the south germany make certain public aries off limits. those who declined to get innoculated against cove it, as it becomes the latest the country to clamp time on the unvaccinated over half a century. that's how long american drugs watchdog wants in order to release all the documents relating to its approval of 5 is code with faxing. but the group of medics who requested it points out that the government took much less time to approve the job. and american tv network, m s m b c is banned from the controversial rash trial of car, written high on the allegation that someone working for the company attempt to infringe on the jury's anonymity for.

also, the south germany tries to get control over the corona virus by imposing tough restrictions as the number of infections reaches its highest level. since the start of the pandemic, a moscow's defense minister says us warships in the black st may russia's borders, are the threats to regional security. ah, i good to abby with us live on worldwide. this is alta international. well use of 11 with me calling bright 1st. the a you is a partially suspending, a visa for sanitation do with banner bruce. it's in response to while the blocks calling an ongoing hybrid attack launched by the bell russian regime. several 100 migrants have gathered. a bellow rose his border with poland, looking to cross into the e. u. member state. go back to your home. you are not allowed to get this idea. leave the idea now, or we will use both to break. this is some of the latest video that we've got from the border where the migrants have gathered among the ma children, some of them very young. the polish prime minister in the defense minister have traveled to the area to assess the situation of poland to

that's why, particularly in one state saxony, which is the stage of around 4000000 people in south eastern germany. well, there you have hospital saying we're in tree arch mode. we're trying to work out who we will prioritize and who will have to wait for treatment because there are so many cove in patients. that's why you hear there the can't take your health minister, mr. spahn. talking about the luftwaffe of the german air force flying in intensive care units to help out precisely because the hospitals have so many patients with cove. it, they're not sure how to proceed. that's why they need this help dominic. one more question for you, and that is on the world health organization, which has been holding an emergency meeting today in geneva. we haven't had a different definitive out of it yet. but what's been the tone of what they've been saying? one line that's come ounces. what the w it showed the deliberations of the been taking place has come from one of their spokespersons mister lint, maya, who was referring to the decision by some e u countries. and indeed, the recommendation by presiden

government asked him to arrest me. mohammed do was accused of being the leader of an al qaeda south in both germany and montreal. in the chaos president bush signed a secret director giving the cia authority to kill or capture terrorists anywhere in the years that followed several dozen acro, crisscross the glow, making thousands of flights faced with an onslaught of prisoners, the bush administration drew up a memorandum known as the torture memories it set out the legal basis for using these techniques in the war on terror. and cited the who did menu from 1978 judgement. within months, the cia rolled out these methods with in guantanamo and all its black sites. they call them enhanced interrogation techniques the cia chon, to contract psychologist who had no experience with al qaeda, who had no experience with interrogations, and had no experience in the middle east gym and i went into a cubicle, sat down at a he sat down at the typewriter, and together we wrote out the list as techniques that we thought had work well in the series school. well, i had already been told that the geneva conventions

south toward the capital addis ababa. austria has become the first country in western europe to reimpose a national coronavirus lockdown. infections are surging there and they bring countries. germany'sinister predicts people will either be vaccinated, recover, or die by the end of winter. france's president emmanuel macron says riots in the french overseas territory of guadalupe have created an explosive situation. the government has sent special forces to the caribbean to end the unrest sparked by covid-19 restrictions. our closing arguments have been made in the u.s. state of georgia in the ahmaud arbery murder trial. three white men are accused of killing him, and unarmed black man, last year. he was shot dead while jogging after being chased by the men in pickup trucks. one of them, travis mcmichael, testified he saw arbery as a threat and that he acted in self-defense. more from washington. reporter:reporter: the thing about georgia, it does have a very specific emphasis on what's called accomplice liability, so you are part of a trying -- crime, even if you're seem to be can tripping, you are held liable. the prosecution is also saying, first of all, arbery was unarmed, he was

germany is also restricting travel to and from south africa. ists have described the strain as very different from previous ones. in germany, the new government plans to channel 60 billion euros to fund its climate goals in the next four years. bloomberg understands the money will be earmarked from a supplementary budget. the new administration has made a pledge to end coal used by 2030. france's leading union of fishermen -- the protest will start with a one-hour blockade of a port in the morning with access blocked from 2:00 until 4:00. ensuring there are no illegal actions and trade is not affected. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. tom: laura wright in london. rising food inflation hits record highs and will impact low income families this winter season. we will discuss that with our next guest. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: welcome back to the open. 41 minutes into the start of the trading day and it is not getting

if we look in the states of bavaria and germany south, we're seeing intensive care. busy beds there. busy in extremely short supply, in fact, some patients are already being taken in by hospitals in italy that have more capacity right now, a situation that is, is developing and it's not developing in the right way or certainly not in the way we would like to see at the moment across germany or for that matter here in austria where i'm speaking to you from earlier, my colleague kevin own discussed these tougher covered restrictions with a panel of medical and social science experts. impression i get is these are serious panic measures by the politicians and i not belittling the shop. rise in case numbers in austria, but my, my response to the politicians is where were you when your case numbers was slightly hi. hi. hi. i still am going up the time to i always is early and extensively. they need to stop being, i react to you and acting on impulse because that's the worst time to make decisions. and i think that's the problem that we've got since the pandemic and began

if we look in the states of bavaria and germany south, we're seeing intensive care. busy beds there in extremely short supply. in fact, some patients are already being taken in by hospitals in italy that have more capacity. right now, a situation that is, is developing and it's not developing in the right way or certainly not in the way we would like to see at the moment across germany, or for that matter here in austria, where i'm speaking to you from util. travaras expert who says the german politicians haven't handle the covered situation well enough, so far a lockdown isn't necessary there. this was, was the zillow for cents in the vinegar. we have enough feds and hospitals, and we have fewer staff there either. a lot of people who called in sick or who are no longer available as nurses in intensive care units. in other words, they gave up. there were empty promises from the government. the nursing staff would get more money. intensive care nurses are underpaid anyway. it is a stressful job at the end of the day, many of them can hardly cope with a situation wher

if we look in the state of bavaria in germany, south we're seeing intensive care. busy beds they're really streaming short supply . in fact, some patients are already being taken in by hospitals in italy that have more capacity. right now, medical chiefs in that state as saying that in the next 3 weeks or so, the number of patients they expect to see seeking, intensive care beds could well double a situation that is developing and it's not developing in the right way or certainly not in the way we would like to see at the moment across germany or for that matter here in australia where i'm speaking to you from. yeah, winter approaching and talk to you come in as well by the looks of it. thanks for bring this up to speed and what's happening there. an ostrich may be germany as well. come back to light, a pate, your correspondent, and we told to to a virus expert, he says the jim politicians haven't handled the code situation well enough, so foreigner lockdown isn't necessary there. this was one of these offices in the really good. we have enough beds and hospitals,

and the many states in germany, most of them on the south and the on with on the south and eastern borders of germany with the austria of the check vehicle. poland. they have incidences of curvature very high for figures in some places in some counties overall. bavaria, for example, and incidence on average, about 500 in saxony, and incidence of over 750 these people. they're crying out for what's called the 2 g plus rural. that translates as prove, either recovered all that you've had the vaccine and that you have a negative test before you're able to do very many things go to public places and that sort of thing. that is what many in the upper house apartment would like to see past. so that's why they oppose to a certain extent. what's been put through the lower house today. they say it's not strong enough. crucially, however, there is a meeting taking place to take place later on today between the federal government and the leaders, the prime ministers of the states. that is the me sing which could be decisive in bringing in some sort of much stronger measure that may emerge later this

germany without any sort of travel history to the southern portions of africa or from south africa ashat raises big alarm bells here in this country in germany, and all this comes, by the way, not just in germany, but in large portions of europe as the coronavirus itself the variant that we've had so far, the delta variant, is really running wild. germany has had record infection rates for several weeks running now. they've had record daily new cases for many weeks as well. and so germany is now indeed talking about a possible full lockdown for the entire country. of course, austria has already gone that way. what's going to happen here in this country in just about two hours from now is that angela merkel who is still chancellor here in this country is going to meet with her designated successor olaf scholz and they are going to start debating measures with the representatives of the german states to see what can be done. it's not clear whether or not they are going to decide on some sort of further lockdown measures today, but it is certainly something that many people here feel mig

if we look in the states of bavaria and germany south, we're seeing intensive care. busy beds they're in extremely short supply. in fact, some patients are already being taken in by hospitals in italy that have more capacity right now, a situation that is developing and it's not developing in the right way or certainly not in the way we would like to see at the moment across germany. oh, for that matter, here in austria, where i'm speaking to you from an american wanted by the f. b i for taking part in the capitol hill. riot has trouble to bella roost. that is seeking asylum. that happened. human faces charges a violent entry on capital grounds and assault on laura for smith officials during the events of january. the 6th, however, but he doesn't deny his presence that day. he does claim that the accusations against him are unfounded. we all 7 newman, how he got into belarus. i knew that i couldn't cross the border i through the normal border guards because i would be arrested and delivered to the americans as a, as a gift for the upcoming summit. and i found a natio

if we look in the states of bavaria in germany, south we're seeing intensive care. busy beds there in extremely short supply. in fact, some patients are already being taken in by hospitals in italy that have more capacity right now, a situation that is developing and it's not developing in the right way or certainly not in the way we would like to see at the moment across germany or for that matter, here in australia where i'm speaking to you from. yeah, unless we're going to go back to now for wellness, developing situation rejoined by professor bob javan of the rudolph center house foundation hospital in vienna. hey that thanks your time today. was great news for you. your fellow countrymen, isn't it. he you go again to try and stay off a 5th wave. you go into a lot done, a medic aside as a human being what you feel about that 1st? well, it's very unfortunate that nobody was locked down and the human and here are nature to be locked down for considering the fact of ribbon incidence of 900 or 100000 population, roughly new 2000 new infection in 24 hours. listen, th

if we look in the states of bavaria in germany, south we're seeing intensive care. busy beds there in extremely short supply. in fact, some patients are already being taken in by hospitals in italy that have more capacity . right now, a situation that is, is developing and it's not developing in the right way or certainly not in the way we would like to see at the moment across germany, or for that matter here in austria, where i'm speaking to you from. well, let's get the thoughts on this. who 3 people are very well equipped to talk about it. we've got bar up encounter on the line lecture. it's a university of exit to medical schools, also got over 20 years experience and communicable disease control and infectious disease management. hi sir. well, scott, robert, good on the line. so shows you expert, naomi bennett and independent nurse lovely to have you on the program for these a tough times. the winter's dragon already isn't it. and can i come to you 1st barrett and it was just locked down in austria for the unvaccinated. literally just a couple of days ago and

and the scandinavians in the nordic world also more subject in the south physically from germany. over the course and that is to allow to shape the history of denmark after the viking age in ways they continue down to today as well. and there's an issue about the boundaries between germany and denmark particularly gets the full time and becomes a source of one of the most devastating scandinavian history. and the danish war of 1864 which i talked about in the book. it's a forgotten chapter in scandinavian history but it's important to the shaping of omodern europe. germany but which was also a gain of the final lesson in the dangers of tryingrs to plate por politics and you don't have the resources and support and against countries like germany, france, russia and the denmark's destiny like that of norway and sweden when a different direction mainly towards entanglements and european power politics and great wars if you possibly stay out of them against an important step towards denmark neutrality. to the great power politics unleashed through the rest of the 19th century the 20th

you had the deployed in much less troops than everywhere else, in germany, south korea and so on, and not fail in afghanistan, you succeeded. why? because a free press was born. because behind the shield of the mere presence of american troops, women liberated themselves. because you have under the umbrella of america, you had a true civil society blooming. so i'm surprised to hear everywhere that it was a failure. it was a success. america in afghanistan in the last 20 years succeeded. >> one final question, the automatic cuss deal, the americans excluding france. you have long promoted u.s./french relations. how did you feel when you heard about that? >> i felt sad because for me the bond between america and france is a golden bond, a golden link and a bond of spirit, soul. so everything is the bond for me is bad for france and bad for america. remember, america has been invented two centuries ago in order to be another europe, better. a better europe. this was the original program of america. and each time that america turns its back to this program, it's not good. since barack oba

for us, the model we have found, together with the united kingdom, the united states, germany and france and southfrica should be the template of how we help other coal producing countries to rid themselves of this fossil. mr president, that is what we will want to do in the years to come. so having expressed my disappointment, i want to reiterate what i said in my earlier intervention. this should not stop us from deciding today, even before you have read everything, i have to say it's a historic decision under your leadership, and you can be very proud of that, mr president. applause. i thank the european union for their intervention. i now give the floor to lichtenstein. lipton steyn, have the floor~ — to lichtenstein. lipton steyn, have the floor. . ~ to lichtenstein. lipton steyn, have the floor. ., ~ , ., ~ , the floor. thank you, mr president, and also for — the floor. thank you, mr president, and also for the _ the floor. thank you, mr president, and also for the great _ the floor. thank you, mr president, and also for the great effort - the floor. thank you, mr president, and also for the

first time, germany confirmed a case of the omicron variant in someone that hadn't recently returned from southt, outgoing angela merkel spoke to the incoming, schultz. after, he had an interview with germany's build newspaper said he is in favor of mandatory vaccinations and severe financial penalties for people that decide not to get vaccinated. >> fred, thank you very much. let's go to israel. hadas gold is tracking the omicron outbreak. >> reporter: wolf, two more cases of the omicron variant have been discovered in israel in two doctors, including the first confirmed case of community spread. according to the hospital where they work, one of the doctors in his 50s tested positive for the omicron variant several days after returning from a conference in london. he had negative pcr tests before leaving england and upon arrival in israel, so he went to work. he then infected a colleague in his 70s. according to the hospital, both have been vaccinated three times and have very mild symptoms. there are four confirmed cases in israel which has completely shut borders to foreign nationals for two

the netherlands, new cases confirmed on flights with two passengers from south africa adding denmark, hong kong, italy, germany, uk and belgium stranded passengers are trying to get home. henry finally got a flight to the uk for thursday. >> i'm missing my kids i just want to get home to my family >> hanukkah celebrations are under way. participants in large groups in israel need to show proof of vaccination but currently no plans to cancel events >>> opening arguments in the sex trafficking trial of ghislaine maxwell again today with charges of allegedly grooming underaged girls. four women are expected to testify with allegations mostly from the 1990s maxwell has maintained her innocent she's been in trial since last year >>> jury selection in the hoax crime of jussi smollett when he claimed he was the center of a racist and anti-guy attack he paid two brothers $3,500 to do the act they were also act jurors on his show smollett has denied those claims and has pleaded not guilty >>> a show down over abortion rights has taken center stage. the first since the landmark ruling in 1973 the case starts in mississi

south africa. new cases also confirmed in australia and denmark, adding to a growing list already including hong kong, italy, germany, the uk, and belgium. in south africa, stranded passengers are trying to figure out how to get home from a country cut off from most of the world. henry warren finally got a flight to the uk on thursday. >> i'm missing my kids a lot and they're missing me. i just want to get home to my family. >> so understandable. what restrictions are in place for hanukah? >> reporter: tonight is the first night of hanukah and celebrations have just begun. participants at large events need to show proof of vaccination. there are currently no plans to cancel events because of the omicron variant. kate? >> raf sanchez, thank you. let's bring in our medical contributor, and let's start with what we do know. according to south african scientists the omicron variant has more than 50 mutations and is likely to be more transmissible but that is based on limited data right? >> that is right. there are a concerning number of mutations against the spike protein and particularly the area that approaches to the

south africa. this comes as cases have been found in several companies i including the uk, germany, italy and canada for the latest, we turn to our correspondent in moscow. matt, good morning >> reporter: good morning. the list of countries where this has been detected is growing each day just to run through a few of them, canada, china, south africa, several nations in europe, including the uk and germany. it definitely gives the impression that omicron is already global and it's just a matter of time before most nations detect cases so of course, we are seeing countries around the world scramble to try to stay ahead of this one israel, as you mentioned, implemented a two-week travel ban on all foreigners. japan today is moving to do the same thing they are implementing a border closure at midnight tonight. of course, complete border closures are just the most drastic option on the table for most countries the more common response we are seeing are targeted travel bans, essentially focusing on southern africa we saw the president of south africa lash out saying it's scientifically not justified of

and for us, the model we have found together with the united kingdom, the united states, germany and france on south africa, should be the templates of how we help other co producing countries to rid themselves of this fossil. and that is a mr. president, what we will want to do in the years to come. so, having now expressed at my disappointment, i want to reiterate what i said to my earlier intervention. this should not stop us from deciding to day on what, even before you've read everything, i have to say is a historic historic decision under your leadership. and you can be very proud of that was supposed i think the european union for the extension i now give the floor to lichtenstein that should sign you have to fill out. thank you mister president. and also for the great effort you made on a text before your line of the statement made by switzerland on behalf of the list . the sun is deeply disappointed that this carp 26 was not held as a fully inclusive and transparent process. small countries were not equally represented in the bilateral consultation to cobb presidency. and we believe weakeni

your report just a moment ago about germany, about belgium, about south africa. so this is not going to go away any time soon. and, and what retailers are grappling with, especially at this time of year, is, how do i get stock? how do i maximize my revenue with the stock i already have? and of course i'm gonna get all of the christmas hanukkah, seasonal gifts coming in to stock in july of next year, which is that helpful? so am i am, am i am, i'm not blaming myself here, but i as in all of us making it worse if i hop on amazon and need to order a bunch of stuff. is that, is that build up making it all worse as well? well, amazon has, i think it done quite a bit of advanced planning and you know, of course, with its buying power as a business and the interest of retailers to have a presence on that platform. and they are, they seem to be fairly well prepared. but you may not be able to buy the product you really want at this time of year. but generally speaking, the idea of online purchasing, which is what we all do and have done even more since the pandemic, is i

spends more each year on the military thanhina, russia, india, u.k., germany, france, south korea, anda combined. while republicans and democrats are in sharp disagreements over the much smaller build back better legislation, there is likely a bipartisan consensus and it comes to the military budget and foreign military intervention. we ended today show with investigative journalist jeremy scahill. his latest article is headlined "the war party: from bush to obama, and trump to biden, u.s. militarism is the great unifier." welcome to democracy now! welcome back, jeremy, former producer at democracy now! why don't you lay out your thesis. >> on the anniversary of 9/11, i was being asked to write pieces and to make media appearances because of the work i had done throughout the war on terror that culminate with the film and book "the dirty wars" where i was investigating the cia and joint special operations command this expanding drone program and how the u.s. under barack obama in particular had moved toward an attempt, a radical attempt to normalize and legitimize assassination as a ce

to to help phase out colin in other nations where there's been an example ready for south africa where the u. k. germany in the u. s. of agree to, to, to pay them $8.00 and a half $1000000000.00 to move away from coal is, is that something that is a model that, that might work for other countries? oh, well definitely you know, a switching to renewables, although they're cheaper and cleaner and generate far more new jobs, there is a transition that is needed that it has to be fair, globally and overseas. that's what the 100000000000 was meant to be about. it's an issue of principle and of equity and fairness that developing countries. china is one. it may be a major economics, global superpower now, but it said entitled to have some support, as well as other countries that deserve that support. and it was promised under the parents agreement that they would have that support about the the, and that kind of possibility all these commitments will be stuck to them now after they're not the not binding other there's no, there's no mechanism for enforcement. is that that's always been the achilles heel with,

taking his message to the climate summit in glasgow, a voice from the south reminding the north of its response abilities. >> germanyn tuesday recorded more than 39,000 new covid-19 infections. that's another new record. angela merkel has called for a meeting with regional leaders, but there is no consensus on when that will take place. one of the top virologists is warning of a deadly winter. >> their fears hospitals could be overwhelmed. germany is in the midst of the fourth wave of the pandemic and as angela merkel's government repairs to leave, people are divided on who should play a more active role. >> i think the parties forming the new government are clearly responsible. now, they have to show they have good judgment and expense ability. >> everyone is responsible for their own behavior. if everyone followed the rules, we would have far fewer problems. >> i think it's still the outgoing government that should do it. the new one has not been formed and is not working yet. it's important to take action now. >> is the outgoing government aware of the urgency? >> the coronavirus does not care whether we have a c

london on sunday afternoon where to weather on that cold front sinking further south was so some rain coming down across germany through poland, pulling all the way across into france, pushing down towards sir the pyrenees. and we will see that wet weather, that cold, rare, grassy, making its way a little further south, which is 3, monday could be cold enough, but to snow over the high ground, even in spite madrid with a top temperature just 9 degrees celsius. there we go with a shower, was across the meg, pushing water across italy and on into the balkans, evening eastern side of the mediterranean. he could catch a shower or 2 here. what are those showers just lapping onto the shores of northern egypt or positive algeria could catch a shower or 2 over the next couple of days. we said where to where the crash, making its way to tennessee. ah, this is al jazeera, it's november the 15th day, one of the new era and television news. if you have known that, that was the scale of bloodshed would you have still going to go to miss all landed about a 100 meters away from us. we're on the front line, but it's on here. t

london on sunday afternoon where to weather on that cold front sinking further south was so some rain coming down across germany, 3 polar pulling all the way across into france. pushing down towards said the pyrenees. and we will see that wet weather, that cold, rare, grassy, making its way a little further south, which as we go through monday could be cold enough, a touch of snow over the high ground, even in spain, madrid at the top temperature, just 9 degrees celsius. there we go with a shower, was across the meg, pushing right across italy and on into the balkans, evening eastern side of mediterranean, you could catch a shower or 2 here. what are those showers just lapping on to the shores of northern egypt? or passive algeria could catch a shower or 2 over the next couple of days. we said where to where the crash, making its way to tennessee. ah, the weather sponsored by katara always talked to al jazeera. we ask, how would you dislike charlie van relationship with the u. s. we listen coffee. one kid is not all for coffee. 19 has been terrible demonstration of the failure of human sleep. we meet with globa

south africa yesterday. this afternoon, health officials in germany confirmed two cases of the new variant there, and the czechc was also investigating possible travel- related omicron cases. and in belgium, israel, ho kong, and the unitedingdom there are now confirmed omicron infections. prime minister boris johnson today announced new measures for those entering the u.k. from anywhere after two people who had traveled from southern africa in recent days tested positive with the new variant. >> we're not going to stop people from traveling. i want to stress that. we're not going to stop people from traveling, but we will require anyone who enters the u.k. to take a p.c.r. test by the end of the their second day of arrival and to self isolate until they have a negative result. >> hill: johnson also announced a renewed push for vaccine boosters, face coverings, and mandatory isolatns for those who have had contact with people who test positive for this new variant. the united states is increasing >> fallen trees kilt two men. the first winter storm in the area this year left many without power and disrupted tra

south africa. the country announced seven southern africa countries placed on the red list. this follows as we told you at the top of the show, not just israel's decision, but we now have italy and germany and europe potentially looking at doing the same. now, this variant that has been discovered in south africa as we told you in the breaking news about 20 minutes or so ago, researchers believe it is much more transmissible, and we do not know at this hour whether it can evade vaccination and whether vaccinations will still be able to protect us. a huge concern. we have seen countries acting fast. we've seen stocks taking a plunge this hour. and european stocks, asian stocks, and u.s. futures also down as well as airline stocks. we'll stay on top of this breaking news for you this hour. >>> now, a group of executives known has been detained for years now in venezuela. ahead we'll hear from one family who says american leaders aren't doing enough to bring him home. >> u.s. government has failed us. >>> in the english channel france invites britain for a key meeting. we'll explain. >>> now, two days after dozens of migrants died in the english channel and despite vows of cooperation, the

coronavirus is detected across europe, with cases confirmed in germany, italy, belgium, the czech republic and the uk. travellers in southcron variant was first identified this week, have been scrambling to find flights out of the country as world leaders begin to announce tighter border controls. the netherlands says 61 people who arrived in amsterdam on friday, on two flights from south africa, have tested positive for covid—i9. caroline davies reports. stuck on a plane as the authorities grapple with what to do next. jack fletcher was one of 600 passengers who were stopped at the airport yesterday after flying from south africa. they were kept in the terminal for hours, waiting for the result of new pcr test. jack is one of 61 people that the authorities have said our positive despite being double jabbed and testing negative before he flew.— jabbed and testing negative before he flew. ., , , ._ before he flew. people praying, babies crying, and they - babies crying, and theyjust put me in the corner of the room acid a set we remain going and they said you are going to and they said you are going to a quarantine hotel

april is unclear, as well, struggled to deal with the new 300 foot south africa. meanwhile, concerns amounting in europe, the u. k. germany and italy are the latest to find on the kron variance, variance infections, and check and touch well thought he's all rolling out the some coded positive passengers who have arrived from southern african countries might be infected with the new strain r t show the defense. he has more on europe response to the situation. will this super mutant strain of covey it has been described as being more transmissible than delta? and that has really ramped up fears. it's been reported that it's already been found on the european continent in belgium. that is from a sample that was taken from a young woman who said to have not been anywhere near the south of the african continent. she had indeed been to egypt and to turkey. and it's also said that she was unvaccinated. e mclaughlin. we have been confirmed case of this variant is some one who came from abroad. this person was tested on november 22nd. he was not vaccinated and had no prior infection. so this case has been observed and confirmed .

south towards the capital at is admirable. austria's become the 1st country in western europe to reimpose, a national corona virus lockdown infections or surging there and neighboring countries. germany's health minister predicts people will either be vaccinated, recover or die by the end of winter form a south korean president shouldn't do one has died at the age of 19. june was an army commander who sees power through military coup in 1979. these rules spunk nationwide protests that eventually led to the country's transition to democracy. a tie court has denied bail to several prominent figures for last year's protest, which called for a form of the monarchy. the decision is paved away from all criminal cases and jail sentences. and jealous, tony chang has more from bangkok, police shoot rubber, bullets directly protested. the attitude of the authorities in thailand has hardened in recent months. the tolerance of the protest is now very limited. and on, on the other side, attitudes a more deeply entrenched to the language is more hostile and explicit. and although the demonstrators numbers are not as great as last year, their mood is darker cools for reform of the monarchy have gone

flights from south africa and five other african countries have been suspended — germany and italy aremong other nations who've also restricted travel. we'll have the latest from south africa, and will speak to our medical editor about the new variant. also this lunchtime: a 12—year—old girl has died after an argument in liverpool city centre — four teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder. the french president says britain isn't serious about tackling the migrant crisis — after borisjohnson suggested france should take back people who cross the channel to the uk. and back to the drawing board — the success of the sportsman who turned to art during the pandemic. and coming up on the bbc news channel... with the ashes less than two weeks away, australian batter tim paine is taking a break from all forms of cricket and pat cummins replaces him as captain. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the health secretary sajid javid has told mps there is huge international concern about a new highly mutated variant of covid—19, which could pose a substantial risk to pu