ah, a new cobit strain in southern africa, sparks global panic fronting countries the shut down air travel with the region to verify his already spreading globally with the u. k. the latest lation to confirm cases. developers of sputnik video preparing to test the russian shot against the new mutation. we also hear from a hungarian foreign minister about his own country's vaccine policy and the neat about lives above politics. there are too many countries. i'm considering the issues of vaccination as if it had a political order, or i don't recall nature, you know, it's about lives older people and france postpones mandatory vaccinations for his caribbean territories, authors. spite of violent unrest, though with the order. ah

love from oscar. thanks for joining us tonight. archie, international and daniel hawkins. wherever you are at this hour. welcome to the program. now the u. k. us and canada have joined the you in halting flights from 6 southern african nations that south or discovery of what's being described as a highly infectious new code would strain. in johannesburg, the new restrictions i would have to have passengers scrambling to get out home, get on board. now i'll have to be an employee here waiting to go back in. okay, over it is very serious thing. but on the other hand, always gonna have new variance fraud on the whole, we gonna keep looking on every time we've gone, you varian, just dirt disconnecting one, going to the door and you pay is not for fear of heartbreaking people. devastated just before christmas. mom really said frustration that clear there that says airlines have canceled flights from south africa to the u. k. ahead of the up

correct upcoming bed line. that flights though, to some other western countries, including the u. s. r. continuing until monday. the reporting now on europe's response to when you go, but variant is shot, it even scale paris will this super mutant strain of covey it has been described as being more transmissible than delta. and that has really ramped up fears. it's been reported that it's already been found on the european continent in belgium, that is from a sample that was taken from a young woman who said to have not been anywhere near the south of the african continent. she had indeed been to egypt and to turkey, and it's also said that she was unvaccinated key. i'm at knocking rap on confirm. case of this variant is someone who came from abroad. this person was tested on november 22nd. he was not vaccinated and had no prior infection. so this case has been observed and confirmed. but i want to repeat that it is a suspicious fair and we don't know if it's a very dangerous one. as

a result of this, in countries on out scrambling to close their air space to a number of countries in the south of africa. that's because the super mutant strain has been found in several countries there. but it could already be too late, as that case in belgium shows now not much is known about this particular mutation, but experts are really sounding the alarm over what they say the potential properties of it could be. and it's the fact that it's such a heavy mutation just give you an example. experts in the u. k. have described this as being so mutated that it is barely recognizable when it compared to the original strain of covey. 19. and as a result of that, we have seen devastation across the world over the last 18 months or so. the

european commission president is urging other countries to take heed and to also close their space. the european commission has today proposed to member states to activate the emergency brake on travel from countries and southern african and other countries affected to limit the spread of the new variant. now the u. k was one of the countries that 1st decided to put that ban in place of flights coming at to and from those 6 countries in africa are. but it has said that that list could be expanded in the next few days with more more countries being put back on the read less than that could cause so many fears that yet again, travel plans as we head into the holy sea season will be thwarted just as they were back in 2020. now this also comes at a time when there is a 5th wave of the pandemic hitting the european continent so much so that countries

are putting new restrictions back in place. we've already seen partial locked downs and towns in some countries, like in austria and in the netherlands, and even here in france. early this week, the french health minister saying that from the middle of january, people will have to have a food job for cobit 19 of vaccine. if they don't, then the health pass to allow them access to everyday things like cafes and restaurants will no longer be valid. but the real concern here is if those experts are right, that this mutation is so far removed from the original covey. $900.00 variant will the vaccines that are all ready being creative, be enough? will they even be effective? or as many fear will they just be totally ineffective against this strain? if that's the case, it's going to leave the politicians scratching their heads again. and scientists having to go back to the drawing board, but the question many of us are now asking when will this?

and when sean said that on to say the new variant has an unusually high number of mutations though so far there is no evidence. it's more deadly than previous strains. professor constantine severino se bothers us from russia. skulker institute of science and technology told us why it's ringing. alarm bell. if this variant indeed is partition more proficient and delta and can substitute delta, then it's not the question of if the question when it's very clear that this has been strain the emerged in it probably single individual which had a case of long code. it probably was a suppressed immune system where the you there and had gradually accumulated multiple mutations while being in a single person and then was released in the environment and started talking. you individuals, what they can do. it's mostly just slow down on the distribution global distribution

of the new variable because it will happen whether they are restrictions not. while turning the focus to europe, germany is continuing to see a surgeon co infections with a new daily record of 76000 cases. situation has been compounded by the on the cron variance, according to a government minister, one likely cases already been detected within its borders. several mutations typical of alma crohn, were found last night and travel from south africa. so there is a high level of suspicion and the person has been isolated at home. we're still waiting for the complete sequencing. ok, but off at all is in germany, already overwhelmed with the air force being called in to help transfer patients so far to monitor yet 7 set aside to assist. so we spoke to a disease specialist in the country. he believes the new strain means all options are on the table. when you buy this new varian spreads quickly on the vaccines we have now stopped working there worried about situation. people who already are not clay, it may not be protected,

but we have to wait and see if that worst case scenario becomes the case. maybe we'll be lucky on the vaccines will also work against this mutation at the moment. we don't know enough about it. there isn't a p c r t s for yet, but we have to be cautious is sort of the virus is changing all the time. and several mutations have occurred. the virus is multiplying a few 1000 times a day. errors occur in the replication and a new virus emerges. it's not unusual and going up in every day. so there's still plenty of uncertainty with alex on variance and what the panic is warranted on our website. we've got to explain it taking you through everything from swipe, quoting you to the stock market, set off. and to all, if you got com to find out who's the vaccine produce, who's us grabbing to determine if that drugs will work against the oman variance in russia. the institute behind the sport and agree jobs as testing will start as soon as they obtain a sample of the new strain. so that for good size,

it will make samples available to other nations. in hungary, a studies found sporting to be off as high efficacy against all prior covered variance. massages say it's more successful, preventing hospitalization, and death than any other vaccine. budapest is now hoping local production of splitting agree will start next year, though the drug is still waiting proven from the regulator, hunger in foreign minister pay to should on to sat down without he's excited to speak about the need to de politicize. the issue i really don't find the verse to describe how i feel about the fact that there are still many countries. considering the issues of vaccination as if it had a political or, or ideological nature. you know, it's about the lives of the people we knew in the lives of the people. what is it for them 5 year, another political, it's rather a political and ideological debate. i'm very frustrated about that. to be honest.

and i tell you why europe on the regulation speaks very clearly about hallway vaccine, can be approved on the territory of 2 ways. first, by the european madison agency, which is a normal, let's say, business of usual way of approving a vacuum. but a european regulation says that in case of the state of emergency, this one, the national regulators, are allowed to approve of axioms. also on a temporary basis before we started to use both scrutiny casino far from china, the national regulator of ours has approved the use of both. which means that the use of scrutiny in hungary is being based on a european regulation. and that's why, to be honest, we don't understand why it is not being respected by the by the other member states . whenever i talk to western european colleagues on my vest or european colleagues of mine between for i, they always tell me that they know that the russian scientific performance can

be spoken about only very highly. and i said it 1st the best. of course it works well, hungary and experts have approve that. and regardless of the fact that privately, they all say that when it goes to public, they act totally differently. i have the luxury to be in this position for more than 7 years now. so i clearly remember who said was 56 years ago, and i remember the way we were really, really attacked. and we were considering very, very hostile way, very rude expressions were used on us. and those who treated us in a very rude way. they are now giving, basically a standing ovation to those who act similarly as we acted back in 2015. what do you think has changed in europe on that issue over the last 5 years? you know, i think there's a big hypocrisy. there might be some comments which,

which sound to be different compared to what has been said since 2015 by the essence, by the essence of the europe and migration policy remained unchanged unfortunately . and if you look at the document or the statement or the founding document of the, of the new german government coalition, you will see that this extremely pro migration extremely another uptake concerning the disease. france has postponed, vaccine mandate order for it can be in territories for a week and one of them arrest and guadalupe and martinique. i have a code restrictions imposed by paris the the

french government initially ordered all health workers on the caribbean islands to get cobra shops will take unpaid leave, but then go down well with frustration already high over unemployment, stagnant wages and widespread poverty approaches have tapped into broader resentment against paris without the citing behind regulations and a lack of financial support. the french president deserves to evil in guadalupe and masonic not to mix up code rules with colonial era grievances, man or mark on also to summon his territories of spreading what he calls falsehoods about vaccines. we will not give in to allies distorting of information and the exploitation by some people of this situation. we do not play with health, and we will not lead the health of the french people to be played with for the sake of political infighting. political alice, nicola markovich says the postponement of jap magnets on the islands could have people in mainland france asking why they should have to put up with compulsory vaccines. it's

a catastrophe. people are not being taken care of in the hospitals and in go to loop today. it's a very difficult situation. the threat coming from paris is only been greeted by a strong backlash from the inhabitants of guadalupe. don't want the french laws concerning mandatory health passes in on the island. this is the 1st time that we've seen real revolts against the decision coming from paris. they don't trust the government, they don't trust the media. so they say we don't want these vaccines because we don't think that these are, these are the solution to the cemetery crisis or the cobra crisis today. so there is this, the fundamental. busy administration is strong distrust in information coming from paris and from mainstream media. and i think it's going to be interesting to see how the government treats this because people in maine non practicing. well, if the government is going to come back on it's law and guadalupe martinique, which are french, what would you like, which are in france? why don't they do the same thing in france? why if they're making vaccinate, they're saying now the 1st government that

a can give x teens which don't have a r n and messenger in it. if they're doing that for, well, why don't do they do that for the mr. france, or they're going to be different laws feel to come late from the program. rents. a soaring in spain and large american investment companies are being blanked. we'll explain why off the bright ah, ah, is you'll media reflection of reality? ah, in the world transformed? what will make you feel safer? isolation community. are you going the right way? or are you being that some with what is true? this is faith. in the world corrupted,

you need to descend her join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. join me every thursday on the alec salmon. sure. but i'll be speaking the guess of the world of politics. sport business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then. mm ah oh, go him back. russian court has reminded 5 suspects in custody for a period of 2 months. following thursday's deadly coal mine bloss their men,

3 managers and 2 inspectors have been charged with violating safety protocols that all have denied wrong during leading up to the undergrad explosion in the chemical region which claimed the lives of 51. people. the head of the mind section where the blast occurred insists he'd receive no prior complaints from stuff of that all was earlier revised down was that soft rescuer who'd been previously presumed dead managed to get out of the mine. his survival was described as a miracle by the emergency service chief working at the sight. local mine as though have lost hope of finding any more survivors were perfect in your son's room for the last chance to get out was with the rescuer who survived. don't wait for the rest. got goodness, go ahead, sir. nobody could have survived as long as this, especially because oxygen is now gradually being replaced by methane. i have no idea how one man managed to survive. how can one predict such a blast? there's no mining without gas, only more ventilation and more checks will help. oh yes, it is for no cold,

no money. every one is trying to fulfill the plan and earn something if the ventilation services are responsible for chicken, the guest levels in the mines. 18 years ago when i witnessed the mind, thus the shaft was poorly ventilated. a specialist has to come and check all that needs to be checked, but that time worked started straight away. meanwhile, the bodies of 5 dead minus have been retrieved from under the rubble. the rescue operation resumed off to being halted due to fears of further explosions. the camera of a governor says caution is a priority mail and the cancer asked to we desperately want to get everyone out on the surface. we are doing all we can, but without risking the lives of our rescuers. we have no right to have more men dead. when the 1st group of rescuers rushed into the mind right after the last it was justified. now it's not. but so everything we do must be 1st of all safe autumn . the miners job is one of the most dangerous in the world. but if a rescuer has to go in,

the danger is multiplied or earlier while rescue as were unable to access the mind . desperate families were left waiting for news at the entrance, hoping on to any glimmer of hope. you have got my. my son is down there in the mine . as his mother, i feel that he is alive. we felt some hope when one man was found alive, he see if that man spent a day down there and survived. it means it's possible to survive. but we are tall. people die in 2 or 3 hours due to lack of air. mine is her aunt, the rabble. they are already counted his dad just like that man has survived. well, it's been 3 days since the explosion here at the list version or coal mine in canada and efforts are still going on throughout the day to stabilize the situation in the mine. now at this point, nitrogen has been injected into the mine to neutralize the build up of methane gas . but that means that virtually at this point, there's no chance that anybody who is still trapped down there have survived. now

a criminal investigation into this tragedy is already ongoing. 5 people have been detained. that saw the head of the mining company a, his deputy, and the person in charge of the mine itself. now also there were 2 safety inspectors who were detained on suspicion of faking a safety inspection in this exact mine just a week before this horrific tragedy. now the mine deputies, they denied the charges made against them. and also, one of the inspectors also says that he did not do anything wrong. however, all 5 of these people have been detained for 2 months of pending the investigation as it continues to find out what was wrong with mine and what led up to this situation. and in fact, it's been told, we've seen reports that there were a lot of known issues in this mine and that miners knew about them and reported them to the higher ups. here's what one of the relatives of the miners has said on the matter. one rosco's, honestly, i remember my brother in law telling me about

a methane program in the mine, and the instances of a gas builder. anton told me that when the level of methane went off the scale and all work ground to a halt. but sometimes despite this, there was a forbidden level of methane, and even though it wasn't that high, the mine is still at work. they even had to resort to various methods to decrease the level indicators in order to get work done. he occasionally let his former head know about the situation. he wondered how he could work in such circumstances. the minds management was aware of what was going on. well, now the investigative committee has said that it will do its utmost to get to the bottom of this to find out who could have been responsible for this blatant violation of safety procedures on a hazardous production facility. and this is what they have said in their statement, because it is not by doubling. it is commonly known that tragedies of a similar nature have occurred in mines in the camera of a region and in other regions to the cost of these mistakes is invariably people's

lives. the investigative committee intends to look into the circumstances of the situation and address the deeper causes that lead to serious consequences and provoked the tragedy. lincoln right now, there are still many grieving relatives who have been devastated by this tragedy. and these demand answers and hopefully with the criminal investigation going on, are soon they could receive them parents soon, spraying or fighting back against soaring rents so many and pointing the finger at us private equity firms buying up vast amounts of real estate or slona madrid or the worst affected both cities have seen rental price spike in recent years. a trend that's accelerated during a pandemic in while wall street landlords are caching in with the new york times, singly out subarus, capital management, blackstone group, and lone star funds as the biggest owners of spanish property. we spoke with latisha casado, a campaigner for affordable housing. yes,

do i mean yes it is. and during the previous crisis that affected the entire population of the country and now when the economic crisis was followed by health care crisis, we see that during such periods, large investors mainly enrich themselves because they own housing. and there are very few rental office and the real estate market and demand on the contrary is very high. in addition, the spanish public administration does not have enough resources to provide families with decent housing, alternative solutions to housing problems. all this creates fertile ground for the activities of large corporations because they can significantly increase their profits. she even implemented? yes, absolutely. people moved to other areas. it happens and noticed, and as a rule is not covered by the media in recent years, the process has been gaining momentum since many citizens who previously left

within the city limits in the central district of the city were unable to pay rent and were forced to look for housing further from the center, but even their rents are rising. justine to an increase in demand or spouse government has place to address the problem and draw to the brill impose your cap on went to like sun increasing taxes on vacant properties, juicer. grosser, although hers are other ideas on how to help renters, 11 months on september, the 30th our organization, the platform of mortgage victims, together with more than $200.00 civil society groups and organizations submitted to the congress of deputies at bill. that means the housing needs of citizens in order to guarantee their rights to housing at the state level. it contains several important provisions, the adoption of which we have been seeking for several years as they reflect the real needs of citizens. in fact, we need a law that will operate at the state level. this is how to miss communities can

adapt the standards to the needs of citizens. in addition, this bill does not reflect the need to create alternative ways to solve the housing problems of the families, her subjectivity action. such mechanisms will allow these families to continue a normal life. for example, the fact that the state provides housing for 3 months and then withdraws itself from solving this problem, can not be an alternative. it seems to be very important that government agencies begin to act and take real measures to guarantee access to the necessary resources or housing so that people can receive social housing and use it for many years in order to somehow plan their lives. or isn't saw out on the city streets radi against the themes, racism, and water. as you can see, things i got put in the action was figured, bought a lot of what when people and group for the candidates, eric them up on strategies of rooted in the trailer,

thousands of in melbourne and sydney to defy what they've run that discrimination in the form of vaccine mandate across the state of victoria, only those who a double jobs can go to work across numerous industry which is also read at certain locks on restrictions. will continue to apply to be including children, 8th and 12. and the rocks disputed election results to more unrest with hundreds attempting to storm by greens on which houses the government protested. support political parties with ties to iran, which lost significant ground in last month's vote. and the search for you, a foes has long been a hobby for i'm a say, alien hunters and governments alike. the u. s. has now decided it's time to up its game. and that's because it still has over a 100 sightings of strange, aerial phenomena by pollen. it's on others over the past few decades. but it's experts site can't be explained. the pentagon reopened the u. s. vote task force

5 months after the previous group proved to be ineffective. seems like the u. s. fails. insecure without searching for unidentified flying objects. this new group has a really big name. ah, big name, big tasks. says the pentagon takes all reports on have on objects very seriously. c a. c stacy next for going on the ground for you guys. use it. sputnik. we're back in half an hour with the latest join us again. ah,

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy. even foundation. let it be an arms race. is on offense, very dramatic development only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time time to sit down and talk ah, an old hungarian proverb says you can't put everything under one hand. it means that the same rules can't be applied to every one. and yet this is want you to pass signed up to when it entered the european union in 2004. today hungry is accused of all possible sins against democracy. now does the or by and government feel about its future and place in the european family?

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