next, the solomon islands, a south pacific island nation of 600,000 people.few days, it has been rocked by rioters, some of whom accuse the prime minister of being too close to china. the close does the focus is the capital, city of 85,000 people. this was the scene earlier, buildings satellite went over 1000 protesters stormed the chinatown district and targeted chinese businesses. this is drone footage of a building sn fire. we are told banks and markets have also been looted. this gives you aense of the devastation in the city center. other buildings have been ransacked. there is rubbish everywhere. we are told police are guarding critical infrastructure including hospitals and government buildings, but they can't guard everything. that's hear more from a journalist there. reporter: for us, it is quite a sad day for us, especially with what is happening now. it is getting out of contr, and people are looting, burning down buildings, starting from the east of the city. ey burned down a branch of bank of the south pacific, also isnd enterprise, local company

clark reports fires, burn, and thick smoke billows across the solomon islands capital. this is the aftermath of 2 days of riots. latest ransacked local stools after $36.00, our curfew is lifted. we've just passed through a lot of buildings and you know, a lot of our businesses that we've been down and behind me that that's the police response team. the out of the trying to control the situation here. more than 100 police diplomats and defense personnel from australia had been deployed to honey ira at the request of the solomon islands, prime minister. but the new guinea is also sending a peacekeeping team in or to try and restore. com. we have a stride into a brightly going back to the solomon islands, to support our pacific family to ensure that we can have stability in place, so that i can resolve issues internally. the flash point for these anti government protests was the chinatown district demonstrate, is targeted the chinese on businesses and government funded buildings from and here we are gravely concerned over the attacks on chinese citizens and chinese funded

we have astride into a brightly, going back to the solomon islands, to support our pacific family to ensure that we can have stability in place. so that i can resolve issues internally. the flash point for these anti government protests was the chinatown district demonstrate, is targeted the chinese on businesses and government funded building a spokeswoman day. yet we are gravely concerned over the attacks on chinese citizens and chinese funded enterprises. and have asked the local government to take all measures necessary to protect the safety of chinese nationals and institutions. the group behind these demonstrations are from the nation's most populous islands. them a later province that accused the prime minister of ignore your needs of the region . and they want him to stand down request he's refused. this is about um, i think a pretty deep seated grievances on the part of many ordinary solomon islanders. i'm about the way they see government behaving about the way that our development occurs in solomon islands. ah. at the way the economy structured at corruption and perception

the solomon islands is a small pacific island nation with a population of less than 700000 people. it's a 1700 kilometers northeast of these trail in city of townsville from which soldier the now being deployed. so o'clock, proposed plumes of smoke filled, the sky is hundreds, defy a government locked down and take to the streets of honey. our anti government protest is marched in the east of the capital and in chinatown setting fire to building and losing shots. the protests when they buy people from the nations most populous island, the malay department. they want the prime minister to sit down, accusing him of failing to deliver the key infrastructure in the region. they're also angry about the government's decision to civil, long standing ties with taiwan office, 36 years and declare allegiance with beijing. what we're saying is a coalescing of date, historical tension between the provinces and the central government, which have been exacerbated by the jew politic. the political competition in the region and unhelpful in an helpful way. the south pacific has been a diplomatic s

ah no astray. leah is saying it's going to send troops to the solomon islands to help restore order there. as the country faces a 2nd day of rising. the protesters one prime minister, monassa sobari to resign. say me, island has been neglected by the government. they also oppose a 2019 decision to switch diplomatic allegiances from taiwan to china. ha, from all it speak to sarah clark. she is across this forest from brisbin in australia. sarah, this isn't the 1st time that cameras deployed peacekeepers to the solomon islands, but the last time i believe it was militia violence. so this is really a reflection of how serious the situation is getting. there was really the prime minister scott last, and industry alia, has the last hour i held this press conference after a national security meeting, where this issue was central to discussions. and they've announced that due to the escalated intentions and the escalating political risk that we've seen over the last 2 days or so with those hundreds of people define that. so could you, on the ground in the capital, studies decided to send troops

what we want to see happen in the solomon islands is for the people of the solomon islands, under the constitution, under their normal processes can resolve any issues they have. it is not for us to be interfering in their democracy. it's not for us to be to fearing and have i resolve those issues. we just simply there as a good family member to try and provide a stable and safe environment for the issues that are there in the solomon islands to be peacefully worked through. the reuters news agency is reporting that 6 sidney soldiers have been killed during an attack by if the opium forces. it happened today. certain these army post near the border in a statement. sedans, military said groups of the ethiopian army and militias. attacks are forces and alpha shaw got out. so gra, which resulted in that lease in bettina fancy capital, a find tear gas during a demonstration against the president. but just to say ross cup or it has failed to stop the violence by groups more than $400.00 refugees migrants who waited for days to be allowed into port have dissin barked in the italian town of

he said they're quick to confirm the quit request was made by the solomon islands prime minister. so go by and it's an intervention only which he expects to last just a couple of weeks i, he's reluctant to get involved in the domestic affairs that are driving, certainly triggering these demonstrations. and he said there's no political agenda that got lost. and of course we had a china reactor overnight on thursday night to the monitoring closely, but they do support the solomon islands prime minister. and they have confidence that he will be able to restore peace at night to have refused to wayne to any political agenda or domestic affairs at the state. so at the moment we had the strain defense for typing to quill be on risk, but certainly standing back from getting involved in any political affairs in the solomon islands. sarah, thank you very much. sarah. lot there. john is live from brisbin, the u. k. in france, calling for a coordinated response to stop people smuggling across the english channel. you ministers have been invited to paris for an emergency meeting. that's after

also, the news violence in the solomon islands as anger mounts against the government's growing allegiance to china. covered 19 debts in germany. surpass 800000 is european countries rushed to contain a corona virus resurgence. and we will look at african shadow pandemic gender based violence which remains a huge issue as the world marks the international date for the elimination of bonds . and is for real madrid, have qualified for the knockout ross of the champion z e, 13 time record. when i said the sheriff asked all 3 now to continue their outstanding run in the group stages. ah, so starting with that breaking news out of ethiopia, this is the al jazeera has obtained satellite images that showed the united arab emirates as providing military support to the ethiopian army. the report reveals that a total of 90 flights have flown between the u. a in ethiopia, in the past few months alone, the res hired 2 companies from europe to run military support flights to ethiopia, the same ukrainian firm in fact, which was used by the u. e to supply arms to the libyan warlord. halle for hafta is a

will report from the solomon islands. . , ., islands.for the _ islands. the south pacific island nation and for the past - islands. the south pacific island nation and for the past two i islands. the south pacific island nation and for the past two days islands. the south pacific island l nation and for the past two days it has been rocked by rioters, some of whom accuse the prime minister of being too close to china. the focuses capital called honiara, a city of 85,000 people. several buildings have been set alight and over a thousand protesters storming the chinatown district and targeting many chinese owned businesses. this is drone footage of one bank that was set on fire. this is the sense of the devastation and this is the city center where other buildings have been ransacked. there is rubbish everywhere. we know the police are guarding critical infrastructure including government buildings, but they cannot guard everything. this is the latest from janus in honiara. for us in honiara it's quite a sad day for us, especially with wha

australia sends troops to the solomon islands after two days of unrest that is threatening to topple the government. and beijing hopes for a successful winter olympics — despite a coronavirus surge, and allegations of chinese human rights abuses. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. scientists have expressed alarm about a new coronavirus variant which has emerged in south africa, describing it as the worst they've seen so far. so what do we know about the new variant? well, it is early days 7 the new variant was discovered just 3 days ago. genetic analysis shows it has twice the number of mutations as delta, the dominant variant worldwide, including around 30 changes to the spike protein which the virus uses to break into human cells. this makes it dramatically different from the original wuhan strain on which all current vaccines are based. crucially there is no evidence yet that the variant causes more severe disease or that it makes vaccines less effective. it will take two to three weeks before laboratory tests can show whether this is another defining m

well, mister alia, says it's sending troops for the solomon islands. as the pacific island faces a 2nd day of rising, the unrest began when the prime minister switched the country's allegiances from taiwan to china. not move an good many people who want the solomons to continue recognizing tie pain. now the solomon islands is a small pacific nation with a population of less than 700000 people. it's a 1700 kilometers northeast of the trading city of townsville. some my soldiers now being deployed their o'clock report plumes. it's mike, feel the sky is hundreds. defy a government locked down and take to the streets of honey. our anti government protest is marched in the east of the capital and in chinatown setting fire to building and moving shots. the protests when they buy people from the nation's most populous island, the malay to pullman. they want the prime minister to sit down, accusing him of failing to deliver the key infrastructure in the region. they're also angry about the government's decision to civil, long standing ties with high one office,

conflict is really going to the home search onto other news and australia, resending trips to the solomon islands. as the pacific island faces the 2nd day of rising, the unrest began when the prime minister switch the country's allegiances from time one to china, the solomon islands, a small pacific ocean with a population of less than 700000 people, 1700 kilometers northeast of these trading city of townsville from were soldiers are being deployed. sarah clark with our port plumes of smoke fill the skies. hundreds defy a government locked down and take to the streets of honey. our anti government protest is marched in the east of the capital and in chinatown. setting fire to building and moving shots. the protests when they buy people from the nation's most populous on the malay department. they want the prime minister to sit down, accusing him of failing to deliver the key infrastructure in the region. they're also angry about the governance decision, the civil long standing ties with high one office, 36 years, and the clear allegiance with beijing. what we're saying is a coalescing of the hist

what we want to see happen in the solomon islands is for the people of the solomon islands, under the constitution, under their normal processes can resolve any issues they have. it is not for us to be interfering in their democracy. it's not for us to be to fearing and have i resolve those issues. we just simply there as a good family member to try and provide a stable and safe environment for the issues that are there in the solomon islands, to be peacefully worked through. policeman became fast as capital of fire tear gas during a demonstration against the president, protested a rush, caberry has failed to stop violence by armed groups. nicholas hart cause more. there is anger in breaking foster. this was supposed to be a peaceful protest in support of security forces and against a president who's been unable to stop a wave of attacks by arm hoops affiliated with iso in arcadia. they shout, we want president cavalry to resign. the government has lost control of border areas, the north and east, forcing millions of people, mostly children, and teenagers, to flee the violence. free b

so china was also reacted to australia arriving in the solomon islands. and they believed that some anonymous can. we're still pace, but they refused to comment on the strategies role. but certainly the way that the prime minister, scott morrison, what he's indicated is it's named mention only, and i will be there for a couple of weeks at the moment. we're expecting around a 100 troops. that is the federal police and he's trying to get both to be there for a few weeks. at least. all right. her sarah thought life was there in been sarah, thank you. more than 50 people have died off to fire and smoke filled a rush of mine in siberia. some rescuers are among the dead. 285 people who are in the mine. when the emergency started early on thursday, most managed to get out. senior managers have been detained for suspected safety violation, but also to come here and i'll just say we're including protests against kuranda viruses. friction in the french territory of water move, turn into a full blown crisis voter apathy and curtis on one huge projections appears to

say, 3 people have been killed in the solomon islands, capital homie, ira, where they have been days of rioting. gangs have been setting buildings on fire and trash and property demanding the prime minister's resignation. they say they're part of the pacific nation have been long, neglected by the government. there's also anger about the decision to switch diplomatic allegiances from taiwan to china. what sarah clark is covering the story from the australian city of brisbin, sarah. so what more details are emerging about these deaths? well, security guard found these bodies in 2 separate rooms and a boon house house. and it in the key area being chinatown, which was the flash point for the last few days of not just rocking but loosing. and some of the local report suggests that these 3 bodies may have been people or loses trapped inside that stone. our forensic investigation is under way to identify who these people are and of course, the cause of death. the other developing element on saturday is that the police have confirmed, there's made more than 180 people suspected of being in

at least 3 people are dead in the solomon islands, off the days of rotting against government policies. ah, we begin with the corona virus pandemic and the discovery of a new varian, cold army, chrome. it's seen countries around the world, restricting travel to and from southern africa, south africa, botswana, zimbabwe, namibia lesotho as what teeny and mozambique are among those affected by the rules . the news has shaken the world economy just as it was showing signs of her recovery stalks on wall street took a hit on friday before they closed for the weekend. and in south africa itself, the number of confirmed only chron cases are still relatively low. but the speed with which young people are getting sick is causing alarm as cross now to pro brennan, who's in london for us. poor nice at this very is arriving on the scene in europe, which is already seeing big increases locked downs as a result of the delta variance. how is this news of this extra variant on the scene going to go down with the public? yeah, the serious concern among politicians and the scientists here they are tryin

guest: specifically on the solomon islands, you have stumped me. the broader trend in the region -- the philippines is an example of this. countries not thinking twice about where to put their allegiance in terms of whether or not they are going to partner or ally more closely with china or the united states. there is real diplomatic and economic competition happening in that part of the world. that is becoming the key focus of u.s. foreign policy. the end of pacific region -- indo-pacific region, this competition between the u.s. and china is playing out. in terms of taiwan, it is a very deeply concerning situation. you have taiwan, a robust democracy that happens to supply most of the world with key components that go into all of our electronics, under direct threat from its much larger neighbor across the taiwan straits. president xi has said he wants to reunify, in his terms, china with taiwan. meanwhile, you have united states building up its military deterrence and seeking to support taiwan militarily in the event of a conflict. such a confli

australia sending troops to help curb violent protests linked to the solomon island's diplomatic change. local reports say a 36 hour curfew has been imposed around the city's chinatown. britain and france swapped reclamation's over the death of 27 migrants after their boat capsized in the english channel. prime minister boris johnson accused france of not doing enough to stop migrants to get to the u.k. from northern france. in reply, the french interior says britain has used workers as an incentive to migrants. those are your first word headlines. paul: next, new zealand leading the charge with global stimulus withdrawal. we talk to the rbnz assistant governor about the timeline for more aggressive policy tightening. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: new zealand's central bank raised interest rates for the second time in two months. the rbnz signaled it may need to tighten policy to contain inflation. let's bring in our economic and politics editor kathleen hays. kathleen: he is joining us in hi s role as assistant governor of the rbnz. thanks for joining us today. we have a message that the

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parties, including the prime minister, was agreeable to australia. peacekeepers of arrived in the solomon islands to help the pacific nations government respond to protests and riots. the unrest respond by pandemic fuel economic problems. now an ongoing strike, and guadalupe has kept the french caribbean island at a standstill for a 2nd week, denouncing colbert 19 restrictions and long standing economic problems. protest has remained defiant. the french government is called for calm, but no officials in paris have yet made a trip to the island. natasha butler reports cause of forced to turn back as protesters block road on the french caribbean island of guadalupe, where anger continues to simmer. what began more than a week, it goes a strike of the man to treat vaccines. the health workers is now full blown demonstration against the french government. people here say they don't trust the vaccines. all politicians in paris, the problem, my wife, willie booker to po for the problems and guadalupe run deep. the cost of living is high. there is no training for young people have no jobs for the skille

as a relief from dough are also coming up that the 3 people have been killed in riots in the solomon islands as police arrest. more than a 100 people, france accuses the u. k. of not being serious about stopping refugee and migrant deaths. dis, inviting the british from a crisis meeting and doubts about the legitimacy of caucus downs weekend elections . the people feeling frozen out of the vote. welcome to the program. the discovery of a new corona virus variant which was 1st found in southern africa, has sent a chill through much of the world and set off an anxious wait for more data. the world health organization has designated this variant, omicron, what global vaccine make as a scrambling to understand it and see whether they can adapt their current jobs to be more effective against it. on micron has many mutations suggesting it could pose more risks than the delta variant, and may, they'd, vaccines and immunity. well, a troubling data has prompted travel bands on people coming from southern africa that he baba begins are coverage. it's the news. no one wanted to hear the discovery of a

this is one of the most populous island in the solomon islands. and the concern is all the accusation is the prime minister has neglected some of these provinces, and they want him to stand down, which of course, he has refused. and we know that straightly as, as, as now, since in soldiers and police, what impact is that having what the strain defense force as well as the striding federal police, but as well as poverty, guinea, and troops. i have come in over not to also assist and trying to order, but of course, while we might have seen some of the projects die down the next iteration, we're dealing with these a lack of food supplies. we're seeing big cues at some of the items that the money or the bank to people try to get money. people lot out to try and get pictures. of course chinatown is an area where, basically it's a big food provider in honey our. it's along the stools have been bent down at the not the down that close to because people are trying to avoid the bottom and being targeted. so the red cross is also on the ground. they trying

more violent protests in the solomon islands against the government switching alliance from taiwan to join. ah, i'll de zera has obtained satellite images that show the united arab emirates as providing military support to the european army, which is currently fighting the to gripe people's liberation front. 90 flights have been flown between the u. e n. ethiopia in the past 2 months. the u. e is hard to companies from europe to run military support flights into ethiopia. one of them in ukraine was used by the u. e to supply arms to libya. as warlord holly for hafta. priyanka gupta has the latest. this is the largest air base in a fuel pier. the her army, the base is just south of the capital, addis ababa. it plays a major role in the country's military offensives. these satellite images reveal and extensive operation involving warplanes and military cargo aircraft. this is a chinese made wing loom drone, the 1st ever documented in an if your p in military base. and this is illusion. here the plains are seen, offloading the military cargo fly charts and satellite image show that these

fighting escalates against the tig or i rebels was when the news of these 3 people died in the solomon islands. after days of rising against government policies and sri lanka stops a shipment of fertilizer from china or off to tests reveal it contained harmful bacteria over and a growing number of countries all over the world of decided to ban or restrict travel from southern africa. this means south africa botswana cimbawe way, namibia las suitor, s sertina and mozambique all among those affected the bands came as the world health organization declared a new cove at 19 varied to be a variant of concern and named it army cra. we understand that people are concerned . the good thing is that we have monitoring systems around the world to detect these variance very quickly. this variant was detected a few weeks ago, and already scientists are sharing research with us information with us so that we can take action. what's really important as an individual is to lower your exposure . the measures these proven public health measures have never been more important distancing wearing of a mask, making

also these 3 people dead in the solomon islands after days of rioting against government policies. and electric vehicles and maybe the future, but in democratic republic of congo, mining for materials used to make their batteries devastating lively ah, current of ours pandemic to get us going the south and the discovery of that new variance which has been cold, omicron, and have seen countries around the world restricting travel to and from southern africa, that means south africa botswana, zimbabwe, namibia la suit through s were teeny mozambique all affected by these rules. news which has shaken the world economy. it has to be said just as it was showing signs of recovery. stocks on wall street took a hit and friday before they closed for the weekend. and in south africa itself, the number of confirmed cases of our micron are still relatively low. but the speed with which young people are getting sick is causing alarm. so let's check in with family to miller reporting from johannesburg this hour in south africa. you might say fair enough, not happy about the fact that they are ju

these 3 people, deb, this is in the solomon islands and a face off as a fertilizer sherlock of stops a chinese shipment off the test to reveal it contained a harmful bacteria. so concerns about this. new coven, 19 buried have shaken the world economy just as it was showing signs of recovery from the pandemic. clever stock markets, and the price of oil fell, as the news emerged on friday. and the travel industries likely to take another hit as well as countries close off to south africa and its neighbors. but anything can happen with that can be a new variant like this one or a new virus. people need to be prepared. the world and brazil cannot take, can you look down? it would condemn every one to misery and misery killed brazil's president there. that's just the latest of a long list of countries that of suspending flights from southern africa. the united states early announced similar meshes over might hannah in washington dc. it confirms that all long citizens or those who do not hold permanent residence in the u. s. from those southern african countries will not be allowed into th

sir leon peacekeepers patrolling the streets of honey on the solomon islands. that follows 2 days of protest against the growing chinese influence in the south pacific nation. protested in guadalupe or a main defiant after bringing the french caribbean island to a standstill. the demonstrating against covered 19 restrictions and long standing economic problems. the french government has called for com, but as natasha butler reports, officials from paris are yet to make a trip to the island cause the forced to turn back as protesters block road on the french caribbean. island of guadalupe where anger continues to simmer. what began more than a week, it goes the strike of the mandatory vaccines. the health workers is now full blown demonstration against the french government. people here say they didn't trust the vaccines. all politicians in paris, no problem. what would really book or proposal the problems and guadalupe run deep . the cost of living is high. there is no training for young people have no jobs for the skilled. we feel totally ignored by france. th

i say no to deal with instigated australia. peacekeepers of arrived in the solomon islands to help his government respond to protests and riots. the pacific nation are fewer than 700000 people, has been beset by ethnic and political tensions for decades. the latest unrest was bought by pandemic field economic problems and an unpopular decision by the prime minister to break diplomatic ties with tie one and moved closer to china. sarah clark as managing developments from this training in city of brisbin, we've had 2 consecutive days of quite violent rot and protests in parts of the capital. honey yara, in particular, around the area of chinatown, there are also some unconfirmed reports. i should say that some protest is now looking to target one of the prime. this is residences in longer, but the less reports and the vision that we've seen and the one of our colleagues is on the ground in our has told us that by the fire, burning streets, the strewn rubbish across them. a lot of people, widespread losing in some of these areas have been bent down and as of last not around 31 stretches b

i rebel at least 3 people dead on the solomon islands. soft to days rising against government policies. hello, front, a growing number of countries around the world of decided to either ban or restrict travel from southern africa is made in south africa. botswana, zimbabwe. nam may be a lesser through a sertina and mozart beka all affected while much as unknown about the new army crowded variant. this is what we do now at this point it was 1st reported to the world health organization from south africa on wednesday. a variant with $32.00 mutations on what is called the spike protein, which is what virus uses to invade ourselves. this means its spike protein is dramatically different from the regional cove at 19 and what that means with the effectiveness of vaccines. that is unfortunate. another thing we don't know that people are concerned, the good thing is that we have monitoring systems around the world to detect these variants very quickly. this variant was detected a few weeks ago, and already scientists are sharing research with us information with us so that we can take action o

at least 3 people had been killed in riots in the solomon islands as police arrest more than a 100 rioters. and on the front lines, ethiopians prime minister visits troops fighting rebels in the ne welcome to program the discovery of a new corona virus fair and to sent a chill through much of the world and set off and anxious wait for more data. the world health organization has designated this parent, omicron, or global vaccine make as a scrambling to understand it, and see whether they can adapt their current jobs to be more effective against it. or micron has many notations suggesting it could pose more risks than the delta variant, and may evade vaccines and immunity. many jittery governments fear the worst. nearly 2 years after cobit 19 emerged and triggered a global pandemic, that's known to have killed more than 5000000 people. not in barber begins, are coverage. it's the news. no one wanted to hear the discovery of a new covey variant called ami krohn. first identified in south africa, has hit world stock markets as concerns grow about a new global threat. the world health organiza

those who will find friend already found in the solomon islands of days of writing and looting would explain what's driving the rest. ah however, i really am struggling to find any decent weather across europe at the moment. really is something of a dog's in easy lots of cloud showing up here because this area of low pressure, this is storm arden still buffeting at her move west corner of europe. so still some very strong winds coming through here will those when should gradually ease off as we go on through the next couple of days. but we are looking at gales severe gales at, present, still making the way down across the north sea, pushing down into the low countries. his cold front sinks further south that keen northly wind still bringing those snow flurries in across sir parts of scott, them maybe into wells, and also into parts of england as well along with the a low countries and noticed some heavy snowfall that just rounds. southern france, germany pushing across into the outs some significant snow coming in across poland as well. and we still have the snow still affecting nort

governments blame each other for a cross channel tragedy. peacekeeping troops are sent to the solomon islands. a switch in diplomatic allegiances leads to 2 days of rice. ah, the deputy head of sedans, ruling sovereign sovereign council, as told al jazeera that the military take over a month ago, followed long discussions between the political parties which failed to produce results. general mohammed hummed, and the gallow said it was an option known to the prime minister who was detained during the political turmoil. he also denied that his forces were involved in arresting senior officials or detaining activists and protesters comes in over here . what's happened on october 25th was the ultimate, i would come of a long process since that change started in sudan during such process. many discussions were made and many initiatives were proposed by various parties, the prime minister himself proposed to initiative. and during our meetings and the transitional partners council or the sovereignty council, with the cabinet of ministers, we made maximum effort. but we couldn't reach a breakthrough

at least 3 people are dead in the solomon islands, off the days of rising against government policies and in sports and be a superstar lebron james is slapped with a fine for bad behavior. as the alley lakers are exceeded by the sacramento kings for their 5th loss in 7 games. ah hello and welcome to the program. growing number of countries around the world have decided to ban all restrict travel from southern africa, south africa botswana, as in bob way, namibia, lesotho, as what teenie and mozambique are among those nations affected south africa is hitting back against the actions taken by countries like the u. s. australia and brazil to stop travel and close borders with southern africa in a statement. it's foreign minister said following this latest round of travel bands is akin to punishing south africa for it's at vase genomic sequencing and the ability to detect new variance quicker. excellent, science should be applauded and not punished. the global community needs collaboration and partnerships in the management of the coven 19 pandemic. let's go live to our correspondent for

the solomon islands is a group of a thousand islands in the south pacific — home to more than 680,000owever some of this recent unrest has been triggered by the prime minister�*s close ties with china, over 7,000 kilometres away. aruna iyengar has this report. damaged building and graffiti on the walls, this is the aftermath following three days of rioting in the seaside capital of honiara. area of the city�*s chinatown been incinerated. for honiara. area of the city's chinatown been incinerated. for a few da s chinatown been incinerated. for a few days after. — chinatown been incinerated. for a few days after, we _ chinatown been incinerated. for a few days after, we don't - chinatown been incinerated. for a few days after, we don't have - chinatown been incinerated. iff?" —. few days after, we don't have enough few days after, we don�*t have enough food. we have had to stay at home. the prime minister has defied pressure to resign, saying he will never bow down to the evil intention of a few people. protesters have been tempted to set fire to the parliament building in the prime min

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and these 3 people have been killed in the solomon islands where they have been days of rioting. daniels have been setting buildings on fire untrusting property to one of the prime minister manasseh a resigned. they say they're part of the pacific nation has been long neglected by the government. security services in kirk is down say they fall. the qu attempt, at least 15 people have been detained, including politicians and former officials. they're accused of planning violent protests when results from sunday's parliamentary elections are released. the president savage, apart, was expected to tightened his grip on power. after the vote and ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says his security services have uncovered a russian batch plot to overthrow the government. he told journalists that the crew was planned for next week. so those are the headlines. the news continues here on al jazeera, after $11.00 east stateroom. thanks for watching. i talked to al jazeera, we ask, how would you describe taliban relationship with the us? we listen copies, one tedious nato for coffee. 19

international peacekeepers have beeneployed on the solomon islands with thousands of protesters callingthe prime minister to resign. >> armed police are guarding the prime minister after crowds descended on his home. police fired tear gas and warning shots to clear them. the protesters want the prime minister to resign. he says only parliament can sack him. the solomon islands' decision to switch diplomatic recognition from taiwan to china appears to have triggered the unrest. australian soldiers are being called in to help restore order. they are preparing for resistance. the curfew has been extended after the previous one failed to stem the violence. they can only clean up and wait for it all to end. >> let's get more now on our top story this hour -- the new covid-19 strain designated a variant of concern by the world health organization. the u.s. and eu are among those announcing the suspension of direct flights to affected countries including south africa. its tourism minister spoke to me earlier to give me her view on the global reaction to the emergence of the new omicron variant

police in the solomon islands-- northeast of australia-- discovered three bodies in a burned-out buildingtry's capital late yesterday. the discovery comes after three days of violent protests in opposition to the government's growing ties with chin with authorities arresting more than 100 people. drone footage from earlier in the week showed protesters blocking roads as black smoke filled the air. many of the demonstrators are demanding the resignation of the prime minister. the unrest stems from the government's decision in 2019 to end diplomatic ties with taiwan and establish formal links with china. earlier this week, australian authorities announced the deployment of more than 100 police and military personnel to assist the solomon islands with security and riot control. for more national and international news, visit pbs.org/newshour. >> hill: covid vaccinations are now available for children as young as five. adding children to those who can receive covid vaccines is a step forward in protecting everyone, but parents still have questions. before the thanksgiving holiday, hari sreeni

the bodies of 3 people have been found and burnt out. building in the solomon islands, capital, honey, ara, which has seen days of rioting, protest as have been demanding prime minister manassas of gary's resignation. the shift to online shopping due in parts of the pandemic is resulted in smaller crowds that receives black friday sales in the united states. retailers of also been dealing with supply chain problems, leading them to reroute their goods to less congested ports. and even starting to charter their vessels ukraine's president. volume is the landscape says his security services uncovered a russian backed plot to overthrow the government in elaborate on details. but the lensky tell journalist the crew was planned for next week. and kremlin flatly denies the allegations. and thousands of people protesting its rising living costs corruption, government favoritism in malawi, least 5 t against to break up the demonstration. as the protest as marched towards the council offices in the capital lid on gray. right? you're up to date with a headlines to this. our on our to 0, the lat

targeted by anti government group led by the people of the later province populous district in solomon islands. mulligan people, or the lack of muleta once a prime minister to stand down because of the things he isn't addressing with the prime minister didn't address issues that were affecting the provenance of their thing has been widespread across the capital. people are now queuing for fuel and food. supermarket are the bird to the ground for clothes of sterling troops and military personnel from pop and getting around the ground to help restore order in the capital. is obviously pens we've seen the last couple of days. there has been some destructions and looting. it's a volatile situation. the streets may become for now, but there's been simmering discontent. predict heights. the people of them a light, a province dissatisfied with the prime minister, accusing him of neglecting their providence. that's compounded by anger over the central government's decision to dump their allegiance with taiwan. recognizing china instead with the prime minister, refusing to budge on the protest demands

companies from europe to run military flights into ethiopia. australia is sending troops to the solomon islands to help restore order of the country faces the 2nd day of rising. the protest is want the prime minister to quit saying the government has neglected their islands. at least 27 refugees and migrants have drowned off the coast of france after their boat capsized, trying to reach the u. k. this is the worst disaster in recent years for migrants attempting that crossing will international calls for a diplomatic solution to and the violence in ethiopia are growing the u. s. and the you. and for example, calling for an immediate end to the fighting. it will assist with a partially columbia the peace process in columbia today inspires me to make an urgent call to the protagonists of the conflict in ethiopia for an unconditional and immediate cease fire to save the country and to allow for dialogue between ethiopians to resolve the crisis and allow for ethiopia to go back to contributing to stability in the region that i would like columbia to be an example to follow for the leaders of ethiop