do it. but the people who lead you pay higher education institutions would rather see master throat save industrial action every year and fix these basic problems. this is the voice of amy and english lecturer. in these universities are making a lot of money off of students when they are not at compensating their staff and staff are having to live and really severely and into her conditions. she doesn't want to appear on camera because she doesn't want what happened to her to undermine her future career balls,

doing her postgraduate degree and teaching at the london university. she made $15000.00 a year and able to pay rent cost. she chose to live in a tent for 2 years and carry on teaching. the students never knew there been stories about cache i staff who've been facing homelessness. and definitely a lot of cash i staff have had experienced that not being able to afford, ah, rent, and have had to couch server or do those kinds of things. or they're stretched between and multiple different short. and we're hourly paid contracts. the average salary of a university vice chancellor is $330000.00 a year. excluding bonuses and average electro salary 50000. the universities u. k. the represents the employees and the pensions dispute denies this a problem. we not corporate a big business with charities, almost all u. k. universities, charities, and we will try to reduce capitalization wherever we can. but of course,

some of the people that we enjoy actually won't casual jobs because they have careers elsewhere. if amanda mc has told us anything, is that people on the short term contracts with unpredictable hours, with few employment rights can quickly run into trouble if their employer suddenly, for instance, decided that jobs are expendable many of these lectures believe that they're being forced to make a difficult choice between living precariously who giving up the careers they love the bulk of al jazeera london. so sports news now and cattle was the 1st thing to reach the quarter finals at the fee for our cup, the host nation b. o. man, thanks and part to an own goal. john ross gret report when cancer was awarded, the world cup, many of these young football fans weren't even born yet. but with the host country moving through to the quarter finals of their biggest test event, yet the arab cup, excitement and expectation is building the owner for us as the arab,

as that gov country raw so excited to invite you to visit him in doha and 2022, a very beautiful. yeah. amazing. i guess 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 as it looked to be heading for drew with 7 minutes about a time designed to herman and own goal giving counsel the to one with the soon as

you read time window video homes checked by b. o is not the way camp i had hoped to finish the match, but amone's mistake ultimately and the host to place in the quarter finals of the arab cup join against raska al jazeera doha education. said he stadium. ah, norfolk with chuckle headlines here on al jazeera, the world health organization says on the chrome has been detective in 38 countries up from 232 days ago. it's calling 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 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.