ah, ah, israel becomes the 1st country to close it, port is too old for it. national g. when you cope, it straightened the problem very. it is already spreading globally with australia and italy among the latest to detect cases. also i had with my son is down there in the mine as his mother. i feel that he is alive. among the stories that shapes the wheat thins, old hawk re cause families woman loss of 51 people. and it's hyperion coal mine. explosion several manages on officials have been arrested over thursday, dissolved and to protest is all killed on over a dogs, an injured by the french military in the zab, according to local authorities. often all me convoy on the way. somebody was confronted by riotous

ah, bringing you all round up of the big stories and headlines the last 7 days. this is the week here on our t as always. very good to have your company. we're jumping right in is raleigh is closing its borders to all foreign nationals for 2 weeks. as a global panic spreads over, new coven variant. dozens of countries have halted flights from southern africa where the only constraint was fost detected. meanwhile, back in johannesburg, the restrictions have left our passengers scrambling to get out. for many of them, it's already too late because the last plains to europe and north america have ready to parted ahead of travel deadlines imposed by governments. that while flights to major connection hub such as dough hard to buy on single pool, have all been suspended policy. i spoke with travelers at south africa's biggest airport because nothing, nothing i can do coming as

a whole. it's not like getting anything that replaces the pain. and i don't know when when i can, i can fly to sleep. we've checked on the friends and the flight wasn't pencil. i think you can you hear? i'm the, i'm 10, live the way up with everything. so we're going to buy a new ticket, so they have chaos and diety and confusion. following the discovery of a new coven variant called emmy crohn, at his turn, the world upside down. people 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 close the ticket counter. they're hoping it will open and there might be a few things that they can still get on. many of them are questions because the united kingdom was the 1st to read list 6 southern african countries and insist that any travellers coming from them would have to go into calling team for 10 days

at a government facility. since then, the united states, canada, and the european union and other major destination have followed prices for flights and rapid pcl, tast skyrocketing kim cur, who is the founder and lead volunteer of community circle home south africa. as for the last year, been hoping travelers in an south africa navigate the regulation. she's been inundated with calls apart from people running out of money. funds that they had that they had thought that was going to cost them to be here. 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 their 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 that 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 are 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, but 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 variant is properly assessed and is concerned about the damage the bad will do to both travel and business for now, the fate of people stranded at this april is unclear as well struggling to build with the new 300 south africa. with so many questions mounting around the

new on the chronic very. and we spoke to helen reeves from one of the largest research team in south africa to find out how fast, how experience of the strain. the concern about this variant is that it has a large number of mutations many more than we've seen before. some of these mutations we've already seen on other variance, and we know that they can be associated with increased trance this ability and possibly increase what we call immune escape. what that means is that they're more resistant to the protection that you get from vaccines. we've also seen that mostly initially and young people, that's probably because young people are like they are all around the world getting fed off with all of the restrictions that and what they are describing at the same sort of symptoms that we've seen with other covered infections so fever, headache, muscle, lakes, fatigue,

cough and i haven't yet heard anyone talk about the lack of smell and taste with this variance. we also have noted, and this is the true if you seeing the reports that we're getting from other countries as well, where they're also now identifying cases that people have been vaccinated in some cases fully vaccinated. so what we don't know is whether, what this variant is, is managing to do is to overcome vaccination completely. the antibodies that you get from vaccines completely, probably not. we're still hopeful that the faxes will protect against severe disease. and with the other variance that have emerged we've, although we've seen a reduced or reduced response to, to the vaccines. we have still seen protection against severe disease and death. we've also spoken to the head of the russian direct investment fund,

which is over same the global distribution of the sputnik the vaccine now see says that a range of different jobs is key to fighting a pandemic and all its new strains. i think it's very important to investigate because in your barrier a, so far as to think has shown to be incredibly effective against all of the different mutations. and we will share some good data, hopefully a little bit later on a greater efficacy against delta very and so the new variant, of course, has to be started. and we need to see how the shunt is exists and mixing site games in your area. but also we can really quickly about vaccine when you variant, if needed. and we believe that different countries report folio different like seats, we see is a monopoly off. and we're in a machine in europe failed to protect europe. so it shouldn't be about em, are they monopoly? it should be about portfolios of different extent technologists, including russian machines. chinese vaccines, other machines from britain,

astrazeneca is very good and all this report folio different vaccines in countries thank themselves. a renewed pandemic clamp town across much of western europe had smoked wide spread straight on rest on classes with police. however, the european union is distancing itself from the tough security response, saying that's purely a matter for national governments. ah ah, 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 you states. the maintenance of public order is strictly within the scope of the national forties of the you states,

under supervised by the national courts. and the european commission is not in the best position to make specific comments. well, yet this month i had an anti lockdown protest in adopt city of rotterdam. 51 arrests were made, and 3 people hospitalized after police fight warning shots. similar seems to in the hey, was 7 arrests were made. meanwhile, when austria demonstrators were met with a very heavy handed police responses, you can see off the announcement of mandatory coven shots that have also been large scale marches across france and belgium. and while the u, as refusing to condemn tough crowd control tactics in its own member states when it comes to certain other countries, it takes a very different view. 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. trish to the people in hong

kong, the support of european union toys, now autonomy and fundamental freedom. we will continue to stand by the people are hung below. russians have 13 to the streets. we smash protests and to ours. the violence against this peaceful protest us was shortened and an acceptable return done this brutality and spect oh, full in transparent investigation. theodore's punish her. 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. his former newspaper, italian with i think that brussels use on human rights are 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, 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. that is the whole standard because i was astonished the pin citizen to see that in the netherlands, one of the most odd countries in western europe, the police had to shoot with real bullets in the crowd. the pressure was very silent about this. it was in a respite. they 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 of you're shooting directly and people walk. there were some problems just off the ball but, but not that much. so ok. they had reasons that worked black blocks, you know, extremists were there in 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 obviously on the land should say something, even if it's not aimed at the dutch government, for now, it should be in that old government's asking for restraint. minimum that should say such teams are watson to recover bodies from a siberian coal mine where an explosion on thursday led to the death of $51.00. people, including 5 rescuers emergency crews have had to stop work several times. you to high me think concentrations and phase of father bloss with a bodies 5 minus have been found out various stages since saturday afternoon, 300 meters underground. there had been a moment of genuine hope audio went to rescue if he'd been presumed dead managed to get out o his survival has been described as a miracle mind, but he's now in a stable condition hospital and described what happened

a few minutes now that i'm getting older, necessary treatments inside the mine, i was lucky to find a place where the fresh air was full within. so that gave me time to lie down and get my strength back. i had all the life save in groups with me. later i stood up and got out following the stream of fresh air and finally met the local rescuers team for which i'm thankful. now efforts to stabilize the might have been 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 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, i got my yes, 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 minus and on to their ramble, 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 a garage and somehow managed to get out of that mine. 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 investigation 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 2 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 they reported them to the higher ups from the one that was going slip. 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. the thought 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, how

a 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 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 body's relatives are still distraught and demanding more answers. dmitri powell, arts, he camera when among the survivors self thursday's explosion, dozens are injured. a list of their names is on display at the entrance to the mine magic say that making a strong recovery and are all in a stable condition. well now let's we wind a little and take a look back at how the tragedy unfolded. 6 over 50 dead out, they horrific mon explosion inside period. 8, 30 am november the 25th. the mind with 285 people inside filled with smoke after

a methane explosion. so small up with 9 am november 25th, actuation and rescue work starts. reports of 1st casualties authorities and now there is no contact with at least 37 people. with 5 p. m. november the 25th rescue operations suspended amid fears of possible explosion with 30 mind 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 workers fails to come up after the threat of explosion. latent 3 of them were found today. oh,

no. i did with 3 15 pm, november the 26th. a presumed dead rescue work came out on his own raising hope among the desperate families of minus. it is not the 1st deadly accident in this mine with another me said explosion, claiming 13 lives in 2009 suddenly, just your studio mystical was moved on. you wasn't a we got reaction from disaster investigate arnold tech. he explained some of the challenges and 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 get in there safely. the area has to be made safe, typically in a mining accident when something like this happens very, very 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 are very limited. a 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. but these rescue as

a now facing on the one hand. and there's the possibility that people may be trapped in areas with air which is still tenable. but on the other hand, the very real risk that rescuers themselves may be injured or worse in their attempts to find them to protest as had been killed and close to 20 injured by the french army and nysha. that's according to local officials. head cut off to a military convoy on route to another african nation. molly was stopped 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 talbot re region. where at spend the night in its attempt to break free use force leading to the death of 2 people and 18 wounded. well, we have it from official accounts authorities in nyja which say that off to 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 convoy fred chair, presence in the area has been unpopular with many people with some at least it is. they believe all manner of stories about french fruits and their relations with various rebel groups in the area. but they try to stop this convoy and french troops reportedly began florida, what they describe as warning. so 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 a warning shots. again, as they say at these crowds details, the still somewhat scarcely expect to find out more. but the convoy has moved on

off to this incident again, a very ill fated envoy because it landed in the ivory coast to support the french opperation in the area as it seemed, snaked its way up towards the north, towards molly and on the way it has said capital matter of incidence and book at a facet level multiple attempts by, by crowds in the thousands who stopped these cottonwood voss called was made up of more than a 1000 vehicles. and then also they had the flood warning shots as well as tier gas in an effort to disperse the crowds. also number of people injured. as we've heard . busy but again, this call boy is now on its way through measure intimately where friendship bases and fridge troops, all stations, thousands of them. in this decade long flight, the bronze was waged against terrorists. it cooled them, as well as religious extremists. in the region. we have reached out to the french

defendants ministry, full comment. the reply we received was out in the sharon police and french officers hat to fire warning shots off to being subjected to a violent attack and stone throwing. they added that 7 front soldiers and employees were injured as a result of the assault was fair as mount globally about the new current of virus. so variant on the kronen and con, cheese tighten restrictions. san francisco may of london breed was spotted flouting her own mosque mandate by hitting the dance floor in a night club without a face covering, ah, san francisco may a london breed. he's seen at a party in san francisco, not wearing a mask indoors violating her rhone into a mosque mandate. meanwhile, children across san francisco have to wear a mask while learning through the week. part in like it's 1999 without mask while

you cd has fallen apart. london breed already got cold once before violating her own rules and had plenty of excuses. and here she is again. and she's not the only one and the american president himself was spotted mosque less than a shop in non tucker, despite repeatedly of course, telling americans to wear them in sorry, which i biden announced a covert action plan. aimed at tackling the pandemic audio this year. it includes mosque wiring on social distance thing. i'm the restrictions will be kept in place until sometime next year. we'll discuss this. i want to bring in now just go back young. the host all the politics that podcast often always great to have your opinion on the show. i'm the 1st thing i want to ask you is, what is the issue here? is it that they don't believe in the mandates themselves or be as politicians believe that that kind of untouchable and beyond the rules?

i would think it's probably more along the lines that wearing a mask sucks and people don't like doing it. and they are humans like anybody else and don't like doing it. now, the reasons why these rules are in place are, you know, for their own a different reasoning. but ultimately it's simply because he will. politicians don't like being yelled at on twitter, london, breed. and joe biden are no different. they are of a political ideology that is, do something about the pandemic you are. you are allowing people to die if you are not doing a thing. mask mandates are a thing, but like we've seen repeatedly, it doesn't make it any easier or more fun to do. and as london breed was cutting it up on the dance floor, that was simply more fun to do with that. a mask, in terms of the damage here. i mean, a lot of government find it an uphill struggle to get people vaccinated to try and abide by restrictions that, that bringing in. does this and the wrong message?

isn't it just going to make our lives even more difficult to get people on board? well, i think that we should probably parse out a little bit what mask mandates and vaccine mandates mass mandates or something that are largely unenforceable. and whether the politicians are following it or not is largely a matter of optics in specifically for london breed. it's something that is doesn't cost or a lot, a republican will not win the mayor ship of san francisco, likely in my lifetime. this will be something that, if it breaks wide, will likely be forgotten very, very quickly. vaccine mandates or something that are of a little bit more of a pernicious effort because when you are denying people the ability to either have a job or in certain european areas like to fly or something like that, then you are putting a real cost that the math mandate as of yet don't have i also, you know,

the kind of paying double thought took a hair. i mean, obviously we should hold political figures accountable. they should be faxing an example. on the other hand, like you said, dancing is move on without a mosque. i'm, i'll be throwing things out of proportion. do people make mistakes? do we need to kind of forget to move on? i think that the illustrative point that i would like to say here, and i live for the last 9 years in the bay area in oakland. right across the san francisco bay, which has a lot of the same the same kind of rules that are in place. what i would when i was living there would, would, would just get frustrated about is, when does this change? i don't mind obeying the rules, but when does it go in and when does it come out? and can we believe that that is on any kind of time table than an arbitrary one that is almost entirely dictated by the criticism that you may or may not get on social media. because we saw that throughout the pandemic in the bay area, with

a closures of restaurants with locked downs. and now we see with mask mandates. it's not fun to do. people don't mind doing it, but specifically throughout all of this leadership, i think that there needs to be a more honest discussion between government and the populace to say, if these restrictions go in, when do they come out? there has to be an expiration date. and there has to be an understanding that everybody's sacrificing for a good cause. and that it ends at a certain point because as we're seeing right now, there's no faith that anybody has in these mitigation factors or the lock downs when we're only a story from south africa away from being afraid about putting them back in. and you're not recharging that good will. if you believe in these met a mitigation factors, you not recharging the goodwill of the populace if you are not removing them in times when it is not an active threat. sort of on a similar topic, but slightly off off point in terms of the images that politicians project. i mean

to present himself celebrated thanksgiving at a 1000000000 as $20000000.00 estate. i given that yet i was people being told that they shouldn't buy attacking because it's too expensive and inflation has hit a decade. hi. how do you know i went down with americans with struggling to make ends meet. i think that the lives of american presidents are or have long been something that is separated from the average citizen. whether or not the joe biden spent the thanksgiving holiday at his mansion or his friends. mansion is. is something that, or the mansion of senator joe mansion of, of a west virginia who's been talking to a lot about his legislative goals, i think, is kind of a inconsequential as the larger issue the joe biden faces right now is the fact that we have this conversation about honor chron, and he was elected as the cov id candidate. he was the guy that would get this

under control. and yet now we're in a situation where by the end of 2021, it was 2021 more people will have died under his watch, then died during 2020 more americans have. and now we are at a it phase right now waiting to see more information on whether or not there will be more restrictions and, and lock downs, which, you know, i don't think there's a lot of political well for, but also we haven't ban travel in, in a long time and we just did, it's going to go into effect on, on monday. so i think that's really his big problem whether or not where he eats. look, american presidents are rich. politicians are rich. is that gross? yeah. maybe a little bit. but, but what he has to worry about more is the fact that inflation is high. that's a presidency killer. and the thing that he got elected on more than anything else was go bit and go of it right now. don't look so.