ah, he was president joe biden warms of a surgeon cases of the on the con varian saying it's critically important for people to get vaccinated on vaccinate. we're looking at a winners bureaus and ah, hello, i'm elizabeth bron him. this is al 0 live from doha. is so coming up at least 19 people have died after a fire broke out and a building in japan. rescue operations are underway in the philippines after it was slammed by one of the most powerful storms this year. and a test for bars. johnson versions, ruling conservative party, suffer a crushing blow than a bi election and lose a seat that held for in most 200 years. ah, jeez 7 nations of warning the on the convent as the biggest current threat to global public health is calling for better coordination among countries to fight the karone of ours. pandemic or president joe biden says the spread of the variant and the u. s. will accelerate and the new year, and he says the unvaccinated will be worst effected. it's here now, and it's spreading, and it's going to increase for own vaccinated. we're looking at a winner of severe illness in

.>>> we have some travel tips amidst an uptick in omicron varian variant cases. >> the omicron varian schema the worst possible time this holiday season. as travelers hop on trains to visit family and friends around the globe. >> a busy holiday weekend on the bay area airport. friday was one of their busiest days of the year. sfo says on friday alone they sell roughly 55,000 passengers. officials said about 16,600 passengers went through the oakland airport on the same day. tsa officials said about 15,000 down at the san jose airport. nationally airlines were projected to see a 184% increase from 2020. while the nuvaring it wasn't enough to convince some people to stay local leading up to christmas, they say they will be taking extra precautions. >> we have been cautious. we do use masks. for the most part we are concerned about the latest variant coming out. >> public health officials advise travelers to rely on a layered approach to lower risk's such as getting vaccinated, getting a booster shot, wearing a mask and using rapid testing after the trip. >> be careful where your mask, w

los cdc informaron que la varÍan de omicron es responsable del 58.6% de los casos de coronavirus en elal dÍa emitida por el centro de control y prevenciÓn de enfermedades a corto el periodo de aislamiento para que las personas que fueron contagiadas no deban esperar tanto todo —— tanto. reportera: hoy con el alza de contagio el aislamiento es de cinco dÍas, al igual que la cuarentena para los que se exponen se exponen al virus. >> el el perÍodo es el perÍodo es bastante corto. probablemente por eso cambiaron las guÍas de aislamiento que de aislamiento que tenÍamos antes. >> si presenta sÍntomas debe mantener las las lÍneas anteriores. una persona podrÍa presentar los primeros sÍntomas dos o tres dÍas luego de haber estado esto? >> quÉ le puede decir usted a a a esta gente? >> esto va a traer mÁs preocupaciones. >> hay >> hay >> hay que entender. es menor que que respuesta inmunolÓgica. ramÓn: al principio menciona vÁzquez o lo sigo podÍas de llena para lo que estuvieron expuestos llena para lo que estuvieron expuestos llena para lo que estuvieron expuestos al virus. las personas que re

ah, if you little to do them, it is the only con varian, but it's not just to waive any given the numbers we are recording, it's a tidal wave. from a national and european record for daily covey cases, as the continent struggle to contain the fast spreading over concentrate joe biden. distances himself from previous promises to shut down the virus, saying it's up to individual states to sort out not the white house. we discussed the u. s. president's response to the pandemic. so far, america, big texas tough year, which so leading companies come on the political 5 from both the republicans and the democrats. we look at how the influential firms have become mixed up in advice if you at home with a red look inside one of russia's most notorious prisoners known for housing. some of the country's most dangerous criminals in the way to the soviet collapse in the 1990 s. walking into his cell like this were holidays hardened tattooed, criminal to give you this much been rejected by a fellow prisoners and becoming a pariah with something they feared are the most my life from moscow. this is alta

and now in even worse knew the new varian kama come know the varian only one can no be. no, no, no. the variant only ban kimono omicron, i was kidding. i studied ancient greek and college, which is true. so with my unique expertise, i can comfortably tell you that america is in a fraternity and not a good one. it's one of those breaths where you die from a beer anima hazing ritual. oh, i hate that. with the threat looming of another lockdown and, and a dip in the stock market. fight in rush to issue a statement saying, i call on other nations at the w t o meeting to meet the u. s. challenge to waive the intellectual property protection for coven vaccines. so these vaccines can be manufactured globally. i endorse this position in april. let's remember, april was like 3 decades ago and news years. and mainstream news outlets parroted the claim that the white house supports a patent waiver and vaccines for the world. alternative media, however, reported documents reveal that despite public statements, the biden administration is not fighting for a patent waiver. but he said he was gonn

las multas varÍan en cada condado. >> las multas comienzan en 100 dÓlares y hasta mÁs de 500.ona o a una propiedad. >> incrementan las penas. reportera: lo mismo con las celebraciones con armas de fuego. >> hay que tener cuidado. reportera: las penas incluyen varios tipos de condenas. la policÍa tiene varias maneras de detectar el origen de los disparos. >> dependemos de la comunidad. reportera: tambiÉn piden no llamar al 9—1—1 si no es una emergencia. ramÓn: como suele ocurrir al terminar el aÑo, muchas personas se fijan metas y propÓsitos, pero veamos como podemos lograr mejores metas. hablamos de este tema con un experto. doctor, quÉ podemos hacer para realizar esas metas? >> es importante tener metas yy sobre todo enfocarse en las metas que tiene que ver con auto crecimiento. no enfocarse en tener mejores relaciones sociales o lugares que no tenemos control, pero sÍ con aquellas que tienen que ver con crescimento personal. ramÓn: cÓmo podemos adaptar las metas a estos tiempos de pandemia? >> enfocar las metas con aspectos que tengan que ver contigo mismo y no con situacion

but the emergence of the american varian has disrupted international travel . john, good saga, who works as a nurse in the u. k. has not been back in the philippines for 2 years. he had hoped to be able to fly home his christmas, but the you case armor can search has made that impossible because of the new larry and of a micron and a number of cases that had been increasing. now one thing back, actually the old quote, because we have been the 1st we, i think a pretty soon there, there will be, they will announce that and we're going to be on that down because on the neighboring countries are on that already. and it's not just leaving that's difficult. john says he has friends who are having a hard time getting back to the u. k. in manila at the moment, but i'm hours. they just told me that they won't be able to to come back here. because of the child's restrictions, despite travel constraints, however, the philippines health department has detected the armored chron variant in 3 international travelers. there's a fear it will quickly spread, but the government

the risk of re infection is 5 times higher than delta, and the varian conveyed pri immunity, given by previous infection, all vaccination. but we do know that serious illness can be averted with a 3rd dose, making this our 1st and vital line of defense. he balked al jazeera london and across the atlantic in the us. president joe biden is considering further measures as cases rise. he'll address the nation on tuesday and is expected to take steps beyond his so called when to plan hospitals are on the significant pressure. york state has recorded its highest number of infections in a single day. alan fisher reports from washington, dc. it's the start of the biggest travel window across the us for millions christmas and new year holidays start here. and the threat from the con variant hasn't kept people home, but has given them some warning. i'm very concerned about it because the flight to food inside the lobby is full on the plains of pool, covert testing lines there, back to some people waiting hours to get checked out. my brother woke up not feeling good with a fever, and i got a tex

and finally, long before i'm a crown was the latest varian of colbert 19. it was just another letter in the greek alphabet, and it was also the name of the crypto currency has the right all of the publicity sent the token on quite the roller coaster. this week it was worth just $65.00 on thursday, then shot up to $688.00 on monday morning before then falling 75 percent. so joining us now to discuss the latest it's christy i. now, christy, what do we know about this crypto currency? yeah, we know it's just a fact that it was a complete flute that the crypto 1st had the name on the crown was rather obscure or cryptic currency when the twitter feed had a little more than a 1000 active followers. now the cut the currency, which is picker o m, i see that that the centralized treasury back crypto currency protocol and according to coin market cap, it started trading on november 8th without a traditional ice t o or idea or any pre sale. and the point of this crypto is to eventually function as a global unit of account, a medium of exchange currency. and it was act

secretary has warned it could see a 1000000 con infections by the end of this month. cases of the new varian have been doubling every 2 to 3 days. and australia has outlined its plan to make creative iris vaccines. compulsory officials previously hinted at a maximum find about $4000.00 for those who refused to take the job. well, dominic cane is embellish, he has more on austria's latest measures. there is no question that the austrian government felt when he asked some weeks ago that a mandatory vaccine requirement was coming and that a lockdown was necessary. there was no doubt that the wave of covey that was washing across the country was so bad. they felt they have no option. well, today they have presented their proposals and it says that everyone over the age of 14, in austria, who has not been vaccinated by a point in february, will suddenly find themselves potentially liable for a fine of more than $4000.00. everyone under the age of 14 will not need to to suffer that penalty. the point is the numbers here, something around about 70 percent of the austrian population has already been

ah, rising corona, virus infections on the arrival of a new varian top pushing several countries to look at strict measures to contain the spread in germany and vaccinated people be banned from much of public life. the outgoing chancellor angler merkel called the restrictions an act of national solidarity. germany's parliament also considering imposing a vaccine mandate under simmons reports on the situation across europe. in less than a week, the omicron variant has swept the globe with more uncertainty about cove. it in many countries, especially in europe, new restrictions were being introduced anyway with the winter surgeon, delta variant infections. germany is the latest to announce new measures. signs like these vaccinate immunized is the way this country and others are now heading the unvaccinated on our bar from access to all but essential businesses such as grocery stores and pharmacies. angler merkel says new stricter measures are essential in a situation she finds depressing. as it has got anything other than that, and to be quite honest, the fact that we are now in the middle

but when scientists present data saying, look, we've got this new varian it very quickly, in a matter of weeks displaced an existing, very successful circulating, barren, and took a country from hundreds of cases a day 210020000 cases per day. a significant uptake in, in caseload, and it's coming here. what are you going to do about the young surprisingly leaders, events them faced with the unenviable choices to make about? what do they do today? actually some of it was very well, we think it will be ok, so they have to do something. and actually what people perhaps on, on recognizing is that the elephant in the room at the moment in many countries remains delta, right? in the u. k, we got 50 or 60000 cases per day of delta, and you can probably comfortably double that because half the time we just don't know they're there because half of the time people don't have any symptoms. yeah, chris, just quickly, i want to, i want to get one to you before we have to before we have to move on. you know, there's so much focus on government mandates and covert passes and mandatory vaccinations a

in an effort to spend the spread of the new varian. but i've also heard that i was trying to hypothesis that on the funds contagious nature may actually be a blessing in disguise. because it is allowed to spread widely and rapidly may 1st told the development of the new mutations. is that reasonable or is it just too big of a risk to task the position in real life and with real lives? well, the answer really, what is the border control? we know it's very difficult when you've got a virus particularly infectious off it takes a while to do the genome analysis. once you identify new there it usually is it's, it's spread beyond the original country and that's the nature of infectious disease and the nature of these days of international travel. so what's the, what's the purpose of having are severely restricting flights to you and from south africa as the most countries that are home to welcome. i'm not sure that there's any value in doing that. now to be frank, i think, i think unless you're really straight because as countries like austr

more than $3000.00 confirm to be on the chrome varian and the united nations. human rights counselors agree to establish an international commission to investigate alleged abuses in if you appear un says that it's receiving incredible reports that all sides in the civil war are committing severe human rights violations. now in other news, thousands of tunisians have been out protesting on the 11th anniversary of the uprising that triggered the arab spring revolution, crowds rallied both for and against the president chi saeed. he recently announced to constitutional referendum for next july, a year off to seizing widespread powers and to move his opponents have described as a qu, vizier, lies of oakland, has more on this from tunas ah purchase. on the 11th anniversary or the store to the, to the resolution that led to the end to the authoritarian rule of presidency in aberdeen banashali. on the 17th december 2010 mohammed bruce easy set himself on fire and the city of city busied in southern tenicia in protest at police. stopping him from selling on the street, his death started a pop

are, some of these bits are more conserved, the less changed, for instance, in the, on the chrome varian, the nuclear protein. another protein that's in the, in the virus is, has only 4 full changes, not 30 changes. so one of the things is quite interesting about all of this is we understand more about the immune response more about how the vaccines are working. if you think about incorporating some of these other bits of the virus in these vaccines, and that's why there's a lot of talk at the moment about adapting, rapidly adapting the m r. renee vaccines not only to cope with the spike changes in all the comp apps to include other bits of arista on change this much speaking about the way there is work. i understand that it's too early to same as relying on your professional and intuition. i know that there were vaccines are approved in south africa and are in a one t a non replicating bio vector once. and in an activated one who decides is do you think i am a crown would be more likely to reach 1st? that's a very, very difficult question. as i said earlier, i think i think attenuated v

if it's 4th korean virus wave spike was driven by the oma calling varian, which was 1st identified by scientists in the country. the u. s. is condemned the killing of at least all protested by security forces in to dawn and shot in alderman, where thousands of people rallied against military involvement and politics. al jazeera has been told that an agreement to revive iran's nuclear deal with well, powers is still far off. sources close to the negotiations. say there is deep disagreements surrounding to horizons demand that us sanction being lifted immediately. a group of wrangler refugees who spent days at sea in a damaged boat have been rescued by indonesian authorities. the boat was towed by a navy ship off the coast of ha province, a 120 people, mainly women and children disembarked in the poor city of crew k why they've been given temporary accommodation. they were trying to reach malaysia. okay. those you had lines coming up next is witness. stay with us. january on that just so i here we look back on you as president joe biden dealing office 12 months on from the capital build

embargo no solamente es para las personas contagiadas también hay cambio para la cuarentena y estos varían los detalles se los ttendremos esta noche a las 11 en vivo desde san josé >> más de 20 mil casos de variante ómicron reportado en las 24 horas hay 4.400 personas hospitalizadas >> parece que las bajas temperaturas se quedan en el área de la bahía por eso pasamos con nuestro meteorólogo hay lluvia hay nieve es importante para nuestro estado >> donde se encuentra el observatorio porque viene más en camino desde esta noche desde el norte problemas en se ve el sistema en camino nevadas también posibilidades además del viento que podrías alcanzar las 25 millas por hora incluso al sur de california se presenta esta es noticia vea el número estamos en 71.4% de agua en todos los embalses viene más lluvia vamos a hablar de ese frío en el siguiente segmento >> la nieve ha cautivado mucho en el área de la bahía donde la naturaleza pintó de blanco las bajas elevaciones como nos cuenta hay arterias cerradas a los visitantes cuéntanos >> estamos en la ciudad de san josé esa arteria sigue cerrada es

report, the chinese vaccine center that appears to offer limited protection against the american varian. i'm curious, is the country looking into other vaccines as an option for booster shot? i don't see that happening and the reasons why, for example, it by and take madonna. they have not been approved in china, that there was a purely political decision. am in the state media, he and also the government. they've placed their own domestic vaccines as being superior. and now it would be a huge lot of loss of phase if they would turn to a foreign and especially western which seems what they are betting on is that a sign away sign of found their own m vixen produces are developing a new generation of m r in a vaccines and then they get approved. but, and the bigger picture is, are the big question that people are wondering is, what is the long term goal? what is the exit strategy? i mean so far, and it's hard to imagine that china will open up its board us anytime soon. probably in one imagines china needs to show they've got the virus under control ahead with the olympics. just very, ver

booster shots to its entire population in january in a bid to prevent severe illness from the omicron varian. and here in germany, the international development minister says the country plants that donates 75000000 more doses of grown of iris vaccine to 4 countries next year. now for some non pandemic headlines happening right now of africa holding vigils following the death of anti apartheid hero. archbishop desmond tutu mourners left flowers at saint george's cathedral. and cape town. as the bells rang out into dishonour, they'll sound for 10 minutes each day until the noble piece laureates funeral at the cathedral on january 1st. day after russian authorities ordered the closure of russia's most prominent rights group, memorial international court is shut down. the sister organization, the human rights center. the group has campaigned for a, the rights of political prisoners in russia, among others. the european court of human rights has urged russia to suspend the decision. indonesian authorities are allowing a boat with a $120.00, were injured muslims on board to docket its waters. it

nevertheless, we are, of course, very concerned with that with increasing infection from the on the can varian and high number of infections following the occupancy of hospitals and intensive care units will also increase again. unfortunately, the hospitalization rates reported from other countries with the american very and dominant is lower compared to previous waste. nevertheless, infections among employers can lead to bottlenecks in the staff and thus increased the bird even more of a young sense. thank you very much. i thank you. american professional football is mourning. the loss of john madden, the hall of fame coach was a legend in the sport. and one of his most exuberant voices madden one. the super bowl as a coach with the oakland raiders in 1977, then became one of america's best known tv sports announcers. the 3rd act of his career was attaching his name to one of the best selling sports video games of all time. madden nfl. we'll talk more about john madden and what he meant to the other fellows. chris harrington from d. w sports. chris talked to us about the impact that john madd

cabin crews and ground staff have called in sick us daily infections have been rising sharply as the varian spreads. and now, as a pandemic filled year draws to a close, we want to take a look at some of the lasting images of 2021. in india, a huge 2nd wave of coven 19 swept through the country. thousands died crematorium to burn the dead, were overwhelmed by the numbers they held mass cremation. sometimes people had to make, do and burn their relatives bodies wherever they could. ceremonies were rushed and sometimes makes shift. they continue into the night. one crematorium worker tells d w's namisha joyce, while his store georgia july is done with his hospital shift for the day. working in patient care is demanding but manage it. he says, it is a fall try from the 18 months he spent working in the more to be through the worst of the pandemic. you was. allah has only book studios and healthcare in another life. he was a performance on o. dallas, as he took to the state of the age of 10 and loved every bit of it as an organizer, makeup artist and on. so all of this came to a standstill when

the tourism industry as a whole is under new pressure because of that varian. take the canary islands just weeks ago. hotel operators, there were looking forward to something like a normal tourist season with occupancy rates of around 80 percent. that's all changing the mag i already hear 10 a reef tries to make this time of year beautiful, but not even christmas as suitable for exuberant celebrations. this year, the island is reporting record numbers of new covert infections for hotel owners. the outlook is spitter lattice, arizona infant in the booking sa, getting shorter and shorter a week or 2 with the most. in january, i won't even be at 60 percent capacity. nanine, i owe nathan beth hotel own apollo ma marianna took out loans to get through the pandemic. she was hopeful that things would finally get back to normal, but instead of travelers in security, us back in the get a how do you have you ask yourself again? do i invest? do i buy things? do i improve things that blocks you? it blocks me wrong. ha, ha. the problem is not only the tense corona virus sit

. >>> las sentencias por hacer amenazas falsas varían pero se trata de un delito mayor que permaneceo no solamente una broma que se aplican día sino que esto bastar con ellos por el resto sus días. nueve hablando de redes sociales y usté quiere saber qué tipo de contenido consume su hijo... una media va a permitir que usted sepaqué consume su hijo. los presuntos daños que pueden estar generando estos años y esta aplicación entre los niños y adolescentes. seguimos hablando de tecnologías porque vean lo que ha pasado con amazon que ha reportado la caída de su servicio web y que no solo ha traído frustración sino que otros servicios en línea como netflix, etc. también han reportado problemas. hasta el momento también se desconoce qué hace dese desconoce lo que ha desatado esto. >>> vamos a pasar sobre nuestro meteorólogo guillermo quiroz, y al parecer hay temblores para allá. >>> fuertes sismos que se han estado sintiendo en la costa noreste del país y vámonos rápidamente hacia las costas de oregon y los puntos rojos que vemos es precisamente la réplica que se ha estado presentando a pa

the on con varian wreaks havoc. hong kong news website shots down after its editor and all the journalists are arrested stuck in limbo ro, hanging migrant stranded in indonesia. wait to hear if the government will.

millones de paquetes hasta navidad más de lo entregado en 2019 >>$50,000,000 a 86,000 trabajadores varíanlos procesadores de carnes tienen dificultades para encontrar suficientes trabajadores este año debido a la escasez >>nuevos estacionamientos estarán disponibles para conductores en el área de la bahía ubicados en albani y en un oposición allí podrá estacionar de manera gratuitalan para tomar un bus hacia saún francisco y así no tendrá que esperar en el tráfico esto será hasta enero. a partir de febrero las tarifas constarán hasta tres dólares de los estacionamientos >>esta mañana la neblina se apoderó del área de la bahía, de condiciones hicieron el viejo, difícil. guillermo quiroz volvemos contigo. >>saludos vean nada más ahí se ve desde los cinco años de mucha gente saliendo del trabajo mucha precaución porque ya está entrando el sistema con mucha llovizna memoria 101 el golden gate se mantiene bien época neblina. a la zona del norte donde está un llovizna ando no se espera mucha acumulación así que no habrá problema pero sigue presente el frío. vvamos una pregunta importante que ta

look at the headlines here now jazeera, the world health organization is warning, the alma crohn. varian poses a very high risk, and 11 percent surgeon new infections is being reported. that's a new world wide, rac hold hi, of covey cases. in the single week, france is reporting a re hold high nearly 180000 cases in 24 hours. that's europe's highest ever total . since the start of the pandemic, britain, greece and portugal law, all reporting increases to.

condicion mental de su hijo y no hicieronagios con la nueva cepa ómicron en medio del repunte de la nad a varianiosn la de la variante omicron expertos siguen el comportamiento de la nueva variante en sudafrica como afecta a vacunados y no va vacunados javier con lo ultimo >> la variante omicron se e esparce en estados unidos i (informacion e casos den pantal >> i(informacion en pantalla) >> new york sigue a la del delandelantger al reportar mas coinntagios (informacion en pantalla) >> i(informacion en pantalla) >> nosotros podemos anticipar que como el virus delta las proximas semanas diran si e es u el omicron se desplaza >> la variante delta sigue s siendo la responsable de los casos segun expertos sera la principal amenaza con la llegad a del invierno en sudafrica las inefecciones se multiplican dond omicron puede tomar ca caracteristicas geneticas del resfriado comun lo que confirma que es mas contagioso ademas sudafrica comprobo que omicron puede llevar al hospital a los no vacunados >> el cuadro caunque laslinico buscan alternativas expertos ven posibilidades mas leves sespecialistas conf

this might be a new varian. but the advice from the public health officials here in the united states is the same old thing that we've been hearing for more than a year. we're a mask, particularly, and doors keep your distance, wash your hands if you've been vaccinated. that's great.

of this, we are, of course, very concerned with that with increasing infection from the on the can varian and high number of infections following the occupancy of hospitals and intensive care units will also increase again, unfortunately, the hospitalization rates reported from other countries with the american very and dominant is lower compared to previous wave. nevertheless, infections among employers can lead to bottlenecks in the staff and thus increased the bird even more of a young sense. thank you very much. i thank you. you're watching the w news. just reminder the top story we're following for you today. hong kong, independent news outlet stand, news says it's closing after it's offices were rated and assets frozen. police arrested 7 people and confiscated evidence is the latest blow to free press. in hong kong. you're watching the w news from berlin coming up next. we've got a documentary film for you, a feature on iran, from above the mountains. i'm terry martin from me and all of us here at dw, thanks for watching. ah ah, take your time for an experiment about time. it can be

also, india mobilizes scientists to trace the new varian to ally from new delhi, ukraine's defense minister claims russia is likely to escalate the crisis.

put nick v job tells our to what we might expect from the new varian dudley potomac. in the cases we're seeing now. everyone has a mild form. on the other hand, there's no doubt on how it can affect elderly people. laugh to wait another month or so to be sure is another dia, gas canister. they are somewhat seat of active. yes they, they do irritate the eyes and.

shots to its entire population in january in a bid to prevent severe illness from the owner. con varian. british prime minister boris johnson, says 90 percent of patients that end up in intensive care have not received booster shots. germany's international development minister says the country plans to donate 75000000 more doses of grown a virus vaccine to poor countries. next year. and a round up of other headlights south africa is holding vigils following the death of anti apartheid hero. archbishop desmond to 2 on sunday morning, let flowers at saint george's cathedral in cape town. as the bells rang out into whose honor they will sound for 10 minutes each day until the nobel peace laurie, it's funeral at the cathedral. on january, the 1st indonesian authorities are allowing a vote with $120.00 or injured muslims on board to dock and its waters comes after 8 organizations called for them to be rescued. the country's security ministry previously said would push the vessel back to international waters. the overcrowded boat has a damaged engine and has been drifting for days off indone

they say the spread of the new omicron varian is taking a toll on flight crews and ground personnel. the airlines are trying to reboot travelers as soon as possible. tick tock has surpassed google as the world's most popular website. that's according to cloud farrah tech, from the tracks online activities. more than 1000000000 users sign onto scroll, tick tock, monthly, mostly children and teenagers. tick tock was launched in 2016 by china's bite dance . intel has apologized for angering the chinese government after called on suppliers to avoid goods and services in the sheen john region. the united states, the european union and other countries, have accused china of a brutal crack down on the muslim, weaker minority and the use of force labor camps there. and finally tis the season when many indulged their sweet tooth, especially chocolate. and especially here in germany, it turns out that germans eat an average of 9 kilos of chocolate per year. that's about 90 traditional sized chocolate bars and back puts the country squarely in 1st place globally for chocolate consumption. close

the tourism industry as a whole is under new pressure because of that varian. take the canary islands just weeks ago. hotel operators, there were looking forward to something like a normal tourist season with occupancy rates of around 80 percent. that's all changing the mag i already hear 10 a reef tries to make this time of year beautiful, but not even christmas as suitable for exuberant celebrations. this year, the island is reporting record numbers of new covert infections for hotel owners. the outlook is spitter. letter said i send an infant in the booking sa, getting shorter and shorter a week or 2 at the most. in january, i won't even be at 60 percent capacity nanine. i own office and bath hotel on a polo ma marianna took out loans to get through the pandemic. she was hopeful that things would finally get back to normal, but instead of travelers insecurity as back in the get out and you have to ask yourself again, do i invest, do i buy things to lay improved things that blocks you? it blocks me wrong. ha ha. the problem is not only the tense corona virus

around the world that has automakers rethinking their sourcing, especially as a new crone of ours varian threatens more supply chain problems. hello, welcome to the show. i'm seen beardsley in berlin or supply chain issues have plague businesses for months. now, microchips are among the items most desperately needed and among those hardest to find, especially for automakers. even basic car models need at least 50 semiconductors. they control everything from gps to air conditioning even rear view mirrors, and as not to mention safety and comfort features that you might find in more upscale cars. according to one estimate, 11000000 fewer cars were to be built in 2021 due to supply chain bottlenecks. and that sums up to around $210000000000.00 in missed sales. now the vast majority of semiconductors are made in asia. that makes the u. s. and europe strongly dependent upon imports to get those ships. and so now many automakers are exploring partnerships which ship producers to make their own semiconductors. some experts, however say it's too little too late. they blamed the industry for t sh

record numbers are being recorded as medical professionals say that varian causes common cold like symptoms. the whole find that over half of adults in britain, the 2 scared to express their real opinions, openly, the fear of falling victims about a council culture living in a culture. now printing, we used to have a good.

, a tackling on the quote through height and travel restrictions, but health officials insist the varian will spread, taught us infection infectious diseases expert anthony thought. she says vaccine manufacturers already working on contingency plans, including the possibility of an on the con, specific booster. they do have plans that have multiple contingency. one is to wrap up the production of the vaccines that they already have. the next is to make, for example, a by valence where you have the vaccine against both the ancestral strain and the new variant. and the other is to make a barry and specific boost the degree to which they're going to be doing that they are now assuming they may have to do that and are being prepared for that. iran chief negotiator has told al jazeera that while power working to revive the nuclear deal cannot reject his country's draw proposals. alibaba, connie says that because iran submissions were based on the original 2015 agreement and an exclusive interview with out there. he called for all nuclear related sanctions to be removed immediately. the u. s.

of this, we are, of course, very concerned with that with increasing infection from the on the can varian and high number of infections following the occupancy of hospitals and intensive care units will also increase again, unfortunately, the hospitalization rates reported from other countries with the american very and dominant is lower compared to previous wave. nevertheless, infections among employers can lead to bottlenecks in the staff and thus increased the bird even more of a young sense. thank you very much. i thank you. russia has tightened restrictions for foreign residents and visitors. planning long term stays under the new law. foreigners living in russia or visitors aiming to stay for longer than 3 months will be tested for a list of conditions, including coven, 19 h, ivy. syphilis, tuberculosis, leprosy, and drug addiction. several multinational corporations operating in the country have criticized the new regulars of more were joy now by journalist felix light in moscow. felix, what's the idea behind tightening these medical checks for foreigners? well, to be quite frank,

ah, the army kron varian drives off co with 19 k says in south africa, the health minister says the surge can be managed without a stroke to lockdown. ah, hello, i'm sammy's a dad. this is al jazeera alive from so how so coming up, iran's chief negotiator says, world powers candidates reject. the proposals put forward during talks to revive and nuclear deal. ukraine's defense minister claims rusher is likely to escalate the crisis by the end of january. both sides say they don't want to war low.

jazeera us president joe biden has one on vaccination people face severe illness and the on the con varian spreads. meanwhile, health officials have recommended americans choose the pfizer or modern a vaccine instead of johnson and johnson. because of rick cases of clotting u. k prime minister balls. johnson's on the increasing pressure after his conservative party last by election 1st think how into the maybe 200 years. they interpreted as a voter backlash against the wreaths of controversies. at least 19 people have died in japan after a font and a clinic and soccer and it's fear that number will rise. police are reportedly investigation suspected often, but tim support have suffered from heart and lung failure. fatty salami has moved from tokyo. we have got this fire walk, alton 8, saudi building in kito ward in osaka city. very close to the main station or sufficient in the middle of the city and the 4th floor which horse medical clinic. and it seems that its use for psychiatric treatment for fire broke out there. about 20 meters with the square meters were burned, and the other floors

find out more like the oma calling. varian is costing a shadow over the holiday period. as corona var, as cases rise sharply around the world, a start in the u. s. where u. s. president joe biden has promised to rapidly increase the level of karone of ours testing. he spoken to state governors and admitted the previous level of testing wasn't good enough for 3rd day in a row this holiday season, u. s. allen's was forced to counsel more than 700 flights, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded in the u. k. the government has ruled out new coven 19 restrictions for england before the new year. instead, people have been edge to remain cautious. despite that more than 98000 cases have been reported that in the past 24 hours, public health authorities in the u. s. have announced in the last few hours that they've shortened isolation, a positive, asymptomatic people from $10.00 to $5.00 days. it comes as an average of a $100000.00 cases reported daily. but the u. s. president says the health system is prepared can be health reports. in the u. s. cases of coven cau

the army kron varian drives up co with 19 cases in south africa. the health minister says the search can be managed without a stroke to lockdown. ah, hello, i am sammy's aid and this is al jazeera alive from dough hall. so coming up, iran's chief negotiator says, world powers candidates reject. the proposals are put forward during talks to revive and nuclear deal. ukraine's defense minister claims rusher is likely to escalate the crisis by the end of january. both sides say they don't want to wall though, and refugees living on the greek mainland face hunger after supporters withdrawn rights organizations are blaming the government with we begin with the race to further understand the new corona virus very and causing renewed restrictions around the world. it was 1st identified in south africa, the countries health minister says a 4th wave can be managed without tougher restrictions. more than 11 and a half 1000 cases filled by the only cron variance have been confirmed in one day. that's 5 times the number reported a week ago, but hospitalizations

and with each do varian as becomes more and more of the early. the idea that there is some policy or some politician going to stop it. we should have been acknowledging that this is not a pandemic. and that this is and demick, at least a couple of waves ago. politicians that's a 1st duty is not only did g d p and inflation and everything, but basically save the health of their, of their countrymen, and this needs to be done. this was not done. joe biden got elected because of donald trump's of failed handling of cove. it in the minds of voters in coming up on the year that he was inaugurated. and we have covered as bad as it's been certainly case wise. we can now add up all the rough weeks for biden, to rough year for by 62 percent of americans. now, double chance, they said that when we get to a certain threshold, everything's going to be great. that's how them unity we're going to be able to live more normally. in your opinion, is 62 percent in good enough. these terrible, i mean 62 percent is close to 50 percent. not close to 100 percent. the

over chron cobit varian from ruining everyone's christmas plant. tensions are particularly high in belgium, where clashes abrupt it at a 1000 strong rally on sunday. ah, [000:00:00;00] with let's say we were all this is heading this go live to our euro correspondent, peter all about either of these restrictions pay to their adapting daily even though people know how transmissible this strain is that still causing consternation? i well, no more. i think no matter how much information we guess about just how transmissible cove 19 is the new variance of cov 19. now there are always going to be people that aren't going to be happy with the measures that are put in place. we just saw that demonstration in belgium, there thousands of people who've come out on to the streets of brussels to protest against a big vaccination push by the belgian government. there's been as well a big push back against not vaccination. dr. particularly the idea that from the new year there's going to be a 3 month window for health care workers in order to get vaccinated old, they could risk losing their jobs. those w

we know on becomes a mile to varian and that those admitted to hospital is spending less time there. but it's highly contagious. meaning large numbers could still need hospital care. it's also affecting frontline staff numbers, absences tripled in london's hospitals this month. and nearly 10 percent of the city's firefighters called in sick, overwhelming majority of people who are currently ending up in intensive care in our hospitals are people who are not boosting i. i've talked to doctors who say the numbers are running up to 90 percent of people in intensive care. we're not boosted . if you're not vaccinated, you're 8 times more likely to get in the hospital all together. in germany, an urgent appeal for people to rein in new year's celebrations. the number of cases there is now believe to be $2.00 to $3.00 times higher than official figures. bitter fancy and gustavo police celebrates in very small numbers and do not endanger each other because the cow reported incidents of cases undermined the danger we are currently in. the rise of alma cron has dashed hopes that the worst of t

the w h o is warning the on the corner. varian poses a very high risk place in hong kong of rated the office of stan, news, and independent online media outlet. 7 current and former staff members have been arrested for publishing articles, inciting hatred against the authorities. memorial services being held across south africa, vandy apartheid icon and nobel peace prize. laury at desmond to to south africa is observing a week of national mourning for 22 who died aged 90. he was the 1st black archbishop of cape town and rose to prominence in the 1980s as an opponents of apartheid to, to his funeral will be held on new year's day for me to mila joins us now from cape town. so what can we expect in today's memorial from either or a memorial service is taking place at the cape town, city hall just behind us. and it's also very significant because this is where the archbishop welcomed nelson mandela once he had been released from prison in 1990. and at least they both of them addressed thousands of people outside the war on better release. and the memorial service for desmond tutu will be