there was people left behind ah ah, at this point, the very dominant, very hand remains delta. the world is urged to focus on all threats posed by the pandemic, while scientists work to answer questions about the new various ah, la darn jordan, this is out there alive. and also coming up, iran's chief negotiator tells al jazeera his side proposals that nuclear talks must not be rejected. the us in europe say alarms nothing serious ukrainians. describe

the hardships of trying to get across. no man's land as tensions mount on the hold up with russia. and we look at the technology that's helping visually impaired football fans. get more of the action. with the new cobit 19 baron is getting more of a foothold around the world a week off to south africa identified it. the world health organization says omicron has been detected in 38 countries up from 23. 2 days ago. to nisha is one of the latest to confirm a case in measures reminiscent of earlier stages of the pandemic. governments are trying to keep on the con, out by imposing travel restrictions. but scientists say it'll 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 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. meanwhile, of africa in the grip of a 4th wave of cobra. 19 infections driven largely by on the crown. the government reported more than 16000 new cases on friday to me. the miller reports from john is 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 there was there, but it would generally be more transmissible. but there, 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. and 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 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's been hospitalized the phenomenon of young children age groups as

well as pregnant women having increased infection 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 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 to mila al jazeera johanna. the book mino, travelers to the u. s. will now have to adhere to title restrictions, the government's requiring everyone to show

a negative code of $900.00 test within 24 hours of departure. health officials say vaccine me because i'm already working on contingency plans for the on the chrome variant, including a possible booster variant has been confirmed in at least 10 states. how does your castro has more and half on washington's fresh cases of ali cronner 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 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. 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 voucher said that has yet to be proven us in europe and officials that the nuclear talks are accusing iran of not being serious about salvaging the tattered deal earlier iran chief negotiator told al jazeera that will power cannot reject drop proposals. it's submitted during discussions in vienna. she have attempts to

report some washington runs chief nuclear, negotiate to ab a vienna talks told al jazeera, the tariff presented its proposals and the other parties present. there's going to be 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. p. o. a they do not want to ruins the nuclear document. all the sanctions which have been imposed or re imposed under the so called maximum pressure campaign of the united states. they should be removed immediately with the us secretary of state, however, painted a bleak picture. what he suggested was iran and intransigence and a 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 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 imposed 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 f sanction lifted today and the deal is revived.

european companies are likely not going to go back into iran until they are feeling far more confident that the new situation is a stable one. and their 2024 lexus is a major major. 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 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 buddha, but the kremlin says it's nothing to worry about. the crane believes russia could mount and offensive as early as next month. us president joe biden was asked about the crisis by reporter, early on friday a with

on the stand off and he said 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. just drop reports now from the throat ski. they stand in the cold waiting for instructions from a ukrainian soldier. and this is one of only 2 places where people can cross more than 400 kilometers frontline in easton, ukraine. 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 online. i've been trying for 3 days. many of the elderly and infirm came to the

ukrainian 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 him 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 user research for more than i'm 80 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 crystal. 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 they have shilling a few kilometers from here. every night. c spy monitors with the organization for security and cooperation in europe. say both sides regularly break ceasefire agreement, signed in 2015. the sale 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, 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, charles stop at al jazeera novel, trotsky, eastern ukraine. time for short, break out al jazeera when we come back, gone. us government is accused of trying to down play a deadly outbreak of yellow fever plus solid. i barely making ends meet staff members at some of the you case, most prestigious universities go on strike. one professor says she had to leave an attempt. marla, stainless, ah, hello there, let's have a look at the weather across the middle east and live, and there's plenty of unsettled windy weather to come. in particular,

across the mediterranean, we got wet and windy weather, working its way across turkey, into cyprus, and it'll touch into lebanon and syria. by the time we get into sunday, we've also got stronger shamal wind blowing across the gulf. that's going to kick up some dust and effect visibility in places like saudi arabia as well as guitar and the u. a. but this region was in temperatures slightly below average. it is feeling rather pleasant for those. watching the arab cup games now pleasant is not the word as we move across to north africa. we've got wet and windy weather, pulling into coastal areas of libya. we could see some flooding here from those blustery showers and 2 rental downpours. by the time we get into sunday. now of course, central africa, the storms intensify as they pull into coastal areas of tanzania. we could see some flooding there, and we got the usual sap showers and storms effecting the congo cameroon. and gab on this we can. but as we move down to southern africa, this is where we're seeing the really wet and windy weather. we've got

a long band of rain, affecting southern areas of botswana, and bringing wet and windy weather to cape town, and johanna's book this weekend, that sure update ah, a sacred himalayan summit, more treacherous than everest. combat karna has never been tamed, reviewed and feared by locals, yet an irresistible challenge to western climate. a sharper family must choose between going against their religious beliefs and guiding a group of mountaineers, or rejecting much needed income. the wall of shadows on the al jazeera. ah

ah, we'll get back a certain amount of the top stories here on al jazeera, iran's chief negotiator sold al jazeera that will palace cannot reject proposals it's submitted during talks in vienna. negotiations are aimed at bringing the u. s . back into the pat and ensuring iran is once again complying with the world health organization says the new coverage 19 variant on the chrome has been detected in 38 countries. that's up to 23. 2 days ago. it's calling on nations to focus on preparing health systems instead of imposing travel restrictions. and the top health official in the us says vaccine manufacturers are already working on contingency plans, including the possibility of an ami chrome specific booster there and has been confirmed in at least 10 states for though little is known about on the crime that

the moment south african doctors have been surprised by it spread among young children. hospital admissions are up among those aged up to 5 years old, but scientists are also wanting. it's too early to draw firm conclusions. whitney casarez is from the american academy of pediatrics. she says cobit 19 has a significant effect on children, but physically and mentally as a pediatrician, and as a parents myself, i'm always extremely concerned about new developments with coven 18 getting our kids vaccinated should be our number one priority in the united states and abroad. 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 co that and having to corn teen for an extended period of time. the fact that if more and more children get cold and 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 afore 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 of that to happen in the lives of our children today. and we want to prevent it as much as possible. an outbreak of yellow fever has led to the deaths of at least 35 people and gone over the past 2 months. the governments now racing to bring in more vaccine doses. about a child you 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 as west guns district. but health officials here say despite the rising number of cases, death are slowing down. wherever we identify cases in the community, you go into the full ninety's with usage and we've bucks need

those who picked it again. 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 had been detected across a white 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 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 helps people you look a whole about the ductless science and how they got

important there are also concerns about sure teacher 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 audrey, which is era, the if you're up in government says is pushed to grow and rebel fighters out of all their physicians in the far region. fighting is now said to be limited to the area between the towns of but he and jesse has been no coming from the rebels. video obtained by al jazeera appears to show to grand forces retreating north. the government recently launched a counter offensive after the rebel fighters advanced towards the capital artist of a you and representative has been in sri lanka, looking into the working conditions. many laborers are forced to endure. some people only make $7.00 a day, despite the long hours and heavy lifting. and l fernandez as more from columbus.

backbreaking work long hours and minimal p. david has worked as a puerto or knocked on me for 30 years here in peter. she lunk, 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. but david and hundreds like him have little to show for their efforts. ayana and i leave her alone. we aren't a daily wage, we only have this no extra benefits. but given the current situation, what we make is not enough. we're not blaming any one but with everything increasing and price. it's very difficult to manage. and why are 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 harsh working conditions. tens of thousands of women walk in, cramped 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 walked for a leading company had a different experience. my la deck in that among antarctic, acted like i don't 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 operational the song detective of me at the opposite. walker's form, the back wall of the garment industry, which on $5300000000.00 us dollars in 2019. the un special repertoire on modern forms of slavery has spent the last week in to lanka, looking into walker rights achieving target ease, who are serving as an enormous pressure on women in sector as garment. so they manual, these factors have target, you have to produce, produce this a 100 clothing an hour and if you dont air pops, you do not get bonus. labor minister in the monastery bothered da silva told al

jazeera, he well come criticism. barbara more rules and regulations, the buyers and the government and the international community. when they pressed these issues, i like the operate in these details because that didn't, they, employers are reluctant to break loose things. what the rights advocates see changes are being made, but more needs to be done or the conversation about in order for liberal or reform is geared towards how to make their work. a more flexible, how to increase productivity, which is fine like increase in productivity. everybody wants that way, but days, nor talk about how to protect up on the cut over present his findings to the you in, in september 2022. i for workers like david, it's likely to make little difference to their daily back to survival. minute fernandez. i just zebra, colombo,

50000 university staff in the u. k. have gone on strike of pay pensions and precarious employment contracts there in a bit. a dispute with some of the countries oldest educational institutions, me back and forth from luck, solid a. some of the best brains in britain, an angry and on the street, paralyzing classes for more than a 1000000 students across the country. but many of those same students are on the picket line in solidarity with their lectures. staff of $58.00 universities were involved, furious sharp pension cut, pay freezes, and casual, short term contracts might have left some academics on the brink of poverty. you know how to get there. people, as you say, doing ph d's, that's, you know, doing their doctorates doing their original research. i'm thinking, wow, i'm just getting to the pinnacle of my academic work. i've taken me 1520 years, whatever to get there. and suddenly smack in your face. this idea that you're going

to be like an uber driver. you're landing up in his casual eyes sector with potentially being sacked at any point campaign or say, universities are hiding the full truth from fee paying students. actually, this is the dirty speaker that keeps you k higher education afloat. 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 math, disruptive, industrial action every year than 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. but they are not at compensating are 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 experience with not being able to afford, ah, rent, and have had a couch server or do those kinds of things. or is there 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, an average electric salary, 50000, but universities u. k. the represents the employees and the pensions dispute denies this 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 amicus told us anything as though 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 career. they love me, boca al jazeera london. now the world has been marking the international day of persons with disabilities, with events and initiatives to promote, improve rights and services. they are compass playing in part by rolling out a new service. the visually impaired fans and the richest ripples. the pfizer 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. and between 60000 persons and he's 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 like? and so this is one of the most excited points of it. a fish or a cup finds on has an added tool to increase his enjoyment of the game using an app on his phone. fine, who can listen to audio descriptive comment tree especially was full of common. treat the blind and visually impaired fans providing details which, which is the, give us exactly how the player, how was the ball move. not only saying, for example, that's a specific quote. then for example, expect spinning out of this book. audio descriptive comments refers to pay a fee for tournament to the 2014 world cup in brazil, animated w at the women's world cup in 2019. this is the 1st time in the faith or event that an arabic service has been available in

t stadiums at this hour of cup. and he said to be available at all 8 venues by the time of next year as finals. a lot of the time that we're 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 bull constant and they want to follow even when it's around the back. doing very little pat, 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 what's in the tv you're allowed to kind of ignore what's being said by the comments. 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 to 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. this 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 match day football experience for all involved. and the richardson al jazeera, doha, ah, richard, have a headline here now to 0. the world health organization says the new cobra, 1900 variance micron that's been detected in 38 countries. us up from 232 days ago . if calling on nations to focus on preparing health systems, instead of imposing travel restrictions as we're talking about all make on lead, it'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 variance remain.