and there's plenty of confusion over the plans with the w h o. europe chief saying the only constraint could spell engage to the pandemic. other officials though point to heightened risks. so the duplicate reports from paris? well, a year ago people were living in fear of cosy, but here we are today. and despite there are recorded new numbers of cases in europe, it seems that the concerns of european governments are melting away. take faults, for example, where a year ago, 20000 cases a day precipitated a 3rd national lockdown, 500000 cases a day at the moment. and what does the government do to respond to that? well, it's easing the restrictions from next week that comes at the time when there is still intense pressure on hospital staff and capacity. and despite that, those restrictions will start easing form that next week it's pretty mind boggling . but france isn't the only country doing that. austria to following suit in announcing on wednesday, the from next week, unvaccinated be under their own specific type of lockdown will be able to go back out to st freely. although still mo

w. h o. europe chief saying, the amr kron strain could spell the end game for the pandemic. while other officials say no, that's more worries ahead. artes at charlotte and do whisky. while i spoke to her a short time ago, she is in paris. if you think back to a year ago, so many people were scared really about the possibility of getting covered what that would mean for their health, whether they would be able to survive this disease. it was ravaging the world. and now a year later, despite the fact that we are seeing each record new levels of coverage process cases, it seems that the concerns of many european governments are just melting away. take france for an example of january 2021, and the cases of cobra were around 20000 new positive cases on a daily basis. and that was enough to precipitate just a few weeks later. a 3rd national lock down here we are today, and the daily average cases are now reaching around half a 1000000 a day. that's right, half a 1000000 a day. and what is the government doing to react to that? well, it is easing the restrictions on cobit 19 from

there's plenty of confusion over the plans with the w h o europe chief saying the mark on strike could spell the end game for the whole crisis, while some other officials are pointing to even more risk. well, let's try and shed some light on this live. not a power, as all shot to do was get lucky. good to see you today. mixed signal is coming in as some european countries are poised to drop code restrictions. what's the latest? yes, that's why. if you think back to a year ago, so many people were scared really about the possibility of getting coded, what would mean for their health, whether they would be able to survive this disease. it was ravaging the world. and now a year later, despite the fact that we are seeing these record new levels of coping process cases, it seems that the concerns of many european government saw just helping away take prompts for an example. january 2021 and the cases of koby were around 20000 new positive cases on a daily basis, and that was enough to precipitate just a few weeks later, a food national look down here we are today and the daily average cases

w. h. o. europe chief seeing the army control could spell the end game for the pandemic. while other officials point to heightened risks are t. charlotte dubin ski reports from pars. well, a year ago, people were living in fear of cosy, but here we are today. and despite there are recorded new numbers of cases in europe, it seems that the concerns of european governments are melting away. take faults, for example, where down 500000 cases a day at the moment. and what does the government do to respond to that? well, it's easing the restrictions from next week that comes at the time when there is still intense pressure on hospital staff and capacity. and despite that, those restrictions will start easing form that next week it's pretty mind boggling . but france isn't the only country doing that. austria to following suit in announcing on wednesday the from next week, unvaccinated to be under the specific type of walk down will be able to go back out the streets freely. although film was able to access restaurants and bars because they are unvaccinated. and there is this qu

welcome restart this tuesday with a dire warning from the world health organization and europe's pandemic future. the w h o predicts that over half of all europeans will become infected with the omicron variant of the corona virus by the end of this winter. here's what the w h of europe, director huns cougar just said 50 of the 50 countries in europe and central asia have no reported cases of on the chrome. it is quickly becoming the dominant virus invest in europe and this no spreading into the balkans. at this rate, the institute for health metrics and evaluation forecasts that more than 50 percent of the population in the region will be infected with mcclung. in the next 6 to 8 weeks or earlier i spoke with dr. glueck and i asked him, how alarmed should we really be here in your the toyota crystals. so the extra ordinary speech offerings mission, the tactics change from preventing transmission to preventing disruption. it's through the, at the individual liver. the only convent may be more mild, particularly into people who are boosted, but because of the she had numbers because of still a large share o

w. h. o. europe chief, seeing the army constrain, could spell the end game for the pandemic. while other officials point to heightened risks, artesia davinsky reports from paris. well, a year ago, people were living in fear of cosy, but here we are today. and despite there are recorded new numbers of cases in europe, it seems that the concerns of european governments are melting away. take fonts, for example, where a year ago, 20000 cases a day precipitated a 3rd national lock down 500000 cases a day at the moment. and what does the government do to respond to that? well, it's easing the restrictions from next week that comes at the time when there is still intense pressure on hospital staff and capacity. and despite that, those restrictions will start easing form that next week it's pretty mind boggling . but france isn't the only country doing that all straight to falling suits in announcing on wednesday, next week, unvaccinated to be under their own specific type of lock down will be able to go back out the streets. really. although film was able to access to westport abov

health organization is codio and governments to prioritize vaccinations, including booster shots, w h o says europe had more than 7000000 new cases of homer crone in the 1st week of january alone. well, 20000000 people in china and now confined to their homes. as a 3rd city is placed under lockdown to try and stem the spread of current of ours. more than ac omicron cases were detected in and young over the weekend. it's believe the infections are linked to 2 other cases found in the city of change in on saturday. katrina, you has more now from done so in high nonprofits. onions, 5000000 residents have been ordered not to leave their homes until they get tested . the coven, 19 non essential businesses have been closed and old private vehicles have been ordered off the roads. mass testing is underway in the city. now the province of hernon were and young sissy is located, is home to about 100000000 people. they've been facing an outbreak of primarily the delta variance since the beginning of the year in the city of an young, they've identified since the beginning of january at least $400.00 cases. bu

infected in the next 2 months. recorded 7000000 new cases of only crone in europe during the 1st week of january and the w. h. o as urgent governments to prioritize vaccinations, including booster shots. dominic cane has war from berlin on situation across europe. well, the interesting thing to remember here is it's not just the only chron variance that is causing surgeon cases. we're still living through the delta vary until the away from the delta variance, certainly here in germany. that's the case. but a look across the large countries of europe shows that hundreds of thousands of people are still coming down with karone of ours. whatever the variance in the course of today the last few days. so that's the case in france as the case in italy, is the case in the united kingdom here in germany, nearly 50000 new infections announced today. china's governments as ordered the lock, turn of a 3rd city to stand, spread off, covered 19 doctors in an young and hon. i'm province detected 80 cases of omicron over the weekends. nationwide. some 20000000 chinese are confined to their homes. hospitals across the u. s. ar

the w h o says half of europe will be infected with on the con, within the next 6 to 8 weeks. authorities in france, a hoping that the 30000000 booster doses in ready administered here will help ease the burden on the health care system. take a look at some of the other developments in the current of iris pandemic world wide . washington wants to double it's purchase of covered 19 rapid tests to 1000000000 as the u. s. struggles with the on the chron variant, spain will caps the cost of cove itself, testing androgen test. so kits test gets as just under 3 euros. the government has come under increasing pressure from critics over high prices. poorer countries refused to take around a 100 1000000. donated coven, 19 vaccine doses. in december, the un says that it is mainly due to their rapid expiry date in the world. legal 1st, a german court has sentenced as former syrian military officer to life in prison for state sponsored torture. the court found and more roslyn guilty of overseeing the murder of 27 people and system systematic torture of 4000 others at a detention center near damascus.

and while the w h o 's regional director in europe, dr. clues, talked about a pandemic and game for the e u. his boss, w h o director general dr. changers on a non gay braces, had a different take, saying it's dangerous to assume that the arm across will be the last varian or that we are in the game. he said, condition globally are ideal for more variance to emerge. adding that to change in the course of the varying quote, we must change the conditions that are driving it for news news, john honey. so to talk about the treatments available in the united states and how they are being distributed. let's talk with the attorney former tech us there, representative rick greene. thanks for joining me. good to be with you. okay, so do you feel like the president is justified in this latest action and limiting the monoclonal antibody treatments? and do you think this has anything to do with this anti virus pills that are coming out from pfizer and mark, i mean, why not have patients and doctors together make their best selection? absolutely, the decisions coming out of the white house are uncon

the w h o says half of europe will be infected with omicron within the next 6 to 8 weeks. authorities in france, a hoping that the 30000000 booster doses already administered here will help ease the burden on the health care system. the landmark ruling by a court here in germany convicting a syrian officer of war crimes has put the syrian war back into spotlight. more than a decade after the fighting broke out, people are still being killed. many more are suffering. the city of italy near the turkish border is the only syrian cities still controlled by the opposition. it was the scene of anti government protest back in 2011. that escalated into a civil war, it lib remains home to more than a 1000000 people and thousands of displaced families who are dependent on food aid . many children in these families are forced to scrounge for food for survival. winter makes the search that much more difficult. rock island can hardly believe his luck. he's found an old solar heating man in the trash and thinks he can sell it for a good price. it's hard for the 11 year old to carry it with just one

the w h o says half of europe will be infected with omicron within the next 6 to 8 weeks. authorities in france are hoping that the 30000000 booster doses already administered here will help ease the burden on the health care system. and here's a look at some of the latest developments in the crowd of iris pandemic world wide . washington wants to double its purchase of kogan 19 rapid tests to 1000000000. as the u. s. struggles with the on the chrome variant, spain will cap the cost of coverage, self testing entered in kits at just under $3.00 euros. the government has come under increasing pressure over high prices. poor countries turned down around a $100000000.00 donated covered 19 vaccine doses last month. the when says that was mainly due to the vaccines nearing their expiration dates. and we've got some breaking news for you. just coming in. australia says it is revoking the visa, granted to tennis star, novak joker bitch, the countries immigration minister announced his decision just a few moments ago. he exercised his discretionary power after it emerged that jock bitch, who's

the w h o says half of europe will be infected with all micron within the next 6 to 8 weeks. authorities in france are hoping that the 30000000 booster doses already administered here will help ease the burden on the health care system. to catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. british media are reporting another party held at the prime minister's office while the country was under locked l. morse. johnson is facing growing pressure to resign over staff, a bench under investigation for violating pandemic rules. the latest gathering allegedly took place last april on the eve of the funeral for prince philip, the queen's husband. britons prince. andrew has been stripped of his title, his royal highness, along with his military affiliations, had royal patronage. since the prince is facing a civil case in the u. s. over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17 virginia drew prey is suing the prince, claiming he abused her in 2001. the organization for security and cooperation in europe says dialogue is imperative to diffuse tensions in

w h. o says half of europe's population could get the alma chrome, variance of coverage. in the next 2 months, china expands its cove at 19 locked down to a 3rd city.

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witness award winning documentary on al jazeera ah the only crumb variance spreads through europe, the w h. o warns the bolden half the population will be infected within the next 2 months. and the u. s. hits a new record for cove at 19 hospitalizations. as top health officials faced tough questions at the senate. ah, hello, i'm adrian for the good. this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up. the u. s. president touches the senate to pass voting rights reforms. speaking in the battle ground state of georgia and growing criticism of ethiopia as government as more civilians are killed in military as strikes with the world health organization. as warning that half of europe is likely to be infected by the ana kron variant by march. europe is currently reporting the largest number of corona virus deaths and cases worldwide. the w h o 's regional director says that a new west to east tidal wave is sweeping across the region. but hans clued stressed that approved vaccines continue to provide good protection in china and young has become the 3rd city to go into lockdown as part of the gover

europe. the w h. o warns the more than half the population will be infected within the next 2 months. and the u. s. hits a new record for coven, 19 hospitalizations. as top health officials face tough questions of the senate. ah, hello, i'm adrian for the good. this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up. the u. s. president touches the senate to pass voting rights reforms. speaking of the battle ground state of georgia and catholics don's president says, look, wash, and lead troops deployed to restore order will begin leaving in 2 days. ah, the world health organization is warning that half of europe is likely to be infected by the oma kron variant by march. europe is currently reporting the largest number of corona virus, deaths and cases worldwide. the w. h o, as regional director says that a new west east tidal wave is sweeping across the region. but hans clued stressed that approved vaccines continued to provide good protection in china and young has become the 3rd city to go into lockdown as part of the government 0 tolerance approach. about 20000000 people are now confi

europe. it says that more than half of people that are likely to be infected by the omicron variant in the next 2 months. the w h o is urging governments to prioritize vaccinations, including booster shots. it is quickly becoming dominant virus invest in europe. and this no spreading into the balkans at this rate, the institute for health metrics and evaluation for posts that more than 50 percent of the population in the region will be infected with mcclung in the next 6 to 8 weeks out there. as dominic caden, berlin has more on the situation across europe. on the face of us, a very bleak assessment. indeed, that's 50 percent of the population. depending on which numbers you go by, in the you, more than 400000000 people live here in the you around 700000000 around the you, it's periphery countries and that sort of thing. so we're talking potentially hundreds of millions of people that this individual from the world health organization is saying might well find themselves falling foul of the omicron variant of the corona virus in the course of the next couple of months. remember, it's deep winter here right now. an

ah, the all mcclellan varian spreads through europe, the w. h. o warns more than half the population will be infected within the next 2 months. ah, hello barbara, sarah, this is al jazeera life from london also coming up with you as hospital wards at capacity and not enough tests to go around.

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the al jazeera news are coming up for you in the next 60 minutes. sounding the alarm, the w h o says half of europe's population could get the all micron variance of coverage. in the next 2 months, china expands its cove at 19, locked down to a 3rd, sitting some 20000000 people are no confines in their homes. kazakstan is president, says russian lead troops deployed to restore order in his country will begin leaving in 2 days. and he announces his pick for prime minister, mourning of a women catastrophe in afghanistan, the un loan, she is its biggest appeal for aids. fearing half the population is at risk of acute hunger. and on p december to the sports defending champions algeria draw the opening match at the africa cup of nations and of no bakovich, a scene training in melbourne. the head of the australian open, the country's government was looking into whether he made false claims on his travel falling with well, we start this news ira with a warning europe for face a tidal wave of corona virus cases. the world health organization says more than half of all europeans are likely to be infected by t

a dire cove, it forecast for europe, the w h. o warns more than half the population will contract the omicron variant in the next 2 months. ah, hello and barbara sarah, this is al jazeera life london, also coming up with u. s. hospital wards and capacity and not enough tests to go around. the biden administration is accused of failing in its corona virus response . an unprecedented appeal. the un says $5000000000.00 is needed to escape by humanitarian catastrophe. in afghanistan and growing criticism of ethiopia government, as more civilians are killed in military airstrikes. ah, more than half the population of europe will of called the on the con, variant of coverage within the next 6 to 8 weeks. that's according to the world health organization. it's urging governments to prioritize vaccinations, including booster shots, $7000000.00 new european cases of on the conway detected in the 1st week of january, a low. it is quickly becoming the dominant virus invested europe. at this no spreading into the balkans. at this rate, the ins

europe. the w. h. o warns more than half the population will be infected within the next 2 months. ah, hello, i'm darren jordan. this is al jazeera live from dough. also coming up. this is the lab wanted a shy.

ah ah, the alma cron variance spreads through europe. the w h o warns that more than half the population will be infected within the next 2 months. and the u. s. hits a new record for covered maintain hospitalizations. as top health officials faced tough questions of the senate. ah, hello, i'm adrian said again. this is al 0 alive from doha. also coming up, the u. s. president urges the senate to pass voting rights reforms. speaking in the battle ground state of georgia and catholic starns, president says the russian lead troops deployed to restore order will begin leaving in 2 days with the world health organization. as warning that hall of europe is likely to be infected by the other cron variant by march, europe is currently reporting the largest number of corona virus deaths and cases worldwide. the w h chose regional director says a new west to east tidal wave is sweeping across the region. but hans clued stress that approved vaccines continue to provide good protection. meanwhile, in china and yang has become the 3rd city to go into lockdown

the omicron very and spreads through europe, the w h. o warns more than half the population will be infected within the next 2 months. with u. s. hospital wards at capacity and not enough test to go round.

the w h o says on, the kron is becoming the dominant variant in parts of europe. 50 of the 50 countries in europe and central asia have no reported cases of omicron. it is quickly becoming dominant virus invest in europe. at this no spreading into the balkans at this rate, the institute for health metrics and evaluation forecasts that more than 50 percent of the population in region will be infected with mcclung in the next $6.00 to $8.00 weeks. well eric fielding as an epidemiologist from washington d. c. we asked him how people should respond to that statement from the w h o. should we just sit back and accept the inevitable? why think, sitting back and doing nothing is actually really risky. what they need to go out is get the booster. what they need to do is where and 95 for f, a p 2 f, a p 3 mass. what they need to do is ventilate their building, their school, or office. what they need to do a disinfect, the air anywhere they gather with filters. what they need to do is test and prepared to test and in potentially, according teen, if others around them are positive, what they need

a dire coven forecast for europe, the w h. o warns more than half the population will contract the omicron variant in the next 2 months. ah. hello, barbara sarah, this is al jazeera life london, also coming up with you as hospital wards, ad capacity, and not enough tests to go around. the vitamin administration is accused of failing and its corona virus response. an unprecedented.

europe. it says that more than half of people that are likely to be infected by the, on the chrome variant. in the next 2 months, w h o is urging governments to prioritize vaccinations, including booster shots. it is quickly becoming dominant virus invest in europe and this no spreading into the balkans.

, russia council, since 2019 and the omicron variances fueling cone virus surges across europe and the u. s. w h o is warning that half the european population is on track to contracts variance and the next 2 months. on monday, the u. s. reported more than 1300000 you infections. un security council is holding an open meeting on the conflicts in yemen, as the international community grapples with how to ends. it's 7 year civil war. yemen is in the grip of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. you and estimates that 80 percent of the population is a needs of humanitarian assistance. and 13000000 people are in danger of starvation at a permit gets their james baynes joined us. no form. the un in new york at james. that meeting is on going. but what we learned so far, well, it's very grim picture from yemen. remember, the country has been in turmoil for more than a decade. and war has been raging in the country for almost 8 years. well, with that backdrop, what has happened in the last month? things have got much worse, they say that has been a deterioration of the humanitarian situation, an

europe has already passed the 100000000 mark. but are the numbers all that matters? the w h ace, w h o suggests that the arm across variant is less deadly than previous ones. next, spicer and berlin, and this is the day ah, with the model before it becomes a domain. if you could certainly worrying that we're seeing a continued high level of infection. there's no di fidelmo, chrome is causing less severe lung disease. although there are still some concerns about his impact and other both the systems, if everyone suddenly drops out, then we can cover the whole store with. and we're now seeing this more infectious. i'm a chron has taken over the challenge of, of the weather bug finish. this wonderful mission also coming up, the taliban tells d. w. news. we're here to stay and the world will have to live with it. the current government, off of lana, stand, the new government that has come to power as a manifest reality. and a, the world needs to engage with it, to our viewers on p b. s. in united states and around the world. welcome. and we begin the day with europe preparing for a new wav

w. h. o warns governments not that they're gonna be on the contrary, discovered 19 ah hello, that feeling very wintry across europe at the moment and there's more winter weather to come. to end the week, we've got to main areas of action, a weather system bringing rain sleet and snow to the northwest and storms continuing to plague that south east corner. but across the central areas, there is some clear whether to be found, but we are going to see more snow move in as we will move into the weekend. now let's have a look at the north west. we've got some heavy rain and snow moving in across britain, an island. we got warnings out for snow and ice for northern areas of england and scotland in heavy rain sweeping in from the west. we could see some possible flooding from that was much of scandinavia, however, it remains while the wintry we're going to see temperatures come down while they do pick up in places like london. but it will turn rather cold in st. petersburg, the temperature sitting at minus 12. no further south of this. there is some sunshine and better, more settled conditions to be found across the sout

w h o just a bit later in the program with . well, it's good to have you with us here for the monday program live from moscow. this is nancy international. well, france is leading europe once again in terms of daily cope. it case loads are report, lee clocking up 287-0000 infections and 24 hours that has anger over the macaroni government's new vaccination pos. continue to be vented across the streets of paris . the pictures don't quite show it, but somebody is protest apparently so 1000 sitting the street came right off to the national assembly gave a blessing to the new vaccination. this gives access to things like restaurants and cinemas, but only to the fully job. it replaces the current less strict health pass test amanda, which a negative test most efficient. but it's not only france that scene unrest over coby in the last few days with anger. it further restrictions in many other european cities, also boiling over. ah . needed a clean record breaking 24 hours in germany and not in a good way. when you look at the 7 day indices, that's the, the number of infections of coven 19 per 100000 of the population. it's past 515 nationally. you look at things locally in