from leaving. can you talk to us a little bit about how the u. k. authorities were cooperating with american officials to prosecute assange and were they doing it enthusiastically? were they under pressure it seems that they were from what we know quite enthusiastically, assisting the u. s. government, for example, when, according to various freedom of information releases, we've seen e mails from the u. k, from british prosecutors to switch to prosecutors telling them as early as what 20122011 not to come to the u. k. to interview julian us on. so they were actively discouraging them, which is something that they have done previous cases. and julian had said that he was willing to be interviewed in the u. k. that his only concern of going back to sweden was that he was led to believe that there was a secret indictment against him, that he would ultimately be rendered from sweden to the u. s. that, that the swedish investigation had nothing to do with anything. they alleged to be investigating that, that was focused on getting him secretly to the u

from leaving. can you talk to us a little bit about how the u. k. authorities were cooperating with american officials to prosecute assigned, and were they doing it enthusiastically? were they under pressure it seems that they were from what we know quite enthusiastically, assisting the u. s. government, for example, when, according to various freedom of information releases, we've seen the e mails from the u. k. from british prosecutors to swedish prosecutors telling them as early as what 20122011 not to come to the u. k. to interview julian us on. so they were actively discouraging them, which is something that they have done previous cases. and julian had said that he was willing to be interviewed in the u. k. that his only concern of going back to sweden was that he was led to believe that there was a secret indictment against him, that he would ultimately be rendered from sweden to the u. s. that, that the swedish investigation had nothing to do with anything. they alleged to be investigating that, that was focused on getting him secretly to t

over the last 2 years, you spoke about data that's coming in from the u. k. and there's been some analysis from u. k. health security agency shown that someone infected with on the crown is estimated to be between 31 to 45 percent. 30 want to 45 percent less likely to need emergency care the need, but if they've been infected with the delta vary, now when you take that data into accounts, along with the information coming from south africa elsewhere, it is that definitive now is that range just a bit too broad to be able to say it's definitely milder. yeah, we've seen data across the board and everything from perhaps 20 percent reduction in risk of hospitalization, all the way to 80 percent based on the dataset. and i'd say it's too early to know definitively because there are so many variables in play and it doesn't necessarily translate the same across different populations in different countries. we do think that there is less severity overall, the degree of it. we don't know, but more concerning is really that the rates are so high with the easy transmits

right, so these 2 new studies that have come out from the u. k, one from scotland, one from england, both of them suggesting that the on the cross variance is less severe results and few hospitalizations than the delta variance. so to give you the, the study that's come out of england, it found that $40.00 to $45.00, there was a 40 to 45 percent reduction in hospitalization is lasting, one light or longer. when compared to delta? so quite a market reduction mass scientists, experts here are saying it's encouraging, but the rules i really stressing caution. hey, this is very, very early data that is still emerging at that i'm lot still isn't known. and crucially, even if this is less to via the shit, number of infections of cases could still mean that the health services on the very intense pressure and how much pressure is the embattled prime minister boards johnson feeling for mom across that. so currently gripping great britain, well, he's resistant, more restrictions coming into place said that he doesn't scotland, northern ireland and wales h

u. k. so from a purely virus point of view, i think that's probably what's needed if they wanted to achieve that goal of actually reducing the spread of omicron and not just for 2 weeks or so i've said already, i think for at least 4 to 6, we're gonna have to use that kind of measure to really lock down the virus. but then of course, if the concert ha, slunk hastily, hospitality industry and the economy in a, in a wider sense sort of social, psychological welfare. so as can be really hard to struggle balance between that, those 2 extremes, one of the challenges here seems to be that we don't know a lot about on market right now. there's still a lot of unanswered questions about how deadly it is. or how can governments, including the government and the u. k. draft health policy is when our understanding of this very and is still quite limited. so this, the issue of the precautionary approach in effect control, if you're not sure about how severe the virus is, how fast it spreads, you put in place me

u. k. from saturday has caused a lot of disruption and disappointment for people in both countries who are hoping to spend some of the holiday season with family and friends. so lot of people have had to cancel their trips. others have been scrambling to try and get a plane or a train before those restrictions come into force and we've been speaking to some of them here at the cross channel train terminal in paris. i thought i would have made it work. 7 anyway, had i booked to train, it was late like this, i got this train by chances i missed. i probably i would have on my way to make it work anyway. wouldn't quickly change my train or maybe i wouldn't want, i wouldn't want to spend christmas by myself. her people that i have to take the train to come to paris, whatever. and it's unfortunate and it's side, but the same how many people are just trying to get a hold of what's going on and kind of have to have empathy for that. even though if it comes to the point of impacting people's lives, you k

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u. k, have recorded the highest daily infection rates since the panoramic began. france has banned non essential travel from the u. k. where we challenge reports. the 1247 year staff from london brought his usual bustle to paris. but soon these trains may be most the empty from saturday, frances, limiting travel to and from the u. k. so only those with compelling reasons. french nationals, residents, and their families, all arrivals have to isolate truck drivers. they are exempt. you don't see subject, we'll give it plus can you come in? this is the framework that will be put in place, which will allow us to further type in the net to slow down and reduce as much as possible the arrival of on the con, various cases in our territory so much during this time we vaccinated with the booster shots, but for the 2nd day running the u. k. has logged a record breaking number of new cases, 88000 on the chronic spreading through this country faster than any previous various forest johnson government is focusing on vaccine boosters. as it principal weapon that and urging people to think about where they go and who they

he joins us now from carlyle in the u. k. hello to you, welcome to the w. so we just mentioned a short time ago that france is now banning most travels from the u. k. from entering the country. do you feel this is the right move to slow the spread of the army? kron variant. a probably would have been if the da at a much earlier stage, but at the moment the, on the court cases in france for about 7 to 10 percent of the total cases. so it's already endemic in princeton. it's already spreading in from really so introducing a travel band at this stage really doesn't make too much sense. you might keep out a few cases, but with so much domestic spread going on already. it doesn't actually make too sense that too much. so the things with travel bonds, if you can do trouble and it will blow you a bit of time because make no mistake. this all micron varying is going everywhere . so our trouble band can give you a few days or even a week or 2 extra, because the only is useful if you use that time very purposefully. so it depends what you do with the time that you buy

he joins us now from carlyle in the u. k. hello to you. welcome to the w. so we just mentioned it for a time ago that france is now banning most travels from the u. k. from entering the country, do you feel this is the right move to slow the spread of the army kron variant? it probably would have been if the done at a much earlier stage, but at the moment the omicron cases in france for about 7 to 10 percent of the total cases. so it's already endemic in princeton is already spreading in france really. so introducing a travel band at this stage really doesn't make too much sense. you might keep out a few cases, but with so much domestic spread going on already. it doesn't actually make to sense that too much. so the things would travel plans if you can do trouble and it will blow you a bit of time because make no mistake. this on the chron variant is going everywhere. so trouble bank can give you a few days or even a week or 2 extra. of course, the only is useful if you use that, so i'm very purposefully. so it depends what you do with the time that you buy

u. k from france. am authorities of asked people to postpone trips, but again there is an i right ban the ban affects professional work, trips and tourists. and those are the people that are going to be the most affected here. so many britons travel to france over the holidays for things like ski trips . so that's going to be, who's the most affected, of course. right. so tell us about why is the been only on the u. k, because we know that this alma kron variance is present here in germany and many other countries, and we're seeing pretty high numbers as well. or of this variant. m a across europe . yeah, exactly. and is a really good question because france has said that they've banned travel from the u. k, because the numbers are just saw high over there. and also there is a direct train line connecting the to capital cities. thousands of people generally travel across that lane. every day, so especially since london is the worst effected part of the u. k, you can understand why they want to sever th

u. k from france and denmark into that country, possible 10 or 2 week quarantines for people traveling that we know of course the france introduced it's restrictions on people coming from the u. k. on friday came into force at 11 p. m. a massive rush of as people desperately trying to beat that deadline. decisions are being made of their very certainly not the easiest as it has to be made at this time of year for governments across europe. the fuck the forest law broadcast center in london. thank you. now, while all of this is going on in the you can your current virus cases and hospital admissions in the u. s. accelerating to now the number of infections is increased by 40 percent compared to last month, while the numbers in the hospital have risen by around 45 percent. many universities are going back to online teaching, and sports events have been canceled or postponed. experts predict the amok on variant will soon become the dominant strain that to mccann is increasing rapidly and we expect it to become the dominant strain in the united states as it has in other countries. in the coming

u. k. from politicians and all the parts of the u. k. developed nations, etc. at boris johnson, he's once again banging the drum for vaccinations, urging people to go out there and get that jobs. the people who think the disease can't hurt them. look at the people going into hospital now. that could be you look at the intensive care units and the miserable needless suffering of those who did not get that booster. that could be you. so making your new year's resolution far easier than losing weight or keeping a diary. find a walk in center or make an online appointment. get that job and do something that will make 2022. a happy new year for russell rory, i'm sure i'm not the only one who is ready to say good bye to 2021. what is the case numbers in the u. k, though, and then obviously what we heard bars johnson just say, what does all of that mean for new year's eve celebrations there? well, i think i depends on where you are in the u. k. here in london, ah, there are no big civic celebrations. there are no big civic celebrations anywhere in the united kingdom.

u. k. what it calls a very virus variance area. and that means that if you are planning to travel from the u. k to germany of the holidays, you have to quarantine for 2 weeks in germany, and that is no exceptions. that includes the vaccinate. germany is also designated many areas, high risk areas, many of its neighbors. and on the last few days and hours, france has been added, also denmark and norway and the restrictions are less than food from the u. k. but you have to get a p, c r test. to come in to germany. there is a mish mash of rules and regulations across the u, the leaders to coordinate them when they met in brussels this week, but they did fail to do that. so if you are traveling in europe over the holiday period, it's important to check those regulations before you travel it. broadly speaking, it's getting tougher everywhere. it's all meant occurred. the spread of the on the chrome variant. how confident are we? this is going to do the job. basically many people say it won't do the job. the german half minister callout about he is predicting, predicting a 5th wave of virus cases he

u. k. from nitro forearms, true to resume and to orest johnson and care stammer because he is part of that group. if you drew a line down the middle of politics in the u. k. and their progressive to care about redressing the imbalance between the rich and the poor know lows things the the i care about. and now i am a when born address he cares about. and patty french cares about. and jeremy colbin kaz about i. e, they care about human rights, they would be to the left of that land, kiss dom or is so far to the right to pat line is shouldn't he should be allowed in the labor party? is it effing joke, frank? well, it's against our says he's, he's for the working class and he has appointed actually some blair, right known blair. right. i think they were admitted to being there. right? people into his sir shadow cabinet. and the actually arguably saw seem to be a little critical of jo biden's decision to withdraw troops ref canister, articles of the labor government here that supported the wars. and

good data from the u. k. is fairly small scale, it's only from infractions younger people, so you have to remember that caveat as well. but it showing us initially at least a reduction in risk of going hospital of 50 percent, all the way down to half to 2 thirds. but unfortunately, if you look at the numbers and you can pay where we are today, yesterday we were on the same days. now last year we have 3 times as many infections and probably an awful lot more, which are very, very mild, are a soon to magic. so we could well end up with a situation where all dropping inability to cause disease is pulled the other way by increasing numbers of people who would be affected. so on an individual level, if you're lucky enough to get the right virus will be for very and then you'll much less likely to be in. it seems least if you're younger, we don't know about all the people. but of course, that will happen to many more people. so overall, for society, it might might be that there's no much change and that we will have

with oh . fran spans most travelers from the u. k, which has reported another day of record cove 19 infections. ah, hello, this is al jazeera alive from doha. i'm fully betty bore, also ahead thousands flea their homes as a super typhoon batteries. the philippines police in haiti say all the american and canadian missionaries kidnapped in october, have been released, and campaigning closes in chiles. presidential run off with polls suggesting it's so very tight place ah, governments around the world go scrambling to contain the spread of oak. the omicron variant of covered 19 several countries have recorded the highest daily infection rates. since the pandemic began, france has band non essential travel from the u. k. by any one who isn't a french citizen or resident. the u. k has reported a record number of infections for a 2nd day in a row. at more than 88000 france has recorded almost 61000 cases. south korea is reinstating strict to social distance in laws just 6 weeks after saying it's able to live with covered 19 and in africa,

u. k. cholos from unloading in french boards. john, mark lisa, so the president of the ports of gala and move line, who i mentioned earlier, he won the french government against imposing sanctions on the u. k. and he told the b, b, c. it would be terrible for both sides of the channel for you, for us, for the ports, for the fisherman and your country, and not country and all that. just for a few little boats that aren't allowed to fish in your country. did you really think that threatening britain impressed your voters ahead of next year's elections? was that during, you know, frankly speaking that it has nothing to do with next year's election is re, as to do is the principal of a deal that was sign a commitment taken by the u. k. that he's not respected. and not talking about this man that you mention from the point of kelly, i understand is locally shoes for the local trade and, and the difficulty that the port make as much support from the rest of the european union as you'd hoped for, didn't you only 10 other states supported

u. k. shoulders from unloading in french port, john mark please. so the president of the ports of gala and move line, who i mentioned earlier, he won the french government against imposing sanctions on the u. k. and he told the b, b, c. it would be terrible for both sides of the channel for you, for up, for the ports, for the fisherman in your country, and not country, and all that just for a few little boats that aren't allowed to fish in your country. did you really think that threatening britain impressed your voters ahead of next year's elections? was that you're a, you know, frankly speaking that it has nothing to do with makes your selection is re, as to do is the principle of a deal that was sign of commitment taken by the u. k. that he's not respected. and not talking about this man that you mention from the point of kelly, i understand is locally shoes for the local trade and, and the difficulty that the board may face. but when you talk about protecting you, you have to swallow some pain, some time to really show that there are some much m

ah, so foreign minister from the wells wealthiest democracies of gathered in liverpool in the u. k. delegates from the g 7 also being joined by ministers from i see on nations. they're expected to discuss a whole lot of issues. cove, 19, of course, vaccines pandemic recovery, build up of russian forces on ukraine's border as well. where we challenz is there for us in liverpool doesn't seem that long ago. she worried there was the g 7 heads of state making in the u. k. this time, foreign ministers yes. so the u. k is the host of the g 7 this year. and this is the 2nd event of foreign ministers this year. and as you say, there is also being the leaders event in the summer. so this is kind of drawing the case hosting of the g 7 to, to close. that there will be many topics of conversation that these foreign ministers are going to be going over. it of course is one of them is the new varian omicron, spreading around the world, particularly. so in the united kingdom, this event is very much a masks on one, but they will also be talking about the perceived threats of russia and china with

not don't set england apart from the rest of the u. k. he says the needs to be more data on severity of the oma from variance for more restrictions or introduce the u. k. relying instead very, very heavily on its face to program. it aims to offer all adults a booster uh by the end of the year, very, very tight deadline, but it does seem to be rolling them out very quickly. always the 1000000 bases were given out on tuesday. so that does seem to be a huge increase on previously, and it's that, that the u. k. government really pending its hopes on so the government is doing all it can, at least that's what it says. but this 100000 cases in one day that must be a shock to the people there. what does this search mean for folks in the u. k, with many of them gathering for christmas? i think one of the really big concerns is emergency services as so many things stop shortages, shortages at the moment, people isolating because they have the on the chrome bearing, you're seeing that we had it in the report that in hospitals and just how tired a ho

now together, they're feeling their way forward into their new reality. france bands most travel from the u. k, which is reported a record number of infections for the 2nd day in a row. ah, lauren taylor, this is al jazeera life from london. also coming up thousands free their homes as super typhoon rice slams into the philippines. the strongest storm to hit it this year. police in haiti say all the american and canadian missionaries kidnapped in october. now been released. and artists in garza turn and rubbish dumpsite into a beach from. it's free for all using recycled waste. governments around the world, a scrambling to contain the spread of the omicron variant of co, 19 several countries of recorded their highest daily infection rates. since the pandemic began france as band non essential travel from the u. k. by any one who isn't a french citizen or resident to curb the spread of the new variant. the u. k is reported a rec number of infections for a 2nd day in a row, and more than 88000. the france isn't far behind reporting almost 61000 cases. south korea is reinstating the stricter soci

ah, trans fans, most travelers from the u. k, which has reported another day of record go with 19 infectious. ah, no, i'm fully back to boy, you're watching al jazeera ly from doha, also coming up 1000 slee their homes as a super typhoon batteries. the philippines police in haiti say all the american and canadian missionaries kidnapped in october, have been released. and facebook says expands private surveillance firms for spying on thousands of its use. ah, thank you very much for joining us. governments around the world are scrambling to contain the spread of the army con variant of covered 19. several countries have recorded their highest daily infection rate. since the pandemic began, france has bonds, non essential travel from the u. k. by any one who isn't a french citizen or resident, the u. k has reported a record number of infections for a 2nd day in a row. at more than 88000 france has reported almost 61000 cases. south korea is reinstating stricter social distancing laws just 6 weeks after. and it's able to quote, liv

u. k. government reported nearly a 120000 deposit of cases. well, the newest on the crown statistics come from the u. k. health security agency, which says people with the very inter estimated to be 50 to 70 percent less likely to be admitted the hospital. and that is fairly consistent with 2 other studies release that this week. imperial college estimates the people infected with on the con, around 40 percent less likely to be hospitalized for a night or more compared to the delta variant. and very early data from the university of edinburgh indicated that 2 thirds reduction in risk of hospitalization. meanwhile, in south africa were the strain was 1st identified. people are between 70 to 80 percent less likely to go to a hospital. or scientists say that the daily cases appear to have peak that last week they have fallen every day since december 17th. neve barker begins are coverage health services across europe on a war footing. taking the fight to armor chrome by giving booster vaccinations to hundreds of thousands of people a day. the variance fueling a new wave of infections across europe

again, new data from the u. k. suggest the army con, very, is highly transmissible, as was initially thought, but that it may not cause as serious illness. what does that mean for the past the pandemic is taking all that's true because i think the, the studies from england and scotland are clearly a good news, particularly for vaccinated and younger people that are on to, on a vaccinated one rebel groups or children is still lacking, but in all mean is certainly positive. and if that holds true, then i would have positive knock on effect onto new year and moving forward with this on the kron how. but in countries where the only khan is really high in number, particularly in the u. k, it certainly could have impact onto health care act, for instance in, in london, across the chest, within one week a 50 percent of the healthcare stuff has got say, can be out to isolate because of the rules. so that good strain, the health care sectors will still need to be proceed a bit very much of caution. i worry then that this n

u. k. from the omicron coven variant as hospital admissions rise, because of the new straight is growing anger at christmas parties. johnson's government allegedly held during last year strict cobra lockdown, and new allegations have come to light over a supposed festive quiz involving boris johnson himself. he's the worst possible leader, the worst possible time for his johnson presided over a culture of gives, regarding the roof at the heart of government. so pretty strong was there, as you just heard from the opposition last week was obviously all about the rumors and this week it's all about the reality so much so far is johnson is really trying to back of accusation of the accusation, but now he's embroiled in it totally himself, he really is in the spotlight. off the pictures now emerged of boris johnson, the prime minister himself hosting a christmas downing street quiz party, totally against his own rules the time. now the image shows the prime minister with 2 of the people, the time lon

ah, france bands, most travellers from the u. k, which has reported another day of record corbett, 19 infectious ah flu. i'm fully vacaville, you're watching al jazeera life, or my headquarters in doha also coming up 1000 slee their homes as a super typhoon, a battery. the philippines police in haiti say all the american and canadian missionaries kidnapped in october, has been released, and campaigning closes in chillies, presidential run off with all suggesting it's a very tight race. ah, thank you very much for joining us. governments around the world are scrambling to contain the spread of the army con variant of covered 19. several countries have recorded their highest daily infection rate since the pandemic began. france husbands non essential travel from the u. k. by anyone who is into french, citizen, or resident, the u. k. has reported a record number of infections for a 2nd day in a row, at more than 88000 france has reported almost 61000 cases. south korea is rein straightening a stricter social distancing laws just 6 wee

u. k. so from a purely virus point of view, i think that's probably what's needed if they wanted to achieve that goal of actually reducing was fro, omicron, and not just for 2 weeks or so i've said already, i think for at least 4 to 6, we're gonna have to use that kind of measure to really lock down the virus. but then of course, if the concert ha, slunk hotly, hospitality industry and the economy in a, in a wider sense sort of social, psychological welfare. so as can be really hard to struggle balance between that, those 2 extremes, one of the challenges here seems to be that we don't know a lot about america right now. there's still a lot of unanswered questions about how deadly it is. and how can governments, including the government in the u. k. draft health policy is when our understanding of this very, in a still quite limited. so this, the issue of the precautionary approach, infection control, if you're not sure about how severe the virus is, how fast it spreads, you put in place measures t

from belgium. why do you let them in? if you know that a large number of them are going to transit illegally or try to trans it illegally to the u. k. because, well, you know, the problem is that the most of them are coming from africa as you know, through spain or through italy. as, as we are controlling the, the spanish and italian border, they usually go through germany and then move to belgium, back to francis. cuz the ultimate goal is, is the u. k. i don't know why, but it seems that they feel more comfortable working. why the activities in the u. k. and, and, and that's why that they put this pressure on those borders. we do our job, but it again we have to, it's a much more global issue. and this migration evolution again is one of those challenges. i just mention that cannot be resolved only with a european coordination and clearly a coordination with the u. k. authorities as well. well babs, you simply want to push the problem across to the british, knowing that since they left the you, they no longer have the legal mechanism to send the migrants directly back to you. is that the politics of this? no, i don't think that's

u. k. micro cultural products going into australia and then from australia, of course a lot of their products, especially in the meat products, the lamb and the beef going into the u. k. one of the hold ups always was the different standards, the different standards in terms of use of hormones. and that's an issue with the course the u. s. trade deal. but those have been sort of eliminated. and this has been a win win, like i say, for both nations. i think something that's interesting aside factor here is this, as i mentioned before, where the more deals that the u. k. finalizes, it puts pressure on the u. s. y, because now the u. k. is in a much stronger position to negotiate the u. s. u k tre deal because they're having all these other deals completed across the country. and you're right, this is the 1st one that's actually from scratch and eliminating all tariffs. but let's talk when she was secretary of trade, she did complete 70 other ones. so that's really important in terms of the u. s. one other factor, it's very important also in terms of the you case pivot towards asia. this is one

they will be subject to self isolation on arrival. travel ban from the u. k. 2 from earlier we stay w correspondent charlotte chosen pill. if this was making waves in the u. k. well, they did have plants a good wrong, clearly, very, very disappointed. we're hearing that they've been neither rushing to counselor, as i say, rushing together across the border. that's been noises from tours and forties as well. they've described this as a hammer blow. obviously they've been very, very badly affected by the pandemic over the last year and a half. so another blow to them. but a lot of people in the u. k. i have to say a really focused on the domestic situation prompt to said it's and post these restrictions because it's the rapid spread of on the cross in the u. k. it says it wants a chance to increase it 1st to jam that but the situation in the u. k. really is quite alarming at the moment. the number of cases has been rising. the 3 days running and i think it is those case numbers that font is looking at half charlotte chelsea pill in london will france isn't the

right, so these 2 new studies that have come out from the u. k, one from scotland, one from england, both of them suggesting that the on the cross variance is less severe results and few hospitalizations than the delta barian. so to give you the, the study that's come out of england, it found that 40 to 45 percent, that was a 40 to 45 percent reduction in hospitalizations, lasting one light or longer when compared to doses. so quite a market reduction math scientists, experts here are saying it's encouraging, but the rules i really stressing caution. hey, this is very, very early data that is still emerging at that i'm lot still isn't known. and crucially, even if this is less to via the shit, number of infections of cases could still mean that the health services on the very intense pressure and how much pressure is the embattled prime minister bores johnson feeling for mama crohn that's currently gripping a great burden. well, he's resisted more restrictions coming in to a place said that he doesn't scotland, northern ireland and wales have all

from saturday, france is limiting, travel to and from the u. k. to only those with compelling reasons. french nationals, residents, and their families, all arrivals have to isolate truck drivers though, are exempt in. okay, so to calculate noblesse can we come into this is the framework that will be put in place, which will allow us to further tighten the net to slow down and reduce as much as possible the arrival of a micron variant cases in our territory. so much, and during this time we vaccinated with the booster shots, but for the 2nd day running the u. k. has logged a record breaking number of new cases. 88000 or micron is spreading through this country faster than any previous various forest. johnson's government is focusing on vaccine boosters as its principal weapon that and urging people to think about where they go and who they see. we wouldn't want to make your choices for you about your social life. won't closing things, but we are saying is people should be cautious and they should think about their activities in the in the raptor to

along with delegates from the assay on nations, the u. k foreign secretary has called for western unity against authoritarianism and threats from russia and china. re challenge is in liverpool. live trust is hosting this event is very much seeing this as a kind of meeting.

u. k. what it calls a very virus variance area. and that means that if you are planning to travel from the u. k to germany over the holidays, you have to quarantine for 2 weeks in germany, and that is no exceptions that includes the vaccinated. germany is also designated many areas, high risk areas, many of its neighbors. and on the last few days and hours, france has been added, also denmark and norway and the restrictions are less than food from the u. k. but you have to get a p, c r test. to come in to germany. there is a mish mash of rules and regulations across the u, the lead to coordinate them when they met in brussels this week, but they did fail to do that. so if you are traveling in europe over the holiday period, it's important to check those regulations before you travel. broadly speaking, it's getting tougher everywhere. it's all meant occurred. the spread of the on the chrome variant. how confident are we? this is going to do the job. basically many people say it won't do the job. the german half minister callout about he is predicting, predicting a 5th wave of virus cases here i

ah trans fans, most travelers from the u. k, which has reported another day of wreckage, go with 19 infectious. ah, no, i'm fully back table. you're watching al jazeera live from doha, also coming up 1000 slee their homes as a super typhoon batteries. the philippines police in haiti say all the american and canadian missionaries kidnapped in october have been released and faced.

u. k. retrain will also be discussed. natasha battle has as update from paris ahead of the meeting of european leaders. the french government been watching the situation in the u. k. very closely. indeed. and they've decided to impose restrictions effectively banning non essential travel between the u. k and frogs, effective from saturday. now, french citizens and residents will be able to return to france, where anyone having to travel in this period of time from saturday onwards, we'll have to have a p c, or tassel depaul choate arrival. they will have to self isolate the french government. it says that it is particularly concerned of course, about trying to stop the spread of the oma kron variance. briscoe operations are and away in parts of the philippines that have been hit by one of the strongest storms in the world, a sheer official say about 10000 villages in the path of the typhoon associated presses, calling on the f t a p. government to immediately release a freelance video journalist attain 2 weeks ago. i mean among kyoto was arrested in the capital out of arbor accused of promotin

from belgium. why do you let them in, if you know that a large number of them are going to transit illegally or tried to transit illegally to the u. k? because well, you know, the problem is that the most of them are coming from africa as you know, through spain or through italy as, as we are controlling the, the spanish and italian border. they usually go through germany and then move to belgium, back to francis. cuz the ultimate goal is, is the u. k. i don't know why, but it seems that they feel more comfortable working. what he activities in the u. k. and, and, and that's why did they put this pressure on those borders? we do our job, but it again we have to, it's a much more global issue. and this migration evolution again is one of those challenges. i just mention that cannot be resolved only with the european coordination. and clearly a coordination with the u. k. authorities as well. well, babs, who simply want to push the problem across to the british, knowing that since they left the e you, they no longer have the legal mechanism to send the migrants directly back to you. is that the politics of this? no, i don't think that