world politics, sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm hm. the headline. so naughty international israel becomes the 1st country to close its borders to all foreign nationals. due to a new coven strain, the on the kron very and has already spreading the u. k. and the czech republic among the latest to detect cases. also in your headlines. my son is down there in the mine as his mother, i feel that he's alive. scenes of hot break as families mourn the loss of 51 people in a siberian coal mine block a several managers and officials happy arrested over those days. disaster to protesters are killed in almost 20 injured by the french military amnesia. as, according to local authorities, author, a french army convoy was confronted by riotous on the weight of molly and soaring

price. as prompt american families to opt for low cost turkey substitutes over the thanksgiving holiday with many blaming joe biden for a 30 year inflationary reco. ah, welcome to the weekly program here when auntie international were running down the top stories up the week. but also the main headlines of today to israel is closing its borders to old foreign nationals for 2 weeks has global panic spreads over a new cope invariant. a dozens of countries have halted flights from southern africa where the american strain was 1st detected. meantime in johannesburg, the restrictions have left at passengers scrambling to get out, but many of them, it's just already too late. at the last plains to europe, the far east and north america have already left the head of travel deadlines

imposed by governments. although some carriers are still offering flights to doha, which is a major ed connection hub, a correspondent policy i spoke with travelers as south africa's biggest apple tree did because nothing, nothing i can do coming as a pole. it's not like getting anything dead. the pleasant little spain and i don't know when, when i can, i can slightly, we've checked on the air fronts and the flight wasn't consult. i say you can, you hear? see, i'm 10 with the flight. see, well with and send you but everything. so when it was gonna buy a new ticket, so base chaos and diety and confusion. following the discovery of a new coven variant called emmy crohn, at his turn, the world upside down. people are rushing to the a port in a pace for the attempt to get on any remaining flight. and in fact, the queue of people are lining up in front of a ticket sales counter. they're hoping it will open and there might be

a few things that they can still get on menu button, because the united kingdom was the 1st to read list 6, southern african countries. and in that any cabinet coming from them would have to go into quarantine for 10 days at a government facility. since then, the united states, canada, and the european union and other main to destination have followed quite the full flight and rapid pcl taste. skyrocketing kim kirk, who is the founder and need volunteer of community circle home, south africa. as for the last year, been hoping, traveling in south africa, navigate the regulation. she's been inundated with calls apart from people running out of money. yeah. funds that they had that they had thought that it was going to cost them to be. medical aids usually only cover you for a certain amount of time abroad. travel, medical cover only covers you a certain amount of time that's going to run out. people have to get back to jobs.

schools are going to open soon, and the people trying to get the children home. the sense of loss is going to be felt because people are feeling like they are really trapped. and they're becoming more and more frustrated and see more and more tis what i'm hoping is that governments can put measures in place, but not just citizens, but family of citizens. if you can show just show proof of some ty to that country, that those people will be allowed entry. even if it means extra p c r testing. or it means a little bit of quarantine with retesting in that country. but people have to understand that these a human beings, these are people who have got a need to travel, not a one. it is not clear where the army con, very 1st emerged. scientists from south africa were the 1st to alert the world health organization. the south african government has criticized international community for rushing to ban travel before the variance is properly safe and is

concerned about the damage the bad will do to both travel and business for now, the faith of people stranded f. s a port is unclear as well. struggled to deal with the new 300 foot south africa. so actually developers and preparing to test their drugs against this new code strain. and the head of the russian institute behind subordinate v says lab studies will start as soon as they get ahold of a sample. so father, the researchers seem pretty optimistic. now, hungary is one of the european nations using splitting the v and a study that has found that it's effective against all of the previous coping. mutations is proven more successful in preventing a hospitalization and death than the other vaccines. the hungarian foreign minister discussed his country's immunization efforts with autism on a boy will be showing the interview in full all day today in well to pot. 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 $33.00 of the 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 vesta and european colleagues of mine between for i, they always tell me that they know that the russian scientific performance can be spoken about in 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 know that you, you have plans of actually producing split, think on your own territory. so you're actually gaining from the lack of action on the part of your european neighbors. actually, we begin to lot, especially at the beginning because, you know, at the beginning, i mean like 1st part of this year, the deliveries from, from western producers were quite sometimes late. they were cancelled even

sometimes, totally. or the volume was less compared to what was contracted. and at those times the fact that the boast uniform and whitney delivered on time to us additional volumes compared to others. that gave us a huge advantage. we could reopen the country and the national economy around 2 months earlier than the european average. can i ask you a personal question? and it is really a personal question since your preferred sputnik of all be. i think it's 8 vaccines that are approved for use in hungary. why did you do that reason for my decision was crystal clear that when i was a kid, i was vaccinated by rack scenes produced in the rush, defense obvious union. and cyber life i filed for that. why should i change quite that change so that, that, that was a very simple reason of my decision to get me or so it actually make it should work together to end the pandemic. that's

according to the head of the russian fund behind the sport, and agree shorter for my interview with a career. dmitri f. just head over to r t dot com is her policy of moscow. a renewed pandemic clamp down across much of western europe. a spark widespread unrest and classroom with police. although the european union is actually distancing itself from the top security response saying that's purely a matter for national governments. ah hm. with that, since the european commission was not present at the scene of the riots and is not a police organization, it is not in the best position to comment on the actions of the police of the e. you states the maintenance of public order is strictly within the scope of the

national forties of the you states and is supervised by the national courts. and the european commission is not in the best position to make specific comments at an anti locked on protest. and the dutch city of rotterdam, there were $51.00 arrests, and 3 people are hospitalized off the police fire warning shots. it was similar scenes in the hague, with 7 arrests made there. and in austria, demonstrators were met with a heavy handed police respond softer. the announcement of mandatory cove. it shows it also be large scale marches all across france and belgium. and while the e. e. e e e was refusing to condemn tough crowd control tactics in its own member states. it does take rather a different view when it comes to certain other countries. the detention of over a 1000 demonstrators and violence used against them by the russian authorities across the country to day threatened the fundamental freedoms of expression

association and assembly in the russian federation parish to the people in hong kong. the support of the libyan union, toys, nail autonomy and fundamental freedom we will continue to stand by the people are hung below. russians have tutoring to the streets. we smash protests and towards the valence or doing these peaceful protest. us was shirking and unacceptable which undone this brutality and spect, oh, full in transparent investigation, yet or spanish r. i would like to reiterate the right of the cuban people to express their opinions in a peaceful manner. and i want to ask the government to allow these peaceful demonstrations and to listen to the discontent of the protest hers. but if he could always work with her paris based journalist, a local have a who thinks europe's views on human rights are regrettably riddled with contradictions. europe to european union don't have been commissioned all the land

. they think we think somehow old europeans, that we are gods gifted that we know what is good for the people in the world. we think that on human rights, our position is old, was the right one. so sanction we sanctioned be a mar if you're just done an african conversation countries, china and russia. of course, the arch villain. it is a double standard because i was astonished that he got a pin citizen to see that in the netherlands. one of the most the longest they provide countries in western europe. the police had to shoot with the real bullets in the crowd. the press was very silent about this. it was in a respite that did not insist while to me. it's something incredible. it's the 1st time since the last world war that we have to police in west, we're shooting directly and people walk. there were some problems just after the war, but, but not that much. so ok, go ahead to reasons that work black blocks,

you know, extremists were there in the groups demonstrating but still in western europe, shooting with real bullets and the crowd. and then we have lessons to give to other countries. great, that's there is a problem that all the missed on the land should say something, even if it's not aimed at the dutch government for rocks. now, it should be aimed at old government's asking for restraint as a minimum that she should say. all right, as we're running down the top stores of the week, let's give you an update from the came out of a region where such teams are working to retrieve bodies from a siberian coal mine where an explosion killed 51 on thursday. includes 5 rescuers, emergency crews have had to stop their work numerous times due to high methane concentrations and fears of felt the blasts. the remains of 5 minus had been found since saturday afternoon, 300 meters under ground, with the latest. here's our correspondent, dmitri polk. now efforts to stabilize the mind of the going round,

the clock in nitrogen has been used to clear out the dangerous method that is built up inside the mind and poses a risk of explosion. now at this point, there are literally no chances that anybody has survived who was trapped inside. however, the distraught family members are still hoping that there could be some miracle and that their loved ones could still be alive. yeah, that might yet my son is down there in the mine. as his mother, i failed that he is alive without 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 at their bramble. they are already counted his dad just like that man has survived. now it's hard breaking to watch those scenes. there are still many family members who haven't lost hope, and their hope was only bolstered by the miraculous recovery of a rescue worker who was presumed dead on friday. and having spent almost an entire

day trapped inside the mind, the 51 year old alexander's the garage and somehow managed to get out of that mine . and here was his 1st interview since being rescued fernado alexander. how do you feel? i'm doing great. lucy did that, are you able to see better now? yeah, better we want you still going to do so? where all bursting with pride that it all went well. you're like. well, i didn't do anything special. i simply back for my life. horrible, every person in my situation would have done the same. his condition right now is stable, although critical, but it's expected that he will make a full recovery and make it back to his wife and son. but unfortunately, the same can't be said for the others who are trapped inside the mind. 51 people ultimately died and people are now wondering how this happened and what led up to this. a criminal station has been launched and 5 people have been detained and

arrested. the director of the coal mine, his deputy, and a person in charge of this exact mine, have all been detained and also to safety inspectors who are accused of faking a safety inspection. just a week before this tragic explosion. now, all these people have denied their guilt, but nevertheless they have been arrested for 2 months, pending further investigation. but one thing that has become clear is that this mind has been plagued by safety issues. apparently, most of the miners knew about these issues and the reported them to the higher ups from the one little scogel. honestly, i remember my brother in law telling me about a methane program in the mine. 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 with him. my husband came home and every time he was saying these won't and well, all the sensors were being down there. he sat,

that's the conditions our minus happened to working at the moment. now, all of these reports will be taken into account by the investigation, which is trying to get the to the bottom of what happened, how it happened, what led up to it, what were the underlying causes? and ultimately, how to prevent such things from happening again. but while that investigation goes on and rescue services continue working on securing the mind and recovering the bodies. relatives are still distraught and demanding more answers. dmitri powell, arts, he camera. all right, just a moment here on the program on auto. let's have a quick look back now and understand how this entire tragedy unfolded in the 1st place. a. 6 50 dead out. they horrific mon explosion inside barea. 8 30 am november the 25th. the mind with 285 people inside filled with smoke after me. fain explosion. a

with 9 am november 25th, actuation and rescue work starts. reports of 1st casualties. the authorities announced there is no contact with at least 37 people with 5 pm november the 25th rescue operation suspended. emit fears if possible. explosion without 30 mine is still missing. rescue say there's not much hope left because it's minus have only 4 hours of oxygen supply. 10 pm november, the 25th group of rescue work has failed to come up after the threat of explosion. latent 3 of them were found dead. oh, no. i didn't. i'm calling with 3 15 pm,

november the 26th. a presumed dead rescue work came out on his own raising hope among the desperate families of mine, as it is not the 1st deadly accident in this mine with another me said explosion, claiming 13 lives in 2004. a video list you good to supply you with . we got reaction from disaster investigator on old dix. he explained some of the difficulties facing such crews. it's not like on hollywood. you can't send emergency services in so day, so far with technology, even today's technology to getting there safely, the area has to be made. so typically in a mining accident when something like this happens, vit,

there is no simple solution. this is the, the worst nightmare of, of anybody who's involved with mining. they usually aren't other options when the ventilation systems being compromised, when you've had the explosions, when the systems are destroyed or severely damaged. at the, the options of very limited recovery operation in circumstances like this is extremely dangerous. it's extremely dangerous because in the 1st instance, the fact that the disasters occurred at all suggests that there's been a failure in the emergency and in fact normal ventilation systems and then they, having bain and explosion, it means that many of the safety systems, a likely now to be in operable and i suspect certainly it's been, it's my experience. but that's the sort of difficulty that these rescue was now facing on the one hand. and there's the possibility that people may be trapped in

areas with air which is still tangible. but on the other hand, the very real risk that rescue themselves might be injured or worse in their attempts to find them are still to come here without international this year's a thanksgiving holiday in america was officially the most expensive in history with the average dinner costing at least 20 percent more than the last year. that is among our top stories we were taught in just a moment. ah oh, driven by dreamer shapes banks concur. some of those with

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top stories of the week and all today, a 2 protesters have been killed and almost 20 injured by the french army in ninja that's according to local officials. it's off to a military convoy on route to molly was apparently blocked by a large scale demonstration. the convoy of the french volcano force, escorted by the national gent armory, was blocked by very violent protesters in sarah, in the tele bery region. where at spend the night in its attempt to break free use force leading to the death of 2 people and 18 wounded club. we have it from official accounts authorities in nyja, which say that after the french convoy had passed from booking of fossil into niger about 30 kilometers in a huge crowd about a 1000. demonstrators tried to stop the convoy this, this french conway french, a presence in the area, has been unpopular with many people with some at felicity's. they believe all

manner of stories about french troops and their relations with various rebel groups in the area. but they tried to stop this convoy and french troops reportedly began firing what they describe as warning salts. or as well as tier gas, it is unclear how wounding shots could have injured 18 people killed 2, but apparently french troops as well as an is jerry and troops began firing at warning shots again, as they say at these crowds details still somewhat scares me. expect to find out more, but the convoy has moved on off to this incident again, a very ill fated and hung booked because it landed in the ivory coast to support the french opperation in the area is, is seen, snaked its way up towards the north, towards molly and on the way it has said capital matter of incidence and book in

a facet, there will multiple attempts, but by crowds in the thousands who stop these cottonwood voss called voice made up of more than a 1000 vehicles. and then also they had the. busy flood warning shots as well as g, a gas in an effort to disperse the crowds. also number of people in japan, as we've heard. busy but again, this convoy is now on its way through nyja, intimately where fred, shad bases and french troops are station thousands of them in the decade long flight that france is waged against terrorists. it cools them as well as religious extremists in the region. we have asked the french defense minister to comment on the incident. we'll let you know what they say earlier, though. a french army spokesperson said that soldiers fired warning shots off to quote, a violent group tried to take over the convoy trucks, fl americans. this week enjoyed one of the biggest holidays over the year, of course that have thanksgiving with prices soaring the fastest pace in 30 years.

many families had no choice but to improvise. ortiz at saskia taylor has more on the biden administration's inflationary headache this thanksgiving. it wasn't that tough t hoping for a pardon, but the president, because at this point, the only thing that's not been hit by inflation us. i'll biden's ratings. but don't worry because his right hand woman has a full grasp of yes, you prices have gonna yes, they have probably why come and i decided to take advantage of a walk ship to paris to drop a cool $400.00 on a single cooking pot. so much better than over paying back home. now, the average american though decided to reuse lost his pot for this year's turkey to keep the price of the thanksgiving meal down. but it still ended up costing 20 percent more than in 2020. but maybe if they'd listen to the mainstream media's top tips, they could saved a dollar or 2, perhaps forgo the turkey. bear with me,

i know that is the staple of the thanksgiving meal. however, some people think turkey is overrated. and so it's tends to be the most expensive thing on the table. maybe you do an italian feast instead. now if you'll shorten ideas where to buy things your cheap italian feast, i recommend puppy into your local branch of the dollar tree web. every item costs you guessed at a dollar for 35 years, that is been inflation popped along and it's now the $1.25 tree which might sound unprecedented and very, very bad. but actually, you know, inflation is nothing more than biden's enemies spreading rumors a lot of talk about inflation, nothing from you. but in general, out there has been of, it's become a political huddle. and while spending all your savings on a holiday meal might seem a big deal, you're really losing sight of the big picture here. they didn't really appreciate that. within a year, the bite administration has passed 2 major pieces of legislation through both of

the house and the senate. now i wonder if the truck has have just been mandated vaccination amid a supply chain crisis, an historic shortage of drivers. appreciate biden. all those who this went to were probably see their energy bills jump by up to 50 percent, or those who might have noticed a cold christmas. but a don't want to people who are monitoring the electric grid are incredibly concerned about brown, out or black out. and wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, in the future or now. now and yes by did, did release some next oil barrels to fight rising energy prices, but some think he's just covering up the real problem. his own energy policy. that's why 14 states suit biden for stopping oil and gas leases. lawmakers want him to reopen the keystone pipeline, and unions that backed him in the elections. now site, you regret it. generally,

there are too many fans of his all that green thing president bob was energy policy is both weak and dom, but just is carmella has got a handle on inflation. the energy secretary nose has stopped, so don't worry how many barrels of oil did the u. s consume per day. i don't have it given how well things are going. it's really missile one to that biden's piney a 2024. we run. if you wanted to celebrate thanksgiving this year with only foods a had risen of price the last year. you could have hotdogs, she's lettuce and cookies. so even beyond the economic and financial effects of inflation in places, roy, individual style to action has tremendous social pictures, role is devastating. the by the administration is far more worried about making sure the blame is cast on the previous administration, as opposed to addressing the actual causes a better thing right now would be for the government to, to observe some sort of his goal. busy and monitor sobriety and le prices or go

back to where they were before the pandora. but it seems like, as has been said many years by democratic politicians, are there not going to elect a good crisis going to waste and they're going to take every opportunity they can to get the sorts of policies. busy and the sorts of thumb bud forms past lobbyist. ok. well thanks for joining us here for the sunday program. you'll weekly returns at the top of the hour. ah, oh. what's your brushing component fear of one of your captain yourself? ah, your boy reading a blog. i talked almost i spoke once a year from the 1st was the router from your to.