ah, his rural becomes the 1st country to cause its borders to all poor nationals due to a new covered strain. the micron variant is already spreading globally with australia and italy among the latest to detect the cases. also ahead. my son is down there in the mind as his mother. i feel bad. he is alive. among the stories that shaped the weak scenes of heartbreak as families mourn the loss of 51 people in the siberian coal mine explosion. several managers and officials have been arrested over thursday, disaster and pastures are killed and over a dozen injured by the french military. and you share according to local authorities after an army convoy on the way to molly was confronted by writers.

ah, our broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories with our weekly program. now israel is closing its borders to all foreign nationals for 2 weeks and global panic spreads over a new coven variant. dozens of countries have halted flights from southern africa where the amok on strain was 1st detected. in johannesburg, the restrictions have left air passengers scrambling to get out. for many of them, it's already too late. the last plains to europe and north america have already departed. the head of travel deadlines imposed by governments while flights to major connection hub such as dough, hard to buy and singapore have also all been suspended. policy leer earlier spoke with travelers had south africa's biggest airport frustrated because nothing,

nothing i can do coming as well. it's not getting anything dead. i mean, fane and i don't know when when i can, i can fly to train. we've checked on the front and the flight was consult. i think you can you hear the i tend to feel like the way they do everything. so when you buy a new ticket, so they've chaos and diety and confusion. following the discovery of a new coven variant called me 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 ticket sales counter. they're hoping it will open and they might be a few things that they can still get on. many of them a person because the united kingdom was the 1st to read list 6 southern african countries and insist that any traffic coming from them would have to go into

quarantine for 10 days at a government affinity. since then, the united states, canada, and the european union and other major destinations have followed prices for flight and rapid pc on sky rocketing 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 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 tears. 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 are human beings. these are people who have got a need to travel, not once. it is not clear where the con, very 1st emerged. scientists from south africa were the 1st to alert the world health organization. the south african government has criticized the 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 fate of people stranded at this april is unclear, as well struggling to build with a new 300 foot south africa. with so many questions,

mounting around the new chronic variant, we spoke to helen reese from one of the largest research institutes in south africa to find out her 1st hand experience of the strength. 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 chance ness ability and, and possibly increase what we call immune escape. what that means is that they're more resistant to the protection that you get from vaccine. we've also seen that mostly initially in young people, that's probably because young people are like they are all around the world getting fed up with all of the restrictions 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 overseeing the global distribution of these broadening vaccine. he says,

a range of different jobs is key to finding the pandemic and new strength. i think it's very important to investigate as 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, agreed to efficacy against belt of area. and so the new variant of course, has to be started. and we need to see how bishops as exists and like seeing side games in your area. but also weekend really quickly about vaccine when you are variant, if needed. and we believe that different council kept portfolio different like seats. we see as a monopoly off and we're in a mac fuel in europe failed to protect europe. so it shouldn't be about em, are they monopoly it should be about or to fully or different extent acknowledges include in russian vaccines, chinese vaccines, other vaccines from britain astrazeneca is very good. and all this report folio

different vaccines can countries themselves. meanwhile, how do you approached me appropriately turn up to work with covet as if this is a question that wouldn't slice a check president as he prepared to emerge from his sick bed. to swear in the country's new prime minister. he turned up with health workers and has mapped suits enrolled into a glass cage in his wheel chair for the ceremony. in addition to being covered positive, the president had previously spent 6 weeks with an unrelated illness. the new p. m will take power and prague after being elected back in october of staying with cove it as fears mount over the new variant, omicron and countries. titan restrictions, san francisco mer, london breed was spotted flouting her own mask 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 own indoor mosque mandate. meanwhile, children across san francisco have to wear a mask while learning through the week. party like it's 1999 without mask while you feed 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 is not the only one . the american president himself was spotted mass close in the shop, in massachusetts, despite repeatedly telling americans to wear them in doors. joe biden announced a covert action plan aimed at tackling the pandemic earlier this year. it includes mask wearing and social distancing, and the restrictions will be kept in place until some time. next year, we spoke to radio host and political analyst, dave perkins, who thinks the politicians should set a better example. they are lying to the american people when they attempt to force americans to wear

a mask. and the proof is quite clearly there on your tv screen that the leaps themselves don't bother with the masts. we've seen time and time again. where groups are the leads in meetings are told by a camera man, we're going live in 30 seconds and they all scrambled to get their masters on before the camera goes and the lights come on. and then when the camera is finished doing its work, the masks come right off again. they never wear them in private. they never wear them inside closed rooms where they don't expect to be seen. they only wear them for show. it's quite clear the elite in america do not think masks are necessary or don't think that they do anything or both. but they're still happy to thrust that restraint on the public and to punish them when the public does not meet the requirements of the law. gigantic, visible hypocrisy, all right, and renewed, pandemic clamped down across much of western europe has sparked widespread st. unrest and clashes with police. however, the european union is distancing itself from the tough security response,

saying that's purely a matter for national governments. 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 e you states, and is supervised by the national courts. and the european commission is not in the best position to make specific comments. earlier this month, at an anti lockdown protest, and the dutch city of rotterdam, $51.00 arrests were made, and 3 people hospitalized after police fired warning shots, similar scenes as well in the hague, where 7 arrests were made. and over in austria, demonstrators were met with

a heavy handed police response after the announcement of mandatory covered shots. there have also been large scale marches across france and belgium. and while the e u is 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 threaten the fundamental freedoms of expression, association and assembly in the russian federation. fish to the people in hong kong . the support of will be a new toys now autonomy, how 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 are doing this piece will protest. us was shocking and unacceptable which

undone this brutality and expect a full and transparent investigation. he had always been assured, i would like to read to rate 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 as soon as buffy form a newspaper editor. look, we're very frank's brussels views on human rights. are riddled with contradictions . europe to european union do have been commissioned all the land. they think we think somehow all 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 always the right one. so we sanction people 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 as he got

a pin citizen to see that in the netherlands. one of the most democracy provide countries in western europe. the police had to shoot with real bullets in the crowd . the press 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 western, you're shooting directly and people walk. there were some problems just after the war, but, but not that much. so ok, they had good reasons that were 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 there is a problem that obviously on the land should say something, even if it's not aimed at the dutch government for us, it should be in that old government's asking for restraint. that's

a minimum that should setting the search teams are working to recover bodies from a siberian coal mine. we're an explosion on thursday led to the deaths of 51 people, including 5 rescuers emergency crews have had to stop work several times due to high methane concentrations. and fears of further blasts, the bodies of 5 miners have been found at various stages since saturday afternoon, 300 meters underground. there had been a moment of genuine hope earlier when a rescuer who had been presumed dead managed to get out. his survival was described as a miracle. he's now in stable condition in the hospital and described what happened . i few little now that i'm get an older, necessary treatment. inside the mine i was lucky to find a place where the fresh air was flowing in. 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 my the local rescuers

team for which i'm thankful. now efforts to stabilize the mine of the going around the clock in nitrogen has been used to clear out the dangerous methane 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 destroyed family members are still hoping that there could be some miracle and that their loved ones could still be alive. yeah. yeah, my son is down there in the mine. as his mother, i feel 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 onto their ramble. they are already counted, his dad dislike. 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. 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. 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 the person in charge of the 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 reported them to the higher ups from the one that was go home, sleep. i remember my brother in law telling me about a methane program in the mine. they even had to resorts 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. he thought my husband came home and every time he was saying this won't and well, all the sensors were beeping down there. he sat, that's the condition, sal, minus half 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 among the survivors of thursday's explosion. dozens are injured. the list of their names is on display at the entrance to the mine medic say that they are making a strong recovery and are all in a stable condition. now let's rewind a little and take a look back at how the tragedy unfolded. 6 over 50 dead out, they horrific mon explosion inside barrier. 8 30 am november the 25th. the mind with 285 people inside filled with smoke. after him methane explosion. a with 9 am november 25th black tuition and rescue work starts. reports of 1st casualties . the authorities announced there is no contact with at least 37 people.

5 pm november the 25th rescue operations suspended in mid bears if possible, explosion with over 30 mine is still missing. rescue a say there's not much hope left. it's minus 74 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 day. oh, not on friday and i do with 3 15 pm, november the 26th. a presumed dead rescue work came out on his own bracing hope among the desperate families of mine is. it is not the 1st deadly accident in this mine with another me said explosion, claiming 13 lives in 2004. i. 9 in midland lee just

yesterday a we got reaction from disaster investigator arnold dixie explained some of the difficulties facing search cruise. 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. 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 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 an explosion, it means that many of the safety systems are 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, i'm 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 through protectors, have been killed and close to 20 injured by the french army in new jersey. this,

according to local officials, it occurred after military convoy and route to another african nation. molly was stopped by a large gale demonstration. the convoy of the french volcano force, escorted by the national gent armory, was blocked by very violent protesters in sarah, in the talbert 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 fringe convoy friendship. busy presents in the area has been unpopular with many people with some ethnicities. 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 shots, as well as tier gas. it is unclear how warning 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 scarce. we expect to find out more. but the convoy has moved on off to this incident again, a very ill fated convoy because it landed in the ivory coast to support the french operation 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 incidents and book and facet level multiple attempts by, by crowds in the thousands to stop these convoy voskus void 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 convoy is now on its way through nyja, intimately where friendship bases and french troops are station thousands of them. in the decade long flight that frances waged against terrorists. it cooled them as well as religious extremists in the region. we reached out to the french defense ministry for comment. the reply we received was that new jeron police and french officers had to fire warning shots after being subjected to a violent attack and stone throwing. they added that 7 front soldiers and employees were injured as result of that assault. and that is for me, this hour. i will be back in about 34 minutes with another full of fresh look engineers. this has been the weekly, on our to internation. ah ah

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