really facilitate a take right in depth analysis of the dates, global headlines inside story on al jazeera, ah governments race to control cove is 19 as the army kronen down to variance prom topher restrictions. ah, i'm sammy's a band. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall, so coming up the, the open government claims its forces of made gains against to grind fights is in the fall. region. coping with rising prices in turkey is the country's currency slumps and new lows. and reviving the fortunes of the ancient town of

nazareth, off the years of economic decline. ah, the new covey 19 variance is gaining more of a foot whole around the world a week after south africa identify that australia is planning to go ahead with reopening its economy. despite the new variance spreading in the country. but with 13 suspected cases detected so far in sidney states are also moving to tighten domestic border restrictions. the country is reported its 1st trans community transmission on friday. meanwhile, germany is reporting a further rise in new current virus cases. with nearly 65000 infections, its imposing tougher restrictions including banding, unvaccinated people from most public places to avoid

a 4th wave of code 19. the world health organization says me, crohn has been detected in 38 countries so far. it's calling on nations to focus on preparing health systems instead of imposing travel restrictions. in the defense situation today that was at the beginning of 2020, we have 2. what do we know? what works? and so this is something that we had expected that nobody should be rounds of other areas. and so it just something to worry about certainly didn't want to see another barrier damage and better around the world at this stage. it's certainly not working wanted, but we're not entirely surprised, and i think we're much better prepared to 100 south africa's in the grip of a full wave of covey. 19 infections driven largely bio mac crohn. the government reported more than 16000 new cases on friday. so the miller reports from

johannesburg, experts in south africa say the surgeon cove at 19 infections is the highest as seen since the start of the pandemic. and they blame the latest and possibly most contagious variant. ami kron. they would, as the, the veterans would generally be in want transmissible. but most of the time they would be less to date as we enter the 4th wave with a new environment. 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 hospital admissions, mainly dominated by those who are 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 how to which accounts for 72 to 80 percent of their new daily infections we have not yet reached rented in stages in terms of our hospital capacity and the new hospital admissions. the government says it has enough resources to deal with the outbreak, even in one of the worst hit provinces, how ting? 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 pregnant women having increased infection, it being in the gated. we are hoping that in the coming weeks will be able to give reason for. busy why the particular. busy 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 the experts say the number of people dying from coven 19 has remained low because of vaccinations. and right now one and 4 people tested for coven 19 in south africa, a recording positive for me, the miller ultra 0. johanna, the book. travelers to the us will now have to adhere to tied to restrictions. the government is requiring everyone to show a negative coven 19 tests. within 24 hours of departure. house official say vaccine makers are already working on contingency plans for the micron. very and including a possible booster. the variance has been confirmed in at least 10 states. heidi joe castro has more from washington d. c. fresh cases of alma cronner popping up the 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 is infected has no recent travel history. so it is now undeniable. a community spread is happening. can you the spread of all the crowd is happening in the united states and the chief white house medical advisor anthony found she talked about this in a briefing 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 buy balance where you have the vaccine against both the ancestral strain and the

new variant. and the other is to make a variant specific boost. the degree to which they're going to be doing that they are now assuming they may have to do that and are being prepared for that. and now she said that the national institutes of health fighting their early studies, he said that there's strong evidence that the existing boosters do protect against only crohn, though voucher said that has yet to be proven. the hope in government says it's pushed to grow and rebel fighters out of all their positions in the fall region. fighting is now said to be limited to the area between the towns of bazzi and say, there's been no comment from the rebels. video obtained biologist here appears to show to ryan forces retreating north. the government recently launched the counter offensive offices, the grind vices vog towards the capital. your highness waldo. mariam is an international relations lecturer who specializes in the whole of africa. he says

it's in the government's interest to appear as if it's making gains that the t p l f is shown. it's not easy to defeat. they've been pushed out many, many times. and they have come back to strike again. and so, you know, this is just not very credible kind of information because i mean bottles are one, but the water may not one. this is a situation that is still evolving and, and the propaganda water is also extremely heated. so it's hard to believe what is being told by the government because the government has been taught to lie a lot to gram license will never because it's, it's essentially crisis for them. and so, you know, this is,

this is just not the end of it. i mean, they can lose battles, not for you and i'm in the letter a few months ago. they were, it was we were to complete the theater and then they reached the re which it was in the combustion and they reached all kinds of places. and so this is, this is, this is part of, i mean, this is just the mean media campaign by the government to try to revive it. sounds viable, a viable, but really not far from now. the u. s. his warning is prepared to take action against russia. if it evades ukraine, the number of russian troops has been rising along the border. the kremlin says it's nothing to worry about. ukraine believes russia could mountain offensive as soon as next month. us president joe biden was asked about the crisis by reporter

a with 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. cha, stratford reports from nova tried ski the stand in the cold waiting for instructions from a ukrainian soldier, the doctor. this is one of only 2 places where people can cross the more than 400

kilometer front line in eastern you crying. 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 see 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. 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 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 and the government controlled side. the can carry out the life saving operation. he says she needs years or but for more than i'm 80 years old and live bruce so much. i hope my children and grandchildren can live a better life. we've met you. i just hope doctors can save it my wife, you as they say, hope died last 1st. it's so difficult. it's terrible if this happens to us at our age the checkpoint is only open twice a week. red cross trucks pass carrying tons of aid for around 3000000 people the you and expects to need humanitarian assistance next year. and that's on both sides of the front line. soldiers tell us the his shilling a few kilometers from here every night. see,

spar monitors with the organization for security and cooperation in europe. say both sides regularly break ceasefire 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. on 7 and a half years ago, char stuff, al jazeera mobile, trotsky, eastern ukraine, and still i had an al jazeera, we speak to our pediatrician about how the only con, variances to be affecting children. and this government is accused of trying to downplay a deadly outbreak of yellow sea. ah

. hello there, let's have a look at what's going on in europe over the next few days. and there's more unsettled weather on the way where it's not windy and where it is. certainly wintery and denmark had its 1st taste of snow earlier this week. there's more of that to come. as these weather systems work their way from the west to the east and that cold air is going to knock the temperature down in places like paris for example. but there is still a lot of mild weather to be found across the north west. for britain, an island will have spells of sunshine and showers, but it does turn colder and frosty come sunday, the wet weather working its way in much of scandinavia. it's a wintry picture, we are going to see some heavy snow fall across denmark and into germany and poland as we go into sunday. and for the south, you can see across the out some heavy snow on the way. we still got that where the

front bringing heavy rain to parts of greece and turkey. it clears out by the time we get in to sunday. and once again we've got some nasty weather affecting the adriatic sea, some heavy snow falling across the balkans. we've got some warnings out for rain, sleet, and snow, moving its way into france and northern parts of spain and heavy snow expected here . but the further south we get, the more funny it becomes we have got the temperature madrid, slightly below average, but plenty of sunshine. ah, the end of the country with an abundance of results for the road already won indonesia whose terms for me we moved pool to grow and frank, we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy. with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs.

invest, let to play park linda. this is growth and progress in indonesia. now, lou ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera time to recap, our headlines. australia is planning to go ahead with reopening the economy despite the new variance spreading in the country. some states are considering tied to domestic border controls low 13 suspected cases while misconduct been detected in city. world health organization says only crohn has been confirmed in 38 countries so far. it's calling on countries to focus on preparing health systems

instead of imposing travel restrictions. b, p o, p, and government says it's pushed rebels out of all the positions in the fall region video obtained by al jazeera appears to show to brian forces retreating. there's been no comment from rebels. south african experts have expressed concern about the rising number of omicron infections in young children. we've seen a sharp increase across all age groups, particularly in the, on the fives, compare to previous waves, but they added it's still too early to draw firm conclusions. whitney casado says from the american academy of pediatrics. she says, coven 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 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 the 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 well 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. turkeys president, roger about the line has outlined his government plans to salvage the economy off to the currency, plunged to a historic low of the on says low interest rate loans and employer incentives will

boost production. but high inflation is pushing up the costs of goods, making manufacturing more expensive. so of course, all the reports from a stumble. this is a new routine for ali who owns the score market and assemble. he has to frequently update the prices on many goods as the turkish lira continues is free for its laws at these 40 percent of its value against the dollar since the number on it says a suppliers increase the prices. he has to do the same according to the timber of agriculture, the difference between produce or selling prices and what people pay for goods in supermarkets rose $9.00 fold in november. the government accuses supermarket chains, a stockpiling and manipulating prices. so that takes us juice, for example, it was 29 years before the latest price increase. now i have to sell for 41.5. our

customers are reacting even some of them get that. it's not us, but the economy in the country present ridge, a 3rd party, john argues high interest rates, are behind all the countries economic problems. he says he asked the central bank to curb interest rates so that companies can borrow for less and buy boosting growth. and exports, turkey can become europe's new china. the government says at assessing a new model for turkey is economy, but the experts warn it's my fail as the country is suffering chronicler. high inflation and relies on foreign funding and energy resources. economic like professor rush can say the policy is highly unusual and it's not working. how come do kiss me? that is the children's future, most citizens, a wage workers creating jobs by production is good by any means, but it needs a plan and priorities. inflation is pressure is rising, so turkey should switch to

a conventional economic policy. there are a lot of good add on, has re shuffled 3 treasury and finance ministers and 5 to central link governors in a year. and that on earth investors took it, took you do full to us, you had good despite the phone investors fund managers see a great deal intentional here. the uncertain cease and other risk factors. stop them from coming. we need to bring down both economic and geopolitical risk premiums by proving it's under control. presenters on voc party has governed turkey for 2 decades and a head of an election scheduled for 2023. he has promised all economic problems who will be sold in the next 6 months. but right now, many people say their biggest challenge is the rising price of food, fuel medicine and other essential goods. and they're waiting to see whether the government can en turkeys, currency crisis. so you know, because all the answers are a stumble and outbreak of yellow fever has led to the death of at least 35 people

in gone over the past 2 months. the government is now racing to bring in more vaccine doses. amount of child to 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 west country a 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 where he said, and we need those who need to take it again to you. 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. an organ failure cases had been detected across

a white age range from 4 months to 70 years. with women accounting for more than half of the cases and gonna, there are concerns. the government is down playing 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. if it appears all the cases are not reported. simply because of the luck of the degrees. and so the health bit will you look a little about the gun ellison and how to go to point know, there are also concerns about shortage of 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. her marriage audrey, which is era. yeah. now are you an expert has been in sri lanka,

looking into the government's efforts to improve working conditions while the minimum wage has risen this year. some workers make $7.00 a day despite long hours and heavy lifting. when l fernandez reports from colombo, backbreaking work, long hours and minimum p, david has worked as a puerto or knocked on me for 30 years here in better. she long has 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. younger leave her alone. we on a daily wage, we only have verse, no extra benefits. but given the current situation, what we make is not enough. we're 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 harsh working conditions. tens of thousands of women walk in, crammed faces on production lines like this in factories throughout the country. those warfare stablished, industry leaders enjoy better working conditions. but near angelie, a single mom who worked for a leading company had a different experience. marley deck in that among antarctic. i could 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 operation on the song that i could have 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 wrapper turn modern forms of slavery has spent the last week in shall anchor, looking into walker rights. achieving target is rac,

serving as an enormous pressure on women in sector as garment. so they manual, his 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 lamar city bothered da silva, told al jazeera he will come criticism, barbara more rules and regulations, the buyers and the government and the international community. when they press these issues, i like the opposite of these issues. because that didn't, they, employers are reluctant to break loose things. walker rights advocate see changes are being made. what more needs to be done, or the conversation about the law reform label is geared towards how to make the work more flexible, help increase productivity, which is fine. make interesting project with everybody wants that but days,

nor talk about how to protect because we presented findings to the you in, in september 2022 workers like david it's likely to make little difference to their daily back survival minute fernandez. just the ra, colombo, modern day nazareth phase, one of israel's most significant palestinian israeli towns. but a growing number of residents fair, it's historical legacy is on the threat. high false. it reports from their nazareth, the home of jesus christ, his long drawn pilgrims and visitors from around the world. the hundreds of years its old city rang to the sounds of shopkeepers and crops. people this century though though sounds have dwindled. a handful of businesses struggling on. but here and there, splashes of color show signs of a fight back. resent zombies at, annie decided to renovate an old warehouse with traditional nazareth colors and materials and to work and live in the old city with

a mission. i'm telling it's not easy, but if me and another person and another one opens their, their work there can years was taught here. and they also find a house and live here. so they will need service. it's. it's like organically, it will open by itself. but it will take time. there are signs it is beginning, young palestinian israeli designers and entrepreneurs have been moving in, inspired by earlier artists who left their mark. a bedroom ceiling bears the work of one of many lebanese painters brought in to decorate fine homes in the 1900 century. a few streets away. an 18th century treasure that long been in decay. the sariah or palace built by local rule or die. her alma is now under the stewardship of the municipal government, but as being used informally, by local activists. just enough, we saw there was a building like the sir, i are closed and neglected and no one was doing anything with it. we had the chance

to open it with the goal of turning it into a cultural center with a little money that we have something that will serve the community here. many here point to a restoration program 20 years ago is one of the reasons for the old cities emptying nazareth. 2000 with funding from the israeli tourism ministry was intended to prepare this biblical city for people visit. they say the project ripped up ancient cobblestones. remove the shops, wooden doors, replacing them with steel and modern stone. they say the disruption of all this removed trade from the old city from which it's never recovered. its appointed nazareth municipality now accepts where once there were 450 business is operating in the old city. now there are just 50 this beautiful architecture. one of them, this painstakingly restored restaurant. it seemed by many as a 1st step in the revival movement. it's owned by renaissance husband, who pines for the mattress of his childhood, and intellectual and cultural center. i am sure it will come back because the city

still have very much power and much very good. the positive energies. people like present many coming back to the, to the origin and to the, to the identity. actually, the old city is always been the heart of nazareth. now a growing group of residence wants to get it beating again. harry full said al jazeera nazareth. ah, and let's take you through the headlines here now just here and now australia is planning to go ahead with reopening its economy despite the new curve with 19 variants spreading in the country. some states are considering tighter domestic border controls though 13 suspected cases of omicron have been detected in sidney.