ah, the origin of the new cove it strain, alma kron is now under question. as dutch health officials say very recently, no last hour or so, it was detected in the netherlands before it was reported in south africa. nursing unions meantime from 28 countries demand a suspension of coven vaccine, payton's so poor countries can legally produce them. they say such jobs are being unfairly holding by wealthier nations and away from cove. it's another for the news just coming in french fall, right? journalist air exam mo, as announced he's officially entering the 2022 presidential campaign there after losing some political points to public scandals of breakups feed on that. and the backlash in australia over the country's new social media laws, the could see use

a data handed over to authorities. but some say, no, it's a clamp don't allow privacy. the same sets of rules could be used by a states that enormously malicious mara. this is not about contain free speech issues about releasing pre spin speech from the powers of the new media oligarchs. ah, oh, hello. good afternoon, 2 and 3 pm here at moscow. my name's kevin o, in live, my will. do's, h q. gov, our latest for you, a lot to tell you about the next 30 minutes. first, often news in the origins and timing of this latest cove at varian are in question . today of the dutch health officials said it all mc cron was detected in the netherlands before it was reported in south africa. it's unclear so far. if the

said people visited the region, but they could also mean there are many more cases around the world. let's try gap speed to this. we're gonna talk to paul. a slayer is in cape town, south africa, and peter oliver in berlin or europe. correspondent peter, i'll come to you 1st. if i can ask for more about this announcement in from the netherlands and the curious twist is taken. yes, that's right. it relates to 2 separate tests that were taken in the netherlands on the 19th and the 23rd of november. that is, of course, far before we had heard about the oma crohn variant and anything to do with it, and supposedly it originating out of south africa. now this information has come to light from the dutch national institute for public health and the environment. they say that are looking at samples that were taken almost 2 dates that they can see the similar mutations in the spike protein as has been seen in the omicron variance of coven 19. now,

what this could me and what it seems to mean is that it would have been present in europe far before we expected it to be in. it stands to reason it if it was here in europe before we thought it was, then it may well if infected far more people than perhaps we have been thinking it had been so far. as some combat should emanate from all this a pool of sleep. after south africa revealed this new virus to the world, it was cut off pretty much was net, we close borders, all kinds of restrictions, lot of anger there. i was engaged as being reasonable or not as the days go on now . well, this announcement and the new information that's coming forward is every big welcome to you here in south africa. the secret sauce we've heard from example, the health ministry minutes be saying that mutations will happen and it is in the interest of the global community. the country can come forward and admit that they have picked it up on not times. and this is the feeling in south africa,

people falling in the south african variance and they would take no, it's not all fine to expert folk advance that they were able to get up to t and be honestly not reported to the world. hopefully the migration and very much the eating here in south africa for the last few days following the tribal ban, have been that south africa has actually left. and instead of being a tutor being put on parent has be punished in the statement that the foreign ministry in which it said that the trouble band that were imposed on the caps essentially mean that we advanced to non genomic sequencing. and the ability to depict new syrian healing south africa has, has, has been punished at the same time, be foreign ministry thing that new variance, and other countries that have no link with south africa hasn't seen the kind of reaction imposed on those countries by the international community, as people have been on the people to have much fearing that this is double standard

. and the reason is that in segments will be by the will help organization in which they have that to target only amount to what they call global insecurity. this is from one of the experts here in south africa. rhonda, i hope that's being being honest and nothing about that. you're not getting that. can you get back with me on this and i'll follow up or does it close? and if people are suffering, what i think is all concerning what we have is that infection care in south africa have morning suppose in recent days, the last official figures who have awful sundays when they with 2800 new cases and the complaints with the 500, how are lately, basically at the hospital finishing that they expect to most of the issue in the

next 2 to 3 weeks. and they also expect more than 10000 new cases by the end of this week. and a lot of the admission of people caused you to this is new variant. you have a situation where only 1516 of the population has been bethany and the country president has appealed in a state of the nation. great people to come for an estimated enough estimation in the country at the same time, the people wearing mach enrolled. and when we implemented that, you still have thousands of south africans the war to the court. i'll return to the countries i'm supposed to be in israel until the 7th of december. so i'm sitting in a bit of a predicament because i don't know if my life will be able to fly or not. the

numbers were very, very low and it does not count. it didn't not originate, you know, we hoping that that the voice of reason will prevail and the countries will realize that it's not just as we call it, came from other countries. it was trying to identify that it's not a sub african variance he international have a band of them in k for though the latest information we have is that the british airways should be operated again from tomorrow. but now we have immigrants has said this is the situation to it. south africa is in its way and the ration on the ground despite the 7 we have in addition to the discovery of the screen, silver name, very worrying or color slick. if i'm separate from your part of the will down there in africa, back to you peter, how has europe responded to this new straight especially call. so this news that actually it could have been around a few days,

maybe up to 11 days earlier. if this news is coming in this from the netherlands is to be believed. what's going on? where you are? then lots going on. when it comes to coven 19 across europe will start in germany, where the constitutional court talked court in the land has ruled that locked downs that had been imposed in the past were well within the framework of the basic law. that's equivalent of germany's constitution. the at the top court, they're saying that they interfered with basic rights, but were compatible within the basic law. now that's important because on tuesday angler merkel and the as well her most likely successor all af sholtes as chancellor. and we'll be discussing with the health ministers from germany, 16 states what they're going to do for a national tactic to tackle the current outbreak of coven 19 now are figures across germany, have been through the roof for the last few weeks. so we have seen the slightest of

slight downturns in ab 7 day indices, 7 day numbers of, of people who have been infected and over the last 24 hours. but when i say slight, i'm talking about 0.2 of a person incredibly slight indeed. so we'll be looking to see what comes out of that meeting between angular merkel, or last shots, and the are the leaders of the 16 states that may well be something about when schools can be closed. also something about curfews as well. be paying close attention to it. however, some of the regional leaders in germany as saying action needs to be taken immediately to protect our healthcare system. we unfortunately have to shut down the whole country on an even strict basis. a federal emergency break must be decided this week. for one country that is already in the middle of a locked down is austria. that's going to run through until at least the end of this week. it could well be extended until the 13th of december. and we've been

finding out a little bit more from the austrian government about their proposal that they're going to him make it mandatory for people to have vaccines from the 1st of february . and we'll start with what we don't know about that rule. we don't know exactly what age brackets it will affect. we don't know how it will ultimately be policed. what we do know is that anybody who doesn't go for a. busy vaccine could be eligible for a fine of just over 3000 euro or spend 4 weeks in jail, repeat offenders face fines as high as 7200 euro, another country in europe though, it's been talking about vaccine mandates and is greece and they're going to bring there's in from the middle of january of next year. it's only going to be for the over 60 to start with and they're talking about far smaller fines for those that don't adhere to it around $100.00 euro been spoken about in greece as opposed to

the, the thousands in austria. but omicron is really at the forefront of everybody's mind across europe. at the moment we heard that it may well have been with us for far longer than we thought we are seeing cases almost all over the country and all over the continent. we're looking at at present in spain, portugal check republic, italy, belgium, and the netherlands. as i mentioned, frances, looking into 2, at least 2 suspected cases there. and what we're hearing from ursula on the line, the a you commission president, is that more action needs to be taken to try and tackle this new variant. you are now in a race against time. the scientists and manufacturer need 2 to 3 weeks to have a full picture about the quality of the mutations of this army kron variant. well staying in europe, but moving outside of the european union. the night in the united kingdom,

england has re introduced the wearing of face masks on public transport and in shops as, as a legal requirement that had been voluntary. since the summer ministers for health there is saying it's because of this new variant and uncertainty over how it may affect people. we're trying to get that balance in proportion and, and it is difficult because it's unknown. so we need to buy some times, who are scientists, what with the world's leading scientists to just basically? so think about what they're in. we know it's very transmissible by looking at that the year. but we don't know, you know, whether it work with the vaccine vaccine, whack or the other treatments, etc. so the scientists do need some time for that. well, that's how it looks across europe right now would be keeping a keen eye to see on what news develops, either with from the netherlands, with regards to the announcement that at this oma cron very, it may have been present here for much longer. also watching what's going to come out from here in berlin, where anglo merkel, the german chancellor meeting with regional leaders as they try to establish

a new national protocol for it. when it comes to trying to tackle this covert outbreak and paid all of over the picture there from europe, a polar sleigh, with a picture from south africa. thanks to bring this up to speed. come back to us, as you get more was paid, were saying there is a rush to try and work out a what to do next and try and get more of a handle on, on the chrome or scientists in a rushing to adapt existing vaccines to fight may be the new strain which is yet to be fully studied, could take 2 or 3 weeks or the world health organization already saying potentially poses a very high risk globally. we shouldn't need another wake up call. we should all be wide awake to the threat of this virus. but i'll make her on this very emergencies. another reminder that all so many of us might think we're done with corporate 19. it's not done with us,

new covariance. how big is the threat? put november 24th when we constrain 1st reported from south africa, where the number of infection cases is synergy. it is already spread to at least 3 european countries praising fears of unusually false transmission. in all was it the one to read him talk this time? so enough of his, a lot of patients with jeffrey williams' equation of sound they boy just plus is able to spread the plus the eyes in danger of sprinting. you will to punch in extra well to wolf, november 26th, w 8, june names on the chrome very soon given the unusually high number of mutations and higher re infection risk. many countries started imposing travel bands, canceling flights from south africa and both while it was at 1 o'clock pre

a pre unit, so crow for other folks to be, can she, she read a book. samples of jam was a huge train. and that's what we've done real fast. it was, it was already in place. patients experienced extreme weakness and suffer from headaches. so far, no other unusual symptoms have been reported. but it will take time to determine how severe than you, very busy with the next 2 weeks. there was an approximation. so didn't know how my share in unity, rosa brooks is faith with you, your sion of corona virus. this is the question which you me thought there is. no, we're fine. you. but that is a piece of plastics. so many nations are applying their own measures in order to tackle the spread of the virus, some european countries and a stranger of suspended flights. as we had to from south africa or a neighboring states, while others of bad everybody except their own nationals,

arriving from that region. japan and israel gone a step further and imposed a complete ban. i spoke with israel's former un, our boss through says the of measures are necessary burden. is this simply not enough known yet about this new strain? definitely. i think maybe it was too much, but it's better to be on the safe side when you deal with new variance and we don't have that data. but i hope that, you know, within 2 weeks time, we'll be able to open our borders. you know, if you divide open everything up and stones more events. so i think, you know, a different culture because we don't know exactly about the value we have cases actually. now we have 2 cases of confirmed the only one you need. well, that's why the government didn't do acting very, very fast and to close the borders to the allow only ladies to come in and those are to run for 3. dave, even though we haven't seen the base, you know,

whether we should use that, acknowledging it to actually one of those that carried the very end, you know, we have, it should, according to what people that's dated and that will go to the show again. so actually as we speak, the government decided to we initiate that policy, but only 2 people who were confirmed with that i was, i don't know, had a few people. i hope it will be the number. but i'm not sure the policy was physically that, that meant that policy empowerment and in the public, you know, impossible to do to shut down all the flights. why are you going to do that every time the, the new variance coming out. but the yes, i think we should, they want you to carefully learn how to deal with that and the 3rd of the public to be patient about it to cooperate with the guidelines. while japan's prime minister meantime says it's crucial to avoid the worst case scenario. will studies continue to the new strain? many of baki government stands to it seems a more. i'm from

a rural area and i'm very worried doing. my wife is also very worried. wondering what tokyo resident, thinking about the new very and the you know, who i feel really if now the prime minister casita a very strict border measures, i think it was good that you see that of the water measures. they're swiftly and on top of that, i want team to prepare well for things like hospital beds and similar issues. i'm scared because oil people like us are led to relax now. to criminals is for sure, it's better not to allow people to my be infected to enter japan, because the situation in japan is really stable. now. it's initial feeling no singing in santoyo. countries want to get rid of peyton's fur covered vaccine, so they can be legally made by any qualified manufacturer. the group seeking backing from the un saying the poorer countries lack the jobs because the being hauled it by the wealthy ones where the produce. it says the vaccine and balance could lead to even more deaths from the virus. the direct consequences of the

failure to distribute vaccines and treatment equitably to the vast majority of people of low and moderate income countries could be likely further transmission of coven 19 for other mass illnesses and large numbers of fatalities in those countries. this should be reason enough to address the crisis of global vaccine broth. eat shouted was dust. he's a correspondent across his for the u. k. the one of the countries, of course, accused of hording vaccines tell us by the nurse has come so shall do. well, with all the crones spreading, the united kingdom is back in the spotlight for its handling of the pandemic. this time, it's ness is unions in 28 different countries. they're accusing. richard nations of essentially costing lives wild wide and even of creating a vaccine, a pock tried system. now essentially, what they're doing is taking their complaint directly to the united nations. basically, this is all about many rich countries, including the u. k and the

e u. they're refusing to budge on rules, particularly regarding intellectual property rights regarding the vaccination. remember the race for many different nations across the globe, trying to get that job 1st back at the heights of the pandemic. and then many accused these rich nations of basically hoarding at these vaccines trying to protect their own 1st and foremost. well, that's essentially the agenda here today at seeing that rich nations have secured 7000000000 doses of the vaccine in comparison to the low income nation's only having around 300000000 doses. now these nurses unions are really accusing rich nations of violating patients rights. instead of supporting this waiver, certain governments or protecting the prophets of big pharmaceutical companies at the expense of public health. these countries have violated our rights and the rights of our patients and cause the loss of countless lives of nurses and other caregivers. and those we have cared for well,

nurses unions and 28 different countries represents 2500000 medical healthcare professionals that stuff all over the globe from the united states to south korea, canada, to u gander. many countries across the globe and now weighing in on this. and they've all joined forces at a file, an appeal where the united nation is saying that the global gap between rich and for is only getting wider as being exacerbated by the pandemic. not only that, they're arguing at the transmission of cove, it in me is developing countries really actually runs the risk, increases the risk of new variance emerging. like what we've seen with on the chrome developing and 1st being identified in south africa. now, a waiver they argue on these provisions for vaccines would allow them to be made manufactured and then different distributed much more easily across the globe. now, in fact, the world health organization has now wait in arguing that needs to be a cap on exactly how many people in the population can have the vaccine. normal

vaccines should go to countries that have already box you needed more than 40 percent of the population until kovacs has the vaccines. it needs to help other countries get that to well, the pandemic slogan has long been. no one is safe till everybody is safe. but really and truly it doesn't seem to be the case for many people arguing against the pharmaceutical companies that arguably operating profit before public health. and while there has been a global kovacs initiative, have these global initiatives really be in that successful, almost 2 years on now? from the beginning of the pandemic, and all here, but we're back in the eye of the storm. the feeling really is now that these rich countries are arguably having quite a selfish mindset and if they continue to do so well, we just go round and round in circles and go back to square one. with these new

variance emerging, you can see where the coming from kind of shoddy a shudder to dash the part of our team in the u. k. thanks philip. right, let's take a break away from coby for a minute. look at a couple of other world news stories. french far i. t v pundit eric samouce just announced his candidacy for next year's presidential election. but despite his clear popularity, a couple of public scandals of seat his writing slide a late, i'll t show do prensky scott the latest. the would be bad for you. french politics has announced tease officially running to become the next president of france. this is eric seymour who's a highly divisive figure here in the country, but it's also in the last few months showing that who could gain a substantial following and really shake up this race. now he's setting out why, who should lead france by the municipal focus every lesson since you haven't moved in yet, you don't feel at home. you haven't abandoned your country,

but it feels like your country has abandoned you. you feel like foreigners in your own homeland? there's no more time to reform friends, it's time to save it. that's why i have to, i did to run for president. that's why i've decided to ask for your vote and become your president of the republic. so our children and grandchildren will not face barbarity. his while daughters will not be forced to wear his job, and our sons will not be forced into submission, right? so we can pass to them the same friends that we knew and that we inherited from our ancestors. sorry, when fina slip of what he knows, a war has twice been convicted of inciting, racial hatred. and he's currently awaiting a verdict of a 3rd allegation. he has been clear that he believes white french people will be replaced by norm won't known. you repeat in immigrants, zamora has also spoken out against islam, saying that it threatens frances values. ringback and has said, immigrants need to assimilate to the values of the french public,

suggesting that names like mohammed would be banned under his leadership. now, the pun, date and right to has spent the last few months unofficially campaigning, as he has been promoting his latest book. his pre candidate chair campaign has been hampered by some events being canceled abroad as he tried to reach out to french ex pats his events which draw must support, particularly here in france. oh, so 2 protests had about me on ever to have given attention to. i don't even want to pronounce his name. who has said such outrageous things is just an acceptable, even if okay, we're in a country or freedom where everyone has the right to express their opinion. but to give so much visibility to one person like that is shameful. premier pasco, has we hope mr. zimmer will clean things up. uh, but the problem is that it's been 30 years 40 years,

but the state has been demobilized from many issues. and we need to see clearly when we need to re launch the country. i think the others won't have the used to do it. so do you all set up today? we see that despite our differences, we all have the same problem in our daily lives. that is why we're all gathered today to say no to this divisiveness, which is the work of certain extreme us among politicians. like with the far right takes time to country. they call them a racist, but it's not true, but what he's no more racist than i am. i'm of lebanese origin and i'm here on dr. integrated law has also been criticized recently by moving in the penn national rally need to see some more is being would be rival for the affection is on the right and she says, she's an unsuitable person to be president. now, her native criticism came off as a mil, gave a woman. the middle finger mimicking a gesture that she had just given him. now the more has described, the incident is being inelegant but said that his instinctive reaction showed that

he's prepared to break to booze. now many have also describes him more as being intellectual, donald trump, and he has had a popular right in the polls so far. at one point, even before declaring his candidacy poles showed that he could make a 2nd cut to the round of voting, that will determine he's president not to shaken up many on the political scene, which is very traditional. hey, i've seen it still isn't quite certain as to who will be on the ballot paper next year. current president macro and still haven't officially throat his hat in the ring, while the republicans who all that traditional party of the right of still to choose their candidates, the more joins names like marine the pen socialist paris name annie del. go and the left wing, firebrand jordan, luke madison, i c eyes the top job in france. australia

said to introduce some of the wells, toughest anti troll legislation. that would force social media companies to disclose the identities of online trolls. provenance has got morris's his. he want us to put a stop to a lawless internet. i want to ensure that australians are safe online, making sure that the rules that exist in the real world must exist in the digital and online world. the online world shouldn't be a wild whist. so then, the theory is the laws who had set up her complaints procedure for anyone who feels defamed, bullied or attacked on line platforms, will be required to collect users personal information like names, phone numbers, email addresses. if a case goes to court, judges could then require social networks to hand over said data and aids. those online companies, not the uses or owners of pages, only sites who would be held responsible for the damage in content. but there's

already been a widespread backlash against the plans from uses. filing privacy is wrong. people already give out too much personal info, te social media and no government should forrest any corporation to violate their users privacy. it is 100 percent obvious that scott morrison wants to use this against his online critics. the only reason for forcing and on to become mr. man is to take action against him. genuine trolls are mostly fake accounts, so that will work just morrison's mouth and brain in usual disconnects the sooner he goes. the better government must be pleased about the framing. ante troll could use a few of a labels, anonymity ending law id collection law. stellers already locked horns of internet chimes this year after abroad in the online safety act. it lets a government commissioner to find information on or abusive, anonymous accounts, facebook it back of that saying it was impossible to monitor all comments. twitter say such moose put whistle blows at risk,

we discussed australia's new strategy them with talk radio host and column is john gaunt and also with digital privacy activists and tech expo bill me and i can't see how if twitter gives in jaw straight. yeah. and agrees to the set of rules how it would then be able to refuse to get into other more a draconian regimes, which seemed to suppress dissent. and to track down on whistleblowers, where the same sets of rules could be used by a states in an enormously malicious manner. simple, bottom line is the moment they banned the president, the free world, donald trump, then facebook in particular, became a publisher, just like the sun newspaper, all the daily mail in britain. if they're going to decide who can and cannot speak on their platforms, they're publishes, therefore they should have the same rules apply.