u. k. all of them connected to recent travel in southern africa. previously accused of acting too slowly on cove it. this time the u. k government is moving fast. we're not going to stop people traveling. i will stress that we're not going to stop people traveling. but we will require anyone who enters the u. k. to take a p c r test. by the end of the 2nd day after their arrival, and to self isolate until they have a negative result. closing borders won't keep out the variance, but scientists hope it will by time when you have a virus like this, it almost invariably is ultimately going to go essentially all over the issue. a blocking tray of a travel from a given country is to just give us time to assess it better. and despite the on the con variant, having significantly more mutations than previous variance, there is cautious optimism that existing vaccines can be adapted to tackle it. you're not going to see a new vaccine in the next few weeks, or even, you know, the next month or so. but he'

u. k, all met with iranian officials in vienna. on monday, the u. s. is also attending, but it's only holding talks indirectly to ron one sanction lifted in return for limits on its nuclear program. the trial of british socialized gillan maxwell has begun to new york, the 59 year old, the use of enabling the crimes of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. she denies any wrongdoing. those are the headlines on al jazeera up next is inside story. thanks for watching. in less than a year castle high in the middle east. well, in preparation, the country is a major test for the 16 nations going head to head in 6 built stadiums to 2020. okay. we'll keep you across the action as capital prepared for the regions. the biggest event, the fee for our cup on our era the race to contain a new cove with 1900 variance countries are closing their borders of re imposing travel restrictions and warranty measures a clear sign. the pandemic is far from over. but our government for parents to deal would be ever changing the virus. this is inside story. ah hello and welcom

u. k all the time because people flying into the u. k. since february have had to take a pc or test after they arrive and of the 9000000 tests that were taken up to the end of september. the positivity rates was less than one percent 0.8 percent. while at the same time in the general population, the positivity rates was 7 point one percent. so the risk was not from people flying into the country, the risk was already in the country. and what we've been encouraging governments to do is look at the data and make decisions based on the data rather than apply rules that may have been sensible when we were dealing with an unknown event, i can february of last year when we were talking a few moments ago about governance bailing painting our airlines. you said, of course those that's not free money, that's loans. if they've got to pay that back, do you think that the government says they seek to recoup the money that they've, they've learned to airlines are going to start passing on costs to passengers to the likes of you and made tax ation? yea

u. k. all these places with rising numbers and i guess they just, well, politicians would say they are acting out of an abundance of caution. yeah, it's incredibly difficult how, how to know whether to go, whether you know, to go hod or fossil ness or whether it be reticent about it. because we've got different things to protect it. we've got european economies to protect going into the christmas season. we've had businesses that have been massively disrupted over the past couple years. the last thing a business and hospitality sector wants to see ordered upon them is that for them to close their doors or restrict the number of people arriving in their premises. at the same time school children have been disrupted. will we, in the coming weeks, when we get more information about this faren, see an a ramping up of restrictions in place in the u. k. they've taken something of a middle path and the people that arrive here from south africa will have to self isolate for 10 days in designated hotels

u. k. all the parts of western europe and china infections arising. it'll be very interesting to see what happens in, in the northern hemisphere as by and large many countries have no restrictions at all now. and back things. obviously the whole population is not vaccinated. and, and as they go into winter, people are closing the windows and doors and, and there's a higher risk of transmission on to why richard nations are racing to give booster shots. poor countries, particularly in africa, are struggling to get supplies of vac scenes leaving millions of people, fundable conflict and poverty have already devastated health care systems in syria . yemen, haiti on the democratic republic of congo, which have yet to vaccinate. even 5 percent of the populations. the lack of vaccination in the poor world has a huge impact in 2 ways. first up, many, many people are dying to. i don't need to die getting very, very sick and losing relatives. we still have a situation where nursing is a doctor, and some of these countries are not even protected against this kin

u. k. all said to paul talks with iranian officials in vienna. it's in hope of salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal. turnarounds, new government is calling for all sanctions against it to be lifted. well, let's dig into this with seal shaw. he's a policy fellow at the european leadership network. he joins us now from london. now he also works closely in consultation with the a on j. c. po, a policy silly of these talks a resuming now after what 5 months was the in that time we've seen a real hardening of rhetoric do actually expect much progress. thank you so much, mr. garcia. you know, i think that the rhetoric is one thing because iran has politics to and during the past 5 months there's been a transition to a much more conservative government. and i think that the positions that they've been putting out publicly are unlikely to be their bottom line. so although there has been a hardening of positions, i'm definitely cautiously optimistic. i think that although the new administration needs to portray themselves as being tougher than the last adminis

u. k. all have vaccine passports. so look at their own awful lot of questions to be answered. an awful lot of speculation. i tat need back at their non thank you. speaking of god, hard and fast that skull of it to israel high, false. it is there for us a not in west harrison, harry israel, taking this threat very, very seriously. it is the prime minister, natalie bennett, said that this is a moment of uncertainty and real risk not wanting to risk the progress made so far in terms of restoring things to a certain degree of a large degree of no, no, no malice see within israel and so on saturday night, the corona virus cabinet emergency cabinet convened and decided a number of policy measures. most importantly to ban foreign arrivals into israel, apart from some few exceptions. if a, if they're a special circumstances, but essentially reversing the opening of the board is the foreign tours in which was just done a few weeks ago. returning is rating is also they will have to current teen for 3 days to fax, unaided, 7 days. if not vaccinated and go straight to government hotel qua

u. k. all the parts of europe will puzzle the globe are really getting it. now that it's not just about the changing the tactics and, and changing to sustainable power here there and everywhere. it's about paying for it. paying for the, the actual investment in infrastructure and turning around state leaders in the whole desire to, to, to follow really where the power comes from and the excuse they're using mainly and many fail. it's very justified. is that the western leaders, those who are rich cause a trouble in the 1st place, mainly up through the industrial right revolution here in the u. k. elsewhere the globe. they are responsible. it's for them to pay up. we've heard the argument before, but it's even stronger on the streets now than it ever has been on. it's right across the board. not, not militants, ordinary people, moderate people demanding to see action. and you, thanks very much for that, johnny simmons with those as much as those crowds of people coming in this direction, they'll be here in a couple of hours. this whole area, gloved green behi

u. k. will all sit down with the rainy and officials and hope of salvaging that 2015 agreement. the us will be taking part in those talks indirectly . and all comes days after the un watchdog release to report detailing concerns about the lack of access to surveillance footage from around nuclear sites. hiram's new government is warning that these talks will fail unless all sanction lifted. well, you will call that iran signed that nuclear agreement back in 2015 and was designed to limit terror on nuclear ambitions and exchange for sanctions relief. but then in may 2018 then president donald trump withdrew the u. s. and began reimbursing sanctions in november last year the i a, a reported around stockpile of enriched uranium had reached 12 times the permitted levels. the organization says terran is also limited access to its nucleus sites since february, when our correspondent dorothy jabari has let us now from vienna. they, when you said they want the americans to pay for damages, since they left the deal in 2018 and the they want some guarantees from the americans that this ki

all parties and in the u. k. has also been interesting research that came out recently from the refugee council saying that about 98 percent of migrant c cross, the english channel do apply for asylum. so i think in this discussion we also have to be aware of the fact that this is not just the question of migrant crossings. it's also a question of the wider asylum system in the u. k. as you also mentioned, and one of the, one of the things that which really i think should be looked into is the processing time specifications. so in the kid is currently a large backlog of applications. so i think there is, there is a need for and at yeah, for the review of the, the own channel. asylum 1st process processing. and i think the government would argue that they are already doing that with the release of the strategy earlier this year in march. and then this bill which is awesome to parliament, but it's streaming to be a very polarizing topic in the u. k. as, as it has been historically, so i think it's really a case now

that was the general the college charity, la bash, dimming all from london, sarah overton, researcher of the u. k. in a changing europe. think tang? thank you all for joining us. jack. why has the tragedy of the english channel turned into a blame game between france and the u. k. is just a continuation of the brain game when prompted the, okay. it's been going on for quite a while. i started with different issues about fishing rights for french books. it's probably good to know and i don't, i don't need to pick this week with the terrible drama in the shadow where the dish decided to accuse the financial being responsible for that tragedy. and it's part of growing i will on the board johnson the game against the french always the id scape goat where there is problem destruction destruct. public opinion from programs is such as these issues made. they are the issues, sequences of breaks in. so it's are used for destruction. there's nothing better when you have to progress at $12.00 to $5.00 an enemy outside of the ideal. i did. as always is the fridge, which the british and the british press log

u. k. government says it will designate all of hamas as a terrorist organization. u. k. home secretary, pretty patel announced that move in washington on friday. battelle herself was that she forced to resign as britons international development secretary back in 2017. after she held secret meetings with senior israeli officials amass says the decision is biased towards israel and he back asthma wellness. this is the clearest signal yet that the british government is unprepared to compromise with hamas and now wants to designate the entire organization all of its different facets of wings . as a single bond terrace organization, its military wing back in 2001 was designated as such. and now britain's home secretary, speaking of the united states, said that she was acting on new intelligence about her masses capabilities and out of a desire to protect jewish communities in britain and further afield. will in response to mass accused. the british government of being bias towards israel, i half lost here, was a, she is a minister in the british cabinet, or a minister and is

u. k. i think they've much all the have the w t o than the european court of justice. and what would that mean for boys johnson one politically in the u. k. as he's kind of been oversea. this all breck, that goes right. and, and also, i mean, worldwide with his standing well, couple of things that worldwide the e. u has a lot to lose in the e. you has to be careful because hungary and poland right now. a questioning some of the standards in the e u. legal system, so the e you wants to make sure that it's holding fast cuz it's got to demonstrate to holland. i'm hungry and poland that you can't disregard any parts of their law and jurisdiction. so they're concerned about hungary and poland. and the u. k. has to be very careful about the reputation reputational damage, particularly with the us. you know, we've seen that most lavonne laven was with at the white house with biden. and so the u. k. really doesn't want to jeopardize the relationship with the u. s. so i think both sides have reputational damage from this. now going back to the initial part of your question about

u. k. i know you're dealing with the reality of all this on the ground. you've been in your role in lebanon for what? 2 and a half years now. how have you seen things change over that time? well, oh, what they explain is unprecedented. a crisis or children endeavoured over the past due in her ears. you may remember we bought the yoke really bought it, bucky. so every time i thought that was a bundle. but today i must tell you that this is really a free fall. it doesn't stop tutoring or so brain or the numbers or the body. this is area the of 11 today. and well, the problems that we're talking about here in lebanon are structural right? the economic crisis, the political crisis, these have been building for years. the port blast really exacerbated at all. now, given the instability there, what would you actually like to see from government? what are they actually capable of? government asked us to know that the not only the government into your world, every community we all need to work together. because in action that caused gonna be too high, not to prot

u. k have all imposed travel restrictions on southern african nations. in atlanta. jonathan serrie fox news. and late today , canada confirmed its first two cases of the covid-19 variant macron. the two people had recently visited nigeria. california's public health officer, issued a statement today on this new variants, saying quote we are doubling down on our vaccination and booster efforts to ensure that all californians have access to safe, effective and free vaccines. that can prevent serious illness and death as ktvu is james torres reports. some are now wondering if more restrictions are in our future. for some it sfo it's time for the trip back home after a thanksgiving break, and for some more covid-19 news has been on their minds. have you heard at all about the omicron variant of the couple 18. south african. this man is headed for a trip to europe this week. leaders there say they've detected just a few cases of covid-19 linked to the new omicron variant first detected in south africa a few days ago. now the united states, joining several other nations a

u. k. putting it all into context for us this u. k. france spat, which has other layers as well. french fishermen are trying to block marine traffic in the town of cali, protesting against post briggs, it fishing arrangements. the u. k. is giving fuel licenses to french vessels after its departure from the european union. both countries have involved in a long running dispute over the right to fish in territorial waters. hope to return to that store a little bit later. we'll look at iran just for now where police are firing pellet guns and t a gas at people protesting against water shortages. this video was posted on launch has a number people injured in the city of it's for han protestors who are mostly farmers rely on water. of course to make a living. they have been demonstrating for weeks. aaron's been suffering from chronic drought though for more than 20 years. and while we're talking around the top nuclear negotiated air, says, talks in vienna will fail if sanctions are not lifted. ali bassetti is also asking washington for gu

u. k. from all 10 of these southern african nations need to corn tina as of sunday. that's the same for people from 6 of these countries entering japan. and for monday, the u. s. is banning travelers from 8 of them except for american citizens. but some nations are going farther morocco halting all incoming at travel from around the world for the next 2 weeks from monday. and that follows a similar decision by israel, which from midnight shots in just one hour, his band all foreigners, very fortunate reports from occupied east jerusalem. getting in while the getting was good. sunday was the final day of relatively unrestricted arrivals at israel's main effort. you rules me no foreigners save those with special exemptions will be allowed into the country in the world's harshest response to the army. crown variant is res. returning home will have to quarantine for 3 days effects unaided, 7 days if not, and be diverted to quarantine hotels if they been to restless countries in africa. at the weekly cabinet donuts for the hammock, a holiday, while ministers voted on measu

all micron. very. and so the corona virus, the u. k, has now confirmed 2 cases of the highly mutated strain. foreign minister boris johnson is set to hold a media briefing with his top advisers, u. k. hell, secretary says the infections, all related to recent travel is a deeply concerning new variant. and we do need to learn more about it. but the fact that now we now have these 2 cases in the united kingdom means that we do need to take for the metal. let's take his straight to the dining street, where the british prime minister is holding a briefing on v corona virus. let's listen booster campaign in europe with almost 16800000 boosters in people's arms and the case numbers have remained relatively high. well, we're seeing falling hospitalizations and falling numbers of deaths, but on wednesday or we received news of a new variant, the so called omicron variant. and i want to express my deep gratitude to scientists in south africa who identified this new variant and shared the information widely. and immediately this variant is sprea

u. k. from all 10 of these, southern african nations, no need to corn seen this are going further, morocco is whole thing. all incoming air travel from around the world for the next 2 weeks and that follows israel's decision to ban all foreigners from answering. also for a 2 week periods as schools and uganda are set to reopen in january nearly 2 years after they closed because of the pandemic. but the u. l is warning many students and teachers may not wants to return to class. catherine sewing, explains why timothy cyril go is a high school student, but he has not been in class for much of the last year and a half. you going to close it's learning institutions in march 2020, because of covet 19. some classes were reopened earlier. this year, but only for 3 mans. several go is now launching to fix computers. so he can start a business. he says he'll go to school in january, but many of his friends may not. and some friends of mine. really though i bill good some work with blue, some ones are in your dean somewhere and they, i, me, mechanic in very cause and some of my friends totally the i

u. k u n. have all been demanding proof of funds whereabouts. thus where housewife of presidential elections in chile and the nation has riley been so divided. millions are choosing a successor to sebastian pinero, the leading candidate sing, tune left his gabrielle borage on right wing. jose antonio cast or latin america editor lucien newman reports can actually when 35 year old former student leader gabrielle bought each stops to ask for this man support his told that all politicians are liars, not only willing to which he answers, not all politicians are alike live bought each a congressman is undoubtedly non traditional. he doesn't look like a presidential candidate and is the youngest one in chile in history. and festival he represents with some called the new left part of a wave of politicians who aim to transform chillies, political and economic structure. a tree is his campaign symbol. what did they will, you know, if i can give you a cd that represents an idea, but for it to grow, you have to water it for a new chilly to whitish, be mus

u. k. and all of them cover about 85 percent of the worlds for a. so it's a lot of money. gains her a big sway, the forests around the world and calls for us a crucial a in this whole effort to get to $1.00 degrees celsius. because they suck the carbon out of the atmosphere and produce oxygen. let's get to we can speak to a roboto wacked now who's been listening in you've got a great interest in this biologist and a brazilian business leader for the chair of the force stewardship council. welcome roberta. first up, what's your reaction to what you've been hearing about this big announcement? i believe that is a very significant our announcement. it's very important. finally, for his start getting to where it should be already for very long in this comment on sketch. yeah, and so from brazil's point of view, are you surprised that they've signed up to this? as i say, given the president's pause record and he's, he's quite happy to, to let swathes of the i'm, he destroyed, but i had no attendance. he vote said pressure of the was in a society which is

u. k. decision to designate all of the palestinian group hamas a terrorist organization. we joined the calls for peer c authorities to provide independent, verifiable proof of her whereabouts and that she is safe. and the white house adds to international calls for answers about chinese tennis thought pang. schweitzer who hasn't been seen for weeks. i'm devin ash, with sport, will also have from men's tennis number one. they don't have it on that subject. and the gloves are off the head of the 1st ever cuts off formula. one grand prix intentions run high between red gold. i'm the faded ah, or corona virus cases rising once again in some parts of the world. and so is the anger on the streets. over the new restrictions and lock downs. governments are putting up to tackle them in austria, members of the far right freedom party, all rally against tough new corona virus restrictions their thousands on the streets of vienna. austria will go into a nationwide locked down from monday. a huge rally. also expected in the dutch city of amsterdam, where the government has reimpose re

u. k, from all 10 of these southern african nations need to core and teen as a sunday. that's the same for people from 6 to these countries entering japan. and for monday, the united states is banning travelers from 8 of them except for american citizens . but others are going further from monday, morocco will hold all incoming air travel from around the world for the next 2 weeks. and that follows a similar decision by israel, which is just implemented a ban on all foreigners from entering the country. is harry faucet now with more from occupied easter recently getting in well the getting was good. sunday was the final day of relatively unrestricted arrivals at israel's main airport. you rules me, no foreigners, save those with special exemptions will be allowed into the country. in the world harshest response to the army kron variant is raise. returning home, we'll have to current team for 3 days. if vaccinated 7 days, if not, and be diverted to quarantine. hotels, if they've been to read list countries in africa, the weekly cabinet donuts for the 100 holiday, while m

u. k. are all also releasing well from their reserves. well, let's be to our white house correspondent, kimberly hallett in washington, dc. kimberly we were saying earlier under obama, the price of about of oil sat over $100.00 a barrel for some time. he chose not to do this. so, why is biden deciding to do this now? or perhaps, we'll have a clear understanding about the timing, given the fact that the u. s. president will be talking about this, why he decided to do this in the next hour. so we're watching very carefully here at the white house for that. but there's been all kinds of speculation about why this might be happening now. and it has to do in large part with the american thanksgiving holiday. this week. it's the busiest travel holiday of the year in the united states and millions of americans get into their cars. they fill up their gas tanks and they are too happy with what they're seeing right now in the u. s. in some states, the price of gasoline has risen as much as 50 percent like states like california other parts. it's no

u. k. are all also releasing oil from their reserves. our white house correspondent can be hawk. it has more. what this president doesn't want is americans thinking about him and blaming him for the high gas prices when they fill up their fuel tanks. so this is in many cases political, but it also has to do with what we've been seeing the united states for recent weeks and months now. and that is overall rising prices. it's not just the price of gasoline, which out in california is about $5.00 a gallon here in d. c. it's about a hovering under $4.00 a gallon. so it really varies where you are in the country, but it's other things as well. the cost of food, the fact that there's been a supply chain crisis in the united states and globally, which means that many retailers can't keep the shelves stocked. so all of this is leading to a problem for the president politically, that is low approval ratings. the president doesn't want to see those fall any further, or have people gathered around the table, grumbling and calling out his name. so the timing is strategic on the part of the p

u. k. from all 10 of these, southern african nations needs to core and teen. others are going further. morocco is halting all incoming air travel from around the world for the next 2 weeks, and that follows israel's decision to ban all foreigners from entering that country . also for 2 weeks, eligible cabinets is also approved. a controversial for monitoring technology to trace people who are infected with the variance. harry forces reports now from occupied east jerusalem. getting in while the getting was good. sunday was the final day of relatively unrestricted arrivals at israel's main airport. you rules me no foreigners save those with special exemptions will be allowed into the country. in the world, harshest response to the army cron variant is ready returning home. we'll have to current into 3 days. it's vaccinated. 7 days, if not, and be diverted to quarantine hotels. if they've been to red list countries in africa, at the weekly cabinet donuts for the 100 a holiday, while ministers voted on measures destined to ruin many holiday plans, shoved dick, but now we need to tighten up our bo

u. k. israel and singapore who have all imposed travel restrictions. the w h o meanwhile says it will take a few weeks to determine exactly how easily spread this new variances. we don't know very much about this yet, and what we do know is that this variant has a large number of mutations. i'm and the concern is that when you have so many.

u. k. and not all of these are actually direct ceiling to travel from southern africa. no, that's right. and that would point to the idea of community transmission that is apparently ongoing at the moment. and that in turn points to the limits of what sort of selective travel bands on selected countries are able to achieve. so, you know, yes, the numbers are going up. we've seen this before, of course that isn't going to stop 6 new cases in scotland. 3 confirmed cases here in the u. k. confirmed cases in countries across europe, france 13 in the netherlands, denmark, the czech republic, germany, and so the list goes on and as i said, that list will continue to expand. important to note, however, that at this moment touch wood, there are not yet any cases of severe disease or death as a result of the micron variant. that isn't a cause stopping countries responding and responding very quickly to it. more restrictions do in france, further restrictions coming into the u. k. as of monday to add to those travel bands, a much strict testing regime of people returning from all countries mosque

u. k. 2 countries all over the europe in union are not just a people stepping off flat from south africa, but that the very it is actually spreading within communities beyond, beyond simply the scope of, of travel and the scope of travel bands to be able to prevent it so that we've seen 6 new cases, as i said in scotland, 3 here in the u. k. 13 in portugal, 13 in the netherlands and cases popping up in france, germany, the czech republic, denmark, and so on. and all of that would suggest, as i said, that the travel bands implemented are not the answer to stopping the spread, or even substantially slowing it once the virus is out there. and countries of course, reacting accordingly, if not in everyone's view appropriately by slapping on new restrictions here in the u. k. for instance, in addition to the travel bands, we've got introduced from tuesday, much more strenuous checks at borders for people arriving back from all destinations. we've got an expansion of the booster program, making it eligible to people over the age of 18. from this week a re introduce reintroduction of mandatory m