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. ah, hello and welcome to the news, our top story, the u. s. and voice, the iran says his negotiate is ready to hold direct talks with toronto over its nuclear activity, but claimed that offer has been rebuffed. representatives from the other well power involved have been shuttling between the 2 nations camps. at talks amy to salvage the historic dale before heading to negotiations in vienna, robert molly spoke with our white house correspondent, kimberly how can she started by asking him why the u. s. is still moving to tyson sanctions against iran, even as the talks continue? is it helpful to be pushing for that as you're trying to get a deal? you know, we are prepared to get back into the deal as soon as possible soon as her on it and we would lift all of the sanctions are inconsistent with adjacent to it. but in the

meantime, we can stand by and not be prepared for world in which iran may be choosing to delay build its program, try to build more leverage, we honestly have to respond. and so that's what we're doing. we're preparing ourselves for that, that outcome. how concerned are you or how concerned is the united states that israel could potentially drag the united states into an armed conflict with iran? we are privileging the path of diplomacy. we think it's the best way to think it's best for us. we suspect that best we're wrong, but iran will have to decide that as president button a secretary blinking has both said, if iran chooses regard despite our diplomatic offer to take a different path, then we'll have to use the, the tools at our disposal to make sure that iran does not acquire a nuclear with why should iran trust the united states? so given the fact that it knows full well that 2020 for presidential election could bring another president,

the could completely undo any of the efforts you're making right now. this is not a deal that is based on trust, and so it's not a we don't trust ratings, don't trust us. and what happened when the u. s. withdrew from the deal. is that around started wrapping up its nuclear program. that's why president biden is back and has given us the mandate to try to get back into the deal, and he would not be extending the political capital making this effort if his goal was to come in and then withdraw. of course, we don't know what a future president will do. we don't know what the future reigning leadership will do, but we think that it's in our mutual interest to get back in to deal with the united states. be willing, at any point to meet face to face with iranian negotiators, were prepared to meet with them face to face. we think it's far superior to indirect negotiations and we're dealing with something this complex with so much so much mistrust with some potential for misunderstanding. so we've said, we'll meet at any time in any place. they are the ones who are not prepared to do it for their own reasons. we think it's a mistake. we think it's a mistake that hurts both of us. we know that these talks are not open ended. the

united states has made that clear. what's the timeframe we're looking for? as i've said before, this is a technological clock. it's not a chronological clock. in other words, if they slow down the nuclear power would have more time if they continue, the current pace than time is running out. secretary blinking has made that clear over and over again. time is running out and we and the europeans will have to conclude if, if a run continues down this path, they have killed the j, c, p a and the j. c. if it would be no more, we hope that's not the case. we are fully committed to a mutual return to compliance with jesse 3. we think there's still time to do it. if iran comes back and says they're prepared to roll up their sleeves and do it to well in terms of a background to this process, the efforts to bring the agreement back together has really been underway for months now the deal efficiently known as the joint comprehensive plan of action was initially agreed in vienna in 2015 between iran, china, france, russia, u. k. and the united states. but in may 2018 president. trump pulled the us out of

the deal made on his predecessor later that year he re imposed sanctions. a year later, iran said it was no longer bound by the tons of the deal and would restart high level uranium enrichment. that was the start of his series of steps that by november saw a tenfold increase in enrichment this year with joe biden taking office came a fresh set of talks to rescue the accord. but so far its been plagued with stumbling blocks, including a pause after the election of hotline abraham. right? you see, to the iranian presidency, all the countries to negotiate to recite the country is serious about reaching the nuclear agreement with well, powers is not backing down from its demands. now, the round of talks obviously is now resumed in vienna. last week, iran was accused of not taking the talk seriously, but the european union to negotiate and now says as a renewed sense of purpose by all participants. both this

morning was for the whole delegation of only the ring in one of the locations. very new sense of purpose come the need to work on to reach an agreement from being in the just to be back to life. this is, this is my, my information from, from this morning. it's difficult. it's a very difficult and devil, but are still in different positions that we have to marie. this is the gist of the negotiation and we will see how we can so we can present. that's how we kind of funds, algebra, dosage of bar is following the story in vienna. they sent him in several sharon, by the reigning deputy foreign minister ali baba connie who was leading the arabian delegation was the same as that of the you. foreign policy chief that we just heard from. connie said that the ratings are very serious and they're here for results. and that is exactly what they hope to achieve in the coming days. the joint

commission met earlier on thursday and then they ran off to smaller working groups to discuss the details of what iran has proposed to the world powers. the rain is put forth 2 proposals last week where they said one deals with how the united states will lift those sanctions that they impose, since they left a nuclear deal in 2018. and the 2nd proposal deals with the arena nuclear program and how iran who go back into compliance, the rain is of set that will only happen when they can verify that all the sanctions that the u. s. is imposed or lifted in terms of what the international atomic energy agency has to do with all this. they are the watchdog that polices the j. c. p. o a, the nuclear deal of 2015. and the head of that organization has said that there has been serious issues with iran compliance over the past few months. and that they are very concerned that they no longer have the access that they want to have when it comes to policing iran's nuclear program. but for now, the groups here that are discussing how to move forward, or hopefully they can come to some kind of an agreement in the next few days and on

how to move forward with these negotiations. or in other developments in the past few hours, u. s. president joe biden has held a telephone call with his ukranian count to populate him, his lensky, new show of support over the buildup of russian military along its border. tens of thousands of troops have been moved to an area near the frontier, but russia denies is preparing to invade its neighbour. the 2 leaders spoke for around 90 minutes by the white house as biden conveyed his support, few cranes sovereignty and territorial integrity. he held a similar call with the russian president vladimir putin earlier in the week. and warned of severe economic sanctions were an attack to take place. but russia is saying that it's actually ukraine, that is failing to engage in the piece process by dish gifts that are not with the support of nato countries. ukraine is being pumped full of weapons and keep is building up. it's contingent on the line of contact in don bass. the number of cease fire violations which have happened since it was signed in july 2020 is

coming close 290000. the spatial monitoring mission to ukraine has registered the re deployment of heavy weapons, including high caliber artillery and armored vehicles to the east of the country was without account has been disputed by the white house which place blame squarely, roches dual. the russians are known for their rhetorical escalations as they are also known for their own ways of providing misinformation around the world and within eastern flank countries. so i think we have to take their own efforts to communicate to their public with a grain of salt. what we know is that, oh, the aggression here is on the russian side. the military buildup is on the russian side. there is a path, a diplomatic path forward. oh, the part of the president's object of our president's objective and having the call was to convey that clearly that certainly is our preference. but also to convey clearly that there would be consequences. they would be significant and severe and

we're going to coordinate with our european partners on that. what shall stratford joins us live from care, sit in southern ukraine, what sort of indications or signals are we getting for the, from the ukrainians? about what transpired in that telephone call between 40 miss zalinski and president joe biden or presidents. and hence, gay's office is put out some statements about the, the contents of that conversation. i'll read out some of our salient points to you . that being said, according to zalinski, is office during our conversation that it was said that the u. s. has decided to become an active participant in the settlement process in dawn by us in parallel with the normandy format. now this is interesting because normally full mat that is made up of france, germany, russia, and ukraine has. by all accounts, according to most analysts been an unadulterated failure since it was initiated 7

years ago. so i'm and lot of analysts have been trying to, we're trying to church of to force the point that it is absolutely vital to get the u. s. a bigger role in, in, in trying to forge a lasting peace piece processing and settlement to this conflict. so that's very interesting. that said, there seems to be certainly some sort of agreement that there will be an increase role for the u. s. am in this silly skis off is also saying that the decision on ukraine's ascension to nato depends on the decision of ukraine and nato members. that's what biden said in that conversation was zalinski. obviously, this may not go down very well. it's whole with moscow. we know that sir. obviously yet, nato were nato membership for ukraine is one of the main big red lines for moscow. and also discussed according to zalinski his office. it said that sir george

disgusted ukraine has clear proposals to unblock the peace process. and again, this seems to be suggesting some alternative maybe to the minsk piece process, mince 2 that was signed in 2015. and as i say, has not really gone at any results whatsoever, both the ukrainians and the since blaming each other for not implementing their respective sides of the agreement. also, zalinski is always saying that there were ways to provide security, financial, political support as a means of containing hybrid aggression. something else that was discussed during that conversation with president biden. we know there's been a lot of focus on so called hybrid attacks using the internet and, and so on against ukraine. certainly those allegations being made by the ukrainians . meanwhile, the white houses put out a couple of statements,

subsequent to that conversation, as well as the white house saying that so biden supports the aspiration of ukraine to be a nato member. and says that the aggression is on russia's side regarding ukraine is, could be very interesting to see what kind of response comes from moscow. in the coming hours and days earlier today, president putin vladimir putin described. the situation in don bass is being akin to genocide. so an example, so the ukrainians and americans would say of no trying to escalate the situation further. we know that there are hopes of some sort of conversation between won't present. barden described as at least for nato member states and russia in a bit to discuss rushes concerns in the coming days. but as i say no confirmation as to exactly when that will happen and chance just to be. and just

because you mentioned the escalation is a relatively controlled situation on the front line with trips on both sides of the border are there is that that there is that something could go wrong? it could be a miscalculation i think it's fair to say that there are suddenly fears that any kind of miscalculation any provocation, these deemed big enough by the side could, could set the fireworks going so to speak. and if you look at the, the figures of sci fi violations that are put together on a daily basis by the organisation, the security incorporation in europe, the o. s. c. i mean like for example, december the 7th, 2 days ago the i see saying that there was 200 cease for violations give or take in that 24 hour period and including 60 explosions. so the situation is tense. those violations though i have been going on for for years. and you know,

evidence of this failed cease fire agreement as a sign in 2015. we've seen no solid evidence of any big troop build up on this side of the contact zone. of course, the russians saying that the ukrainians may have as many as 825000 troops deployed . and so we're yet the situation is tense and, but it has remained certainly, once you've moved outside of that conflict zone, relatively calm. but as i say all eyes now on the ongoing diplomatic efforts being made certainly at this stage being led by the us and what kind of reaction we're going to see from moscow in the days ahead. thanks very much for 40 to sir francis . if kirsten and southern ukraine shall stratford and our one of the story to bring you though actually been reports of violence between armenian as airy forces in the region with armenians. defense ministry saying as of by john has started

intensively shelling, military positions and gas car, conic province, according to russia's tass news agency. earlier on thursday as a by john accused armenia of provocations along the border and said one of its soldiers had been killed. a war between them last year ended with a russian at bro could cease fire with the news. our lie from london much more to lead for you on the program. flight they to record is a recovered from the wreckage of a helicopter, which crashed killing india's most senior general. and 15 minutes at this rally resulted in hong kong democracy advocate and tycoon at jimmy ly getting a fresh conviction. ah, worlds most vulnerable people should get a 3rd dose of a corona virus vaccine. but there is concern about how this could affect people who haven't yet had one. a world health organizations. vaccine advisory panel is saying

people with underlying health issues or compromised immune system should be targeted for boosters. many countries are expanding their roll out of 3rd shots due to concerns of the new on the chron variant. emerging data has suggested that vaccine efficacy declines after some time, especially among older people. for the time being, we continue to support one, the need for equity into distribution, our location of exchange, and to the use of 3rd doses, only on dose that we have previously recommended. those that have received inactivate the vaccines, and those that are immunocompromised, which are the 2 groups that we feel should be protected further by a 3rd dose of the primary process. and also this warning from the w h show that the only con variant could lead to them to more hoarding of vaccines. more than half of the people in the world have now received at least one dose. not full to just over

6 in every 100 people in low income countries. since february, the vaccine sharing alliance, kovacs has shipped 610000000 doses, 244 nations or territories. the goal was to 1000000000 the program sped up in the past few months, thanks to donations from wealthy countries on an ease on export from india. but if rich a nation's prioritize their own doses now will verify that progress can be lost and there is no supply issue. they w h o same, that one and a half 1000000000 doses are produced every month. the problem is with the allocation of the supply, the global house chief is saying 6 times as many boost as a given out in which nations every day than 1st shot in low income countries. as we head into whatever the on the current situation is going to be, there is risk that the global supply is, again, going to revert to high income countries courting vaccines to protect,

you know, to protect in, in, in a sense, in excess there opportunity for, for vaccination and, and sort of no regrets kind of approach. so morning, let's speak to michael ahead senior research fellow in global health at the university of south hampton. so, the, this concern about the vaccine hoarding is nothing new, isn't it? i suppose in many ways it's the inequality that has created and large parts of the global population being on vaccinated that has led to this on the chrome variant. good evening. yes, essentially in some ways it's very simple. the more co 9 team you have, the greater the risks of a new variance emerging. we know that that seems not only protect individuals against the kind of illness, but it will say reduce the risk of transmission and indeed of infection itself. so

it's more likely that variance will emerge in on vaccinated populations. we saw that wait, for example, delta in india, the catastrophic big uncontrolled outbreak from which the delta very emerged. and indeed the other variance. for example, here in the tie, the alpha variant came out of an uncontrolled outbreak, whereas a lot of kind of 19 disease, the other more of a 19 disease you have, the higher the risk, but you can, you very, it's occurring. how do you balance concern against perhaps that the right off countries in the develop while to protect and safe god the the health of that populations to some extent is reasonable, of course, that governments due to cost their own citizens. but richard governments all sitting on the surface of doses that we and they don't need an estimate. so that's about $1400000000.00 surface doses around the rich countries of the minutes over the next few months. and if they could be distributed,

even if some of them could be distributed to for example, subsaharan africa, then we might not improve the health of the population right now, but also improve the global outlook. it again, intensive, new variance emerging. how do you do that? that you can use these governments can't be co was. so how can they then be persuaded to deny s s plus lack scenes? that's a very good question and no one has really found a satisfactory answer to it. yet we need global cooperation and that has been in limited supply. we have global g 7 summits and promise is a made but then all correct. i think advocacy from every one from scientists and the general public from the media is required. hopefully emerges of omicron might be the stimulus, might be the trigger to high level decision makers in the work to countries that actually we do need to vaccinate the world because not only and their interests also in all interests as well. what about the role of vaccine

hesitancy in new variance emerging? so this hesitancy in any country in the world, we have hesitancy here in the u. k. there is a to see, in example, subs are in africa, will be probably not anymore or less than the u. k. or canada, or at least for example, the reasons maybe slightly different, for example, some of the research that we've been doing and go on it. and west africa, we asked populations there vaccinations and some of the comments we got back focused all how europe in north america has handled yesterday to get back see in terms of implementing it. and then taking away into the blood clot, scared the putting it back in again, the inconsistency has been noted elsewhere, including and go on. one of the comments we got back from our participants was, while you sending us your damage white man's products. what we don't want to happen is without viewpoint to become widespread, and that might be a great source of hesitancy at the minutes. it's a fairly small reason,

but it is there, and it shows that absorbing subsaharan africa does look at europe in north america and seal news and absorbed the findings. thank you, dr. michael head showing us that. meanwhile, south africa is reported more than $22000.00 new cases of the on the con variant. this is a rise of about 2000 compared to the previous day. or the hospital data is also showing less than a 3rd of patients infected with on the corner. suffering severe illness, south african scientists sounded the alarm about its variance late last month. for me to mill, it brings us more now from janice bog. it has been sort of up and down in the last few days. and when we've spoken to experts have said that, you know, shortly after weekends we may have a lag just because of data. the numbers are concerning because there is a 20 per 6 per cent positivity rate. and that means that for the people who are going out to get tested for coven, 19, about one and 4 are receiving

a positive result. but the government is also saying that hospital facilities are well prepared. and in terms of, i see you bit intensive care that to 6 percent of beds are occupied at this moment . about 3 and a half 1000 general bits occupied by people with clover 19 when there are 113000 available. and they also saying that data will, at least initial data is showing that potentially, while this particular variant does spread easily and they're worried about that it may possibly be milder than expected. but this is very early stages of the 4th wave in south africa. and also looking broadly at the region and what is happening with the variant around the world. there are about a 1000 cases that have been linked directly to our be con, and it's appears that 46 percent of those cases are from africa, specifically in southern africa, where 5 countries, including south africa,

us are leading to a spike in numbers or travel bands imposed on south africa and neighboring countries have hammered the tourism industry, which is already badly affected by the pandemic. many south african turn companies are saying they've lost more than half of their bookings for december. a widespread job losses in the tourism industry in 2020, and total foreign arrivals in south africa slumped by more than 70 percent official . faith, lack of revenue has been unbearable for many businesses when we did a snap, sorry, from the 2 operators, it was there about a 1000000000 rent worth of cancellation. that was m just snap. sorry. it could be more that doesn't include lines, cancellations that include the expenditure that, you know, the tourists are going to spend at restaurants or at korea, shops for the front porch and many other things that they could have down on top of

what they already had booked so in other words, it, it could easily be a 3000000000 worth of consolation impact. the significance, not just from an economy perspective, but i think the think it's significant job losses appear to be getting to see. there are lots of small businesses that are suffering. investigators recover the flight date record is from the wreckage of a helicopter, carrying india's highest rank in general. chief of defense, staff beeping wrap up, his wife and 11 others died. when the croft came down and the southern state of tom will not do induce defense ministers saying the helicopter did not send a distress call before the crash. elizabeth brawn reports now from the deli, a wreath laying ceremony by government leaders of the southern state of thumb and not for ben roberts, his wife and 11 others killed on wednesday, they remained with them sent to new delhi for funeral services. also in the capital

members of parliament observed to minutes of silence defense minister raj not sing revealed more about the crash control evening air traffic controller lost contact with the helicopter around 12 pm. soon after a few local people spotted a fire in the forest near good news and rushed to find wreckage of the military helicopter engulfed in flames. but all of the flying from an indian air force base and salute to a defense call. it's less than half an hour away. when the helicopter came down, rescue as managed to save some occupants from the burning wreckage and take them to a nearby hospital. but only one person survived. the defense minister said the crash investigation has already begun with the helicopter's flight data and cockpit voice record is recovered. on thursday, 63 year old violet had served in the military for for decades and was the army chief before being appointed india 1st chief of defense staff 2 years ago. the position was created to integrate and modernize india's army, navy,

and air force is a huge task. and this has been a setback in terms of the individual who was chosen by prime minister, moby. and that he died in this very, very tragic manner. jarlet also led major military operations on india's troubles. border with pakistan and china mourners will be allowed to pay their final respects to bip enroll with and his wife at their residence here in new delhi on friday before the funeral. roberts, death not only raises questions over the military reform he was leading, but comes at a time of heightened tension with china, with both countries increasing their military presence along the disputed border. elizabeth per on al jazeera new delhi, hong kong pro democracy movement has been delta, another blow, media tycoon, jimmy lined to other prominent activists have been convicted for their roles and an illegal vigil commemorating the chinaman. square massacre or louis brings us the

story. now. i jimmy ly was at last year's tenement square rally in hong kong for just 15 minutes and did not address the crowd. the judge said prosecutors had been able to prove his incited others to attend the vigil. lie used to own apple daily, a vocal pro democracy paper. the tablet was shut down after police raided his officers and arrested staff under a national security law. some journalists in hong kong say they are not surprised by wednesdays verdict. this has been a trend over the last year on the judge and under woodcock. rules are todd jimmy lie didn't have to say anything to even in fight others very tight, but he timed out just outside the park. was close a deliberate act to rally support for and publicly spotlight the unauthorized assembly. the judge also found barrister chow hung tongue and former reported gwyneth how guilty of either taking part or inciting others to join the event. all

3 pleaded not guilty. 16 other activists are already serving jail sentences.