s. government failed to prosecute cia employees suspected of child sex abuse. and in the u. k. thousands have been left without an exigency for almost a week following an intense storm spock and complaints that the government is lagging and its response back. i'm hoping it's what it feels like. like i have no. everything feels up to that you really have a basic spit hard. ah . a live i'm world wide. this is alta international from moscow on im, calling bray with the world news this out. welcome to the program 1st then and more and more countries are detecting the new koby strain on the chrome among the latest of india, switzerland, and iceland. in germany, the government there's announced tightened restrictions on unvaccinated citizens and is considering making jobs mandatory as outgoing chance. langley merkel says vaccinations are the only way out of the crisis via the end when the fight. we will reserve access to cultural and recreational facilities and events throughout germany only to those who have been vaccinated or cured. it is also possible to do an additional test f

and the u. s. as announced a diplomatic boy caught a b james winter olympics. china calls it publication, and that is all your sport for now. it's now back to lauren in london. thanks very much. dean foreign quit monday you and catch up any time with our website address that his al jazeera dot com. i'll be back in a couple minutes with another full run of today's news. thanks for watching annisa . ah ah. december hollow, jessia, cattle hose, the fever, arab cut, a momentous event for the region and a glimpse of what's in store for the 2022 wild cup people in power investigates the use and abuse of power across the globe. a world exclusive interview with joint nobel peace, lori, if recognized by safeguarding freedom of expression as a pre condition for democracy, and lasting peace from shore documentary too in depth, explain it. portal showcase is the best. the vouchers, iraq digital content as the year draws to a close. we look back at the events that have shaped the news and look ahead to next yea

the u. s. also applauded the woman's tennis association for suspending all tournaments and china over concerns for the safety of chinese ton of star peng. why? with the olympics coming to the u. s. in 2028. there are now questions about how china may respond both in the short and long term. katya low priscilla young al jazeera while it's close to beijing, now we can speak to chris one that katrina you and katrina will be hearing from the foreign ministry gayden coming us. what do we expect? how that's right. they're expected to give a briefing sometime this afternoon, paging time, and really were expecting similar comments. they have been repeating the same kind of sentiments over the past few weeks when these 1st rumors came out that the u. s . was mulling over this move. china has acute washington, a political grandstanding, political, political, manipulation of distorting the spirit of the games. and we've had chinese states media similarly expressed the same sentiment, saying that this is t

the u. s. isn't one of them, but health experts are testing samples to see if it's been detected there. alan fisher reports from washington d. c. be guided by science is a new variant, but familiar advice from the united states? if you're not vaccinated, get vaccinated? get boasted if you are vaccinated, continue to use the mitigation methods, namely masks, avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces, choose outdoors, rather than indoors. keep your distance, wash your hands, test and isolate if appropriate. there are no signs of the period in the us, but other countries are stepping up measures to stop at spreading. in japan, for example, all 4 nationals have been banned from entry that last month and traveling japanese citizens and residents will have to quantize for 14 days on returning to the country. many nations have already been travelers from south africa that would stop the spread, says the world health organization. we are trying to warn the other country of the emergency that might b

the u. s. is planning to impose fresh travel restrictions to stop at spread. reynolds reports from los angeles. a traveler from san francisco is the 1st known person in the us to contract the omicron variant of colbert 19. the individual was a traveler who returned from south africa on november the 22nd and tested positive on november the 29th. the individual is self quarantining and all close contacts have been contacted. the person was fully vaccinated and experienced mild symptoms and is said to be getting better. this individual has not been hospitalized the individuals that, that this individuals come into contact with. i have not tested positive yet to our knowledge. ah, and we are hopeful of for recovery and expect nothing less according to the world health organization, the variant has spread through at least $24.00 countries. since the 1st cases were found in botswana, it should not surprise us. this is what viruses do. and it's what despite has been continued to do as long as we allow

as rush us up, diplomat notes of the u. s. has torn up practically every treating with moscow. sergey la, rob warns that the kremlin won't take kindly to even more harsh sanctions threatened by his american counterpart that talks in sweden and a trove of documents appears to show the u. s. government failed to prosecute cia employees, suspected of child sex abuse, and ah, broadcasting live direct from our studios and moscow. this is our 2 international. i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. right now. more and more countries are detecting the new coated strain, omicron among the latest our india, switzerland, iceland and greece in germany. the government there has announced tightened restrictions on vaccinated citizens and is considering making jobs mandatory. not going chancellor. anglo merkel says vaccinations are the only way out of the crisis via the end. we will reserve access to cultural recreational facilities and events throughout germany only to those have been vaccinated or cured. it is also possible t

and the u. s. is culprit number one, is a country, obviously the continent of europe is also contributing a lot of cases, but no country like the u. s. right now, do you think we should be much more forceful when it comes to mandates? then our system has been so far, either at the federal level or the state level that, that this notion, ah, that some folks considered out. and that's their right, versus the collective health of american society, global society. you know, are we getting the, the equilibrium right between those 2 poles. right. well see if we haven't gotten the librium right. and it's very sad that mandates even had to come off as an issue . because you would have thought that all americans would one of the united against a formidable foe of this virus. but it hasn't happened. and we have a balkanized country with very profound globalization o vaccines and math and science and everything else. and math, which held us back all the misinformation and disinformation of politics. and that'

so the u. s. a talking tough that's trying to prove that it is a, it's still a contender that it's still in charge of the world. but it's act is looking less and less convincing. so. so russia has every reason to be concerned that has every reason to think that nato is engaging in a and a project long term project up encirclement and, and dismemberment. and, and i think it's up to be up to the us and its allies to provide tangible proof that that is no longer the case. yet everything the u. s. s. that really indicates the opposite written, really as designed to raise rushing through years of some kind of nato attempt to add an account. so. so unless nato backs off, i can see how this can really add you are not international. so that's why what things are looking so far today. don't forget that was said earlier. we have a website for the stories tape. and you can find that and don't go with one of the many paradoxes of big coin is that it wants everyone to attack it. that's it makes it strong. that

we've also seen a stronger recovery in domestic travel in the u. s. so they're, they're quite, i are quite hopeful about next year. chrissy briefly, what about passenger demand for flights? you touch on that? right. while demand, i can tell you this month is more than double what it was of the same month last year. and that's a trend we've been seeing a for the over the last few months. now that being said, an advisor to the world's airlines came out this week and said that people are twice or even 3 times more likely to catch coven 19 on an airplane, to the high transmission rate of the omicron variance. so this certainly represents a hurdle for the recovery going forward. christy. boffin, bon, thank you. was not just the airlines and travelers were suffering. the tourism industry as a whole is under new pressure because of that varian. take the canary islands just weeks ago. hotel operators, there were looking forward to something like a normal tourist season with occupancy rates of around 80 percent. that's all changing the mag i already hear 10 a

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that's almost 45 percent less than the average annual wage in the u. s. where inequality is more pronounced. according to cassie, though, he plans to create what he calls a virtuous economy. that effectively means raising income for a broader range of people to trigger consumption. the prime minister has announced the record stimulus package of more than $490000000000.00 to help the country recover from the pandemic. it's the largest to dates and expected to increase outputs, although it means increasing its debt burden. while the package includes financial aid for businesses affected by the corona, virus health crisis and the slump in demands around $880.00, cash handouts to households with children, and those aged 18 or below. it also involves money for strengthening semiconductor supply chains, programs to encourage domestic tourism and the investments in a nation wide university funds. cuz she also plans to increase wages for some workers, including public health and medical staff. and he plans to give tax incentives for companies that ways pay. but d

what is going to do in the u. s. basically, it has destiny is becoming the dominant new strength throughout the world, unless it doesn't compete fully with delta. so it's really the south africans that know within days instead of months that took this. i'm trying very and, and gave us awareness that gave us a head start getting back to like what you mentioned earlier, steve, you're going to do contact tracy. we got on this in the us, even though there was some delay in getting the 1st sequence is the u. s. now it's, you know, everywhere, but we got to those cases very shortly after they arrived very shortly after community transmission was started and we owe that debt to the south african sciences. let me ask you to talk about, you know, cutting off travel. and there seems to be, you know, in this drama, this major health pandemic drama, a desire in some places to blame a country to blame a place as opposed to saying, hey, you did the right thing by stepping forward because of the consequences. it would come out and

delta airlines and other one of the major carriers here in the u. s. is saying they anticipate more than a 150 white cancellations over the weekend either today or saturday or going into sunday. the issue here is basically pilots flight attendance ramp crew ticket agents that are either calling in sick because they have symptoms or they have tested positive for corona virus or, and this is the big one. they think they've been exposed to somebody that has tested positive that's a big issue as well. because even if you're exposed to someone, of course you have to corn teen for 10 days, which means you can't go to work, which means the airlines can't fly if they don't have people that can fly them and operate the air airplane. so that is being a huge problem here. and this is what we're seeing with the spread of the armory con variant. that is accounting for over 70 percent of the new positive covered cases in the united states. airlines anticipating that this could go on for weeks because health officials here are saying that the peak of the armor con ba

and so the u. s. the prices chinese enterprises and companies by every means such as severely violating the market principle and international trading roles is seriously homes. the interests of chinese institutions and companies we deplore and firmly opposed that we urge the u. s. to correct it's wrong doing and we will take all necessary measures to uphold the rights and interests of chinese institutions and companies. north korea has come to a standstill for 3 minutes of silence memory, formerly to kim jong il is the 10th anniversary of his death state media called for national unity during the hardships of the pandemic. last year, north korea faced its worst economic contraction since 1997. now 3, a trailer and children remained critically injured after a gust of wind blew away the bouncy castle they were playing on. 5 of their playmates were killed when they fell around 10 meters. as the inflatable was hurled into the air, the 11 year olds was calibrating the last week of primary school before chr

we've also seen a stronger recovery in the domestic travel in the u. s. so they're, they're quite, i are quite hopeful about next year. chrissy briefly, what about passenger demand for flights? you touch on that? right, well demand i can tell you this month is more than double what it was of the same month last year, and that's a trend we've been seeing for over the last few months. now that being said, an advisor to the world's airlines came out this this week and said that people are twice or even 3 times more likely to catch coven 19 on an airplane, to the high transmission rate of the o micron variance. so this certainly represents a hurdle for the recovery going forward. christy cloth and bon, thank you. was not just the airlines and travelers were suffering. the tourism industry as a whole is under new pressure because of that varian. take the canary islands just weeks ago. hotel operators, there were looking forward to something like a normal ter season with occupancy rates of around 80 percent. that's all changing the mag i already hear 10 a reef

s. stage of colorado and u. s. troops and they combat mission in iraq. but this still opposition to the few remaining on the grounds. to years ago, china told the world health organization about a new and mysterious case of pneumonia in wu and cd. now the pandemic has killed almost 5 and a half 1000000 people in the army. kron and delta variance of coven 19 a shattering daily infection records. in the us and across europe, china's been battling to cape covert cases at 0, but now 30000000 residents in the city of shyanne have been locked down as it struggles within new outbreak. and in india, daily infections have more than doubled over the past week. experts claim the country is entering a 3rd wave, but it's a different story in south africa where restrictions are being lifted after infections dropped by almost 30 percent last week. the government believes it's past the peak, fueled by the only con variant. for more on this story, we're joined by for me to mila who is live for us in it came down. hello there for me to. thanks for joining us. tell us abou

in beijing, china's accused the u. s. of grandstanding the u. s. as it will warn russia of severe economic consequences if it invades ukraine. it's had to be the main subject and a virtual summit between president joe biden and vladimir putin. a security forces, as you dont have find to tear gas at protest is denouncing a move by the prime minister to sign a deal with the military demonstrators. more allies of former leader omar bashir removed from power accorded me and mark has given the countries deposed civilian nita unsung sushi a 4 year prison sentence later reduced to 2 with a partial pardon. she had already spent a great deal of a 21 year period in detention or under restrictions for her efforts to bring democracy to the country. her election 6 years ago was seen as the dawn of a peaceful future. but she rejected allegations of the militaries ethnic cleansing overhang and muslims leading to criticism a new term one a little over a year ago ended in february's coo, she's been detained ever since, while more than a 1000 people have been killed

with the pandemic, u. s. health officials are recommending americans choose the pfizer or magellan vaccines, instead of johnson and johnsons. mike hanner has been following this story from washington day say, hello there, mike. why has the cdc made this recommendation? now while the cdc was acting on the advice of a panel of experts to have been investigating the effects of the various vaccines. and they found that in the case of j and j, as some of 50 women had developed thrombosis bed 9 of them subsequently died. now this is a very small figure, but it was enough to cause the experts to recommend to the c d. c. to recommend that if other vaccines are available not to take the johnson and johnson vaccine to be very clear, they are not saying, do not take the j j vaccine. they are saying, if there are other back scenes available, preferably you take those rather than the j and j, they are not talking about j and j be any less effective. what they are saying is, is a minuscule, greater chance of some kind of c

u. s. health officials, a vaccine manufacturer, is already working on contingency plans, including the possibility of an on the con, specific booster. they do have plans that have multiple contingency. one is to wrap up the production of the vaccines that they already have. the next is to make, for example, a bio valence where you have the, a vaccine against both the ancestral strain and the new variant. and the other is to make a variant specific boost, the degree to which they're going to be doing that they are now assuming they may have to do that. and being prepared for that. south africa's health minister saying the country will manage on the crime without introducing you locked down. so variant is driving a surge in infections that with another $16000.00 confirmed on friday. for me to miller reports from janice back. experts in south africa, say the surgeon coven. 19 infections is the highest as seen since the start of the pandemic. and they blame the latest and possibly most contagio

so the u. s. a talking tough that's trying to prove that it is a, it's still a contender that is still in charge of the world, but it's act is looking less and less convincing. so. so russia has every concern, did that every reason to think that nato was engaging in a and a project, the long term project up encirclement and, and dismemberment. and, and i think it's up to the, up to the us and its allies to provide tangible proof that that is no longer the case. yet everything the u. s. s. that really indicates the opposite written really is designed to raise russian for years of some kind of nato attempted to add an circle meant so. so in less than a back off, i can see how this can really add some of the world news. now i'm kind of streaming security forces of rescue to his release from a mob after they entered the city of ramallah by mistake attempting to drive to a west bank settlement. their car was tools by palestinian youth. 7 people have been injured in a train derailment in northern italy

a change of mission for the remaining u. s. forces in iraq. instead of being on frontline combat missions, 2 and a half 1000 u. s. personnel and a 1000 troops from the international coalition forces have switch to training and advising their iraqi, our lies. the transition deal and i sit there earlier this month was sealed in july by iraqis, prime minister most of al cartler me, and he asked the president joe biden to huddle. it stimulates that you as troops would stick to only training iraqi forces and exchanging intelligence while the heavy duel and battle of seattle rock. both iran and the united states supported us in the war against terrorism, but they mustn't use our soil to settle scores. we can't let any of these parties target our people. we've addressed that message to all through diplomacy and the strategic dialogue which stressed maintaining iraq's sovereignty saralitos with a gradual downsizing view as troops was already happening on the orders of former president donald trump. but a proxy war in the region has been fermented by c

the u. s. is confirmed, it's 1st case the omicron variant, top infectious disease expert and he found, she said the person in question returned from south africa on november 22nd. and tested positive 7 days later, he said the person had mild symptoms. women's tennis association has suspended tournaments in china and hong kong. it over concerns about the safety of former doubles world number one punch way. she accused a politician of caressing her, intersects, and was not seen in public afterwards. china has since attempted to show that she is safe by releasing video clips and an e mail. the u. s. supreme court has been hearing arguments on whether to uphold a mississippi law, which bands most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy pro and anti abortion rights campaigners have been protesting. outside the court. nature is war in russia of serious consequences, including sanctions. if the country uses any force against ukraine, concerns about a military build up at the border dominated discussions

the u. s. has broken another record for infections of cove at 19 an average of 267000 new cases every day. this past week, infections have increased 60 percent weak on weak, but deaths and hospital admissions do remain low. the chinese city of shyanne is battling its largest community outbreak with china's largest outbreak this year. it's reported another $155.00 domestically driven transmitted cases. 13000000 people under locked down for 8 days now. and then southern china police have been captured on camera parading for men through the streets in a public shaming exercise. they've been accused of transporting undocumented migrants while the country borders remain largely closed due to time seen. in other news, hong kong chief executive kerry lambs defended the rate on a pro democracy media outlets. thing to police, acted within the law. 7 current and former journalist strand news were arrested on wednesday, and the u. s. is called for they really gamlee tight, donnelly, emily, tycho yamaha do

some you countries, m b, u. s. a still opposing russia's completed nord stream to pipeline saying it would make you far too reliant on russian gas. others that you say that link is vital so that people can keep that homes at reasonable prices. such political games could end up pushing more people into fuel poverty this winter, and even cost them that lives. charlotte, even ski r t, paris a quickly now some of the stories around the world starting with france, where next year's election is already creating tension. ah, how these were the scenes at the 1st rally of rightly presidential hopeful air exert more who's known for his anti immigration views. the anti racism back to this simple traces event on summer was making his way to the stage man charged at him. briefly putting him into a headlong thousands of demonstrators marched through the belgian capital to protest against anti cobit restrictions. brought places, water cannon to disperse, the protest as some of whom through flesh, in return over the weekend that w

as new reports indicate u. s. federal agencies, including the military, have purchased china, made video surveillance equipment banned from youth in the federal government. now, according to purchasing records, seen by tech crunch and video surveillance news site i p v m. the agency called elective li, spend thousands of dollars on purchasing video surveillance equipment manufactured by laura x. a wholly owned subsidiary of di was technology. now you probably never heard of this company, but it is one of several from china that were banned from selling to the u. s. federal government under 2019 different spending law over the years. fears that the technology could help the chinese government conduct. so for more on this let's bring in, boom, that's fun. and christy i to discuss ban. let me start with you. we break down for us. what this report found, what government agencies were buying this equipment? yes, pretty interesting as, as we've talked about for about 2 years now, right, there was been a huge concern abo

s. and the u. k. have found the pandemic has worse and existing problems in their health care systems, such as under funding long hours, and a lack of support for staff. thousands have already left the profession. it's fair to many more will follow them if the situation doesn't improve. seen her marriage all 3 for inside story with like me live over. all right, let me in our guests joining us live by skype from geneva, howard captain. he is the chief executive officer of the international council of nurses from one by dr. issue arg yolanda an infectious diseases expert and secretary general of the organized medicine academic guild and from melbourne. grant blashley and associate professor at the nozzle institute for global health at the university of melbourne. a warm welcome to you all and thank so much for joining us today on inside story. howard, let me start with you today. it is estimated that between 80002880002 health care workers could have died from cobra. 19 since the beginning of the pandem

but of course, it's not just the u. s. that disagrees with this is also a growing number of western countries as well as human rights groups that have compared the treat middle described it as amounting to genocide. now in regards to this move, china says that the u. s. is stretching the concept of national security and using it to suppress chinese companies. it says that it's not only having chinese businesses, but it also underlines international trade rules. in response to this, beijing has vowed to implement it or in measures to protect chinese companies. but we still don't have any details yet as to what those might be. chili's next president will be elected on sunday him. what's being billed is the most unpredictable vote in a long time. the runoff is being f is between rather a far right. conservative and a progressive social democrat and latin america editor lucy, a newman hans. the latest from santiago. after 2 years of constant protests that too often end in violence, especially on fridays, got little cd is closi

as rushes top diplomat notes, the u. s. has torn up practically every treaty with moscow. so gale of rob, warmth, that the kremlin won't take kindly to even more har sanctioned, threatened by his american counterpart and talked in sweden. and a trove of documents appear to show the u. s. government failed to prosecute cia employees is suspected of child sex abuse. ah, or they live from moscow, this is auntie international. i am calling bray with the world news this our 1st then more and more countries detecting the new cobit strain, omicron among the latest or india, switzerland, and iceland, or in germany. the government there is announced, tightened restrictions on unvaccinated citizens, and as considering making jobs mandatory as outgoing chancellor anglo merkel says, vaccinations are the only way out of the crisis via the end. we will reserve access to coltrane, recreational facilities and events throughout germany, only to those have been vaccinated or cured. it is also possible to do an additional test for those of the complete vaccination plan, though every day. sho

and 1st that the u. s. has registered its 1st case of the new cove advert. alma kron the person in question. is fully vaccinated. the apparently has mild symptoms and was returning from south africa, south korea and norway. now i have also seen that 1st cases with $24.00 countries now affected will health organisation says it spread is inevitable. europe mean times considering mandatory inoculations and new restrictions with latest on that saw your correspondent suite right now where from wednesday we seen vaccine passes having to be shown if you go to any public gathering now, there are some issues with that because not everybody in sweden is able to get that required vaccine pass even if they had job. now, if your residency is being processed or if you got your jobs outside of sweden, elsewhere in portugal, what we're seeing is the government. they have a see what's called a state of calamity. it's the 2nd highest state of alertness in the country, and what it means is that they're going to be bringing ba

the u. s. and as for disease control is recommending americans choose the pfizer or maternal vaccines instead of the johnston, johnson job. and it says the single chart is less effective and in rare cases can be 2 fatal blood clotting. south africa says it'll donates around $2000000.00 doses of the j and j vaccine to other african countries over the course of the next year . well, my color shows me now from washington d. c. for the very latest. the american presidents statement was ready for the american public, but it does resonate beyond the borders of the usa. but how about is the situation at the moment where you are? well, the situation's dire to put it bluntly. the statistics are absolutely frightening. over the past month, the incidence of the corona virus is increased by some 40 percent at present. there are some 120000 new cases being reported every day. in addition, the death rates being rising sharp as well. some $1300.00 americans are dying each and every day. now, health experts sa

and the u. s. looking extremely weak and insecure in the aftermath of afghanistan just got just 3 or 4 months ago. so the u . s. a talking tough that's trying to prove that it is a, it's still a contender that is still in charge of the world. but its act is looking less and less convincing. so. so russia has every reason to be concerned that every reason to think that nato is engaging in a and a project long term project up encirclement and, and dismemberment. and, and i think it's up to the, up to the us and its allies to provide tangible proof that that is no longer the case. yet everything the u. s. s. that really indicates the opposite written really is designed to raise russian for years of some kind of nato attempt to add an account. so, so unless nato backs off, i can see how this can really hand cnn has suspended. it's leading anchor chris, sir, co, mo, over his role in advising his brother, the form in new york governor during a sexual harassment scandal. andrew cuomo had also previously b

the u. s. is among the latest. we knew that it was just a matter of time before the 1st case of armor chron would be detected in the united states. and as you know, we know i've been saying it and my colleagues on the medical team and others have been saying, we know what we need to do to protect people get vaccinated if you're not already vaccinated, get boosted if you've been vaccinated for more than 6 months with a name or a day, or 2 months with j and j, and all the other things we've been talking about, we're getting your children vaccinated. masking in indoor congregate settings. the women's tennis association has suspended all its tournaments in china. a decision was made over concerns for the welfare of former doubles world number one, pen schwein. she had accused a form of vice premier of sexual assault. if i be t, a head said plays and stuff could face risks in china. the south korean and u. s. defense shapes have met in soldiers straight in the decades, strengthened rather the decades long military lines

and the u. s. has reported omicron and 5 states, including one person in hawaii who had no history of travel. president biden, as announced, tied to restrictions for international travelers. run a fight is variance with science and speed. not chaos and confusion. just like we beat back over 19 in the spring and more powerful variant deliver in the summer and fall. as result, we enter this winter from a position of strength compared to where america was last winter. and the last christmas you're the one percent of american adults for fully vaccinate this christmas. that number will be 7072 percent, including more than 86 percent of seniors the most vulnerable population. the bible and ministration has been forced to resurrect donald trump's controversial remain in mexico policy following a court order. it requires asylum seekers to stay outside the u. s. while they wait for the hearings. yes, section state anthony lincoln has met russia's foreign minister. so they lab wrong . as the divide between m

u. s. says is diplomats will not be attending the beijing winter olympics. china has promised the firm response. ah, don't o'clock. that is, how does your a life know also come and where we wanted vaccines? they just kept, you know, giving us the crumbs from the, our table and south africa's president head south, the government's over, their failure to deliver on promises of coven, 19 vaccines for africa. gambia and police via gas or protest as he refused to accept president the dumb of barrows re election and the by the ministration revives a policy that will keep migrants in mexico while that asylum cases are reviewed. ah, so us diplomats will not be attending next year's winter olympics and china, the white house confirmed the diplomatic boycott on monday, citing human rights atrocities and genocide and relating to the treatment of wisdom weakens and should jag, us athletes will still compete out the olympics. whitehouse cross one can be helicopters more from washington dc under pressure

how and why the u. s . was seeing things that we were not seeing if i have to compare san bites from before this info. and then at the nato meeting in riga, there was a big shift towards the u. s. version of things. while they are new wave of tensions comes as the u. s. on russian president prepared a talker by phone on tuesday. but joe biden, however, looks in no mood to negotiate. oh, of course the diplomacy is out and red lines are there to be crossed when the big bad wolf is planning a land grab ring a bell. a similar warning came in the spring when russian troops gathered for snap training exercises. and again, when military drills were conducted in crimea, and only recently moscow was supposedly the mastermind of a qu, in key of remember the currency of no mean either because it didn't happen. in fact, none of the predictions came true, but this time apparently it's different. this time, it's the real deal, and to feed the fair, they're even drawing up the kremlin battle plans the new year offensive.

the end of legal slavery was ratified by the u. s. congress through the 13th amendment. however, the global power and economic system remains shackled to a racist colonial logic. axiomatic, linked to the so called enlightenment which fostered genocide, so argues professor, kinda andrew's author of the new age of empire. now racism and colonialism still rule the well, he joins me now from the infamous slave town of birmingham in england. thank you so much. a professor andrew for coming on the show before i get to how you begin this book with the amazement of a b, b. c. news night presenter emily made lists of famous from introduce into being prince andrew actually or amazement about what you said about the enlighten with i better just ask you a quick be about barbados, which you, you delineate the genocide there of the calin. i go people in this new book, i, you say a majesty may be the premier symbol of whiteness on the planet. barbados, of course, was just became a republic why. ready only leave available independence was 50 years old. and the idea that you still get th

as for travelers flying to the u. s. the precise protocols are still being finalized. president biden is expected to speak on the issue on thursday for news views hughes. i'm alex mileage. ok to discuss it. we're going to packing our pen. ladon jones for georgia state lawmaker and steve brewer host, the steve group or show this and this is not about the current, i think we all at this point stage know that exist, no deniers, whatsoever. it's not even about the vaccine, whether it should be force, what i'm more concerned about, especially considering what we're hearing, possibly president bide canals tomorrow. it comes down to there's been no confirmed death hospital in hospitals in south africa. they're not overrun one case in the u . s, so far as they confirmed and he was vaccinated minor symptoms, yet this affects potentially on a business and travel and tourism will be vast. and in fact very, very harsh, sort of like what we saw the very beginning. so is this over reaction from the white house? do you feel the don? yo

the book mino, travelers to the u. s. will now have to adhere to title restrictions, the government's requiring everyone to show a negative code of $900.00 test within 24 hours of departure. health officials say vaccine me because i'm already working on contingency plans for the on the chrome variant, including a possible booster variant has been confirmed in at least 10 states. how does your castro has more and half on washington's fresh cases of ali cronner popping up coast to coast in the us from new york to california to many states and between. and particularly one case in hawaii in which the person who is infected has no recent travel history. so it is now undeniable. a community spread is happening. kennedy spread on the crown is happening in the united states and the chief white house medical advisor anthony found she talked about this in a briefing today, saying that the vaccine makers were already on top of this working on multiple plans to in the case of whether or not the current vaccines work, which is still

s. japan e u members and the u. k. have all imposed travel restrictions in an effort to slow the spread of omicron, but as the world knows, all. busy too well, the virus recognizes no borders, rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. and we're a challenge is in london with more on the curve at 19 search across europe. or mac, ron is spooking europe with the delta variance. the continent is already the global epicenter of the covered pandemic. again, leaders are worried. what extra was the new variance may bring despite hastily enforce travel restrictions. so sama considering new policies like legally mandating citizens to get vaccinated. i think it is understandable and appropriate to leave this discussion now and how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination and within the european union. this needs discussion. a 3rd of e, you citizens, a 150000000 people remained on vaccinated to many police found a land in order. what science tells us already is that full vaccination and boosters provide the str

the u. s. is relaxing, restrictions on people sending money home talk, gone, astonish, posed after the taliban took over in august ac and living that will now be able to thank cash remittances to friends and relatives. but it doesn't apply to charitable donations. money is a lifeline for many in afghanistan. and when is this, he has nobel peace prize of calling for better protection for journalists in the face of authoritarian governments. journalist maria arrest from the philippines and to meet from morocco from russia. the co recipients of this year's award recognized for their bravery and independence and the faith of continuous threat and intimidation. what's it for myself and the team here in london for now? we'll see you tomorrow. counting the cost is the program coming up next. on this thrice a new method of cremation is helping hinder, tradition become more and mine mentally, friend, and we visit a danish community into a taken sustainability to new heights. just over there on the horiz

the debate that's divided the u. s. for years, she can court his arguments on access to abortion. nato's hard line warning to russia. there will be serious consequences if it uses force against ukraine. and i'm devin. us with sport live up from our v for our cup studio on day 2 of the tournament. african champions, algeria made a strong start to their campaign with a foreigner, victory over suda. ah, the queen of ours caseload in south africa has doubled in a day with an 8500 positive tests were recorded on wednesday, up from about 4300 on tuesday, about 3 quarters of those cases. a thought to be the omicron variant, the discovery of that variances are to many countries closing their borders to travelers from south africa. un sasha general attorney, but harris has condemned travel bands, describing them as travel, a partied. what is even acceptable is to have when part of the world's debt is one of the most vulnerable parts of the world economy condemned to a lockout when they were the ones that revealed the existence o

u. s. personnel, along with coalition forces used several military bases across iraq. since the u. s . led invasion in 2003 to depose saddam hussein. the foreign forces play the major role in the fight against i cell, which occupied some parts of a rock before its defeat in 2017. now with the resurgence of ices sleeper cells in some areas as well as iranian intervention. the question is whether the pentagons mission shift will have an operational impact with abdullah had al jazeera but that the italian government is committing billions of dollars to transform one of europe largest steelworks into a hub for so called grains field. it's part of its plans to tackle climate change and reduce carbon emissions back to say the plant which has been linked to high cancer rates and toxic illusion should be closed altogether. atom rainy reports for the southern city of toronto. still works. italy casts a long shadow over the southern italian city of town and tow. courts have ruled at toxins from the complex are responsible for increased cancers in the area, but the foundries continue to pollu

so 1st, india in the u. s. have become the latest countries to confirm detection of the omicron strain. meantime in south africa, the country that identified the on the cranberry and 1st daily new covey cases have doubled in the last 24 hours. but everyday life of the less seems to be continuing pretty much as normal at the moment with shops and restaurants remaining open is a correspondent policy. it jim south africa off a case of the day. now this is a 20 percent increase from what the figures were just a few days ago before the commute van conner was discovered the carolina wifi. so you'd imagine that south africa to wait, find her 1st came forward, and i've been to type in the strain. you'd have people here who are just to fight it the way strong or open. nobody sep, social discipline thing. nobody is wearing moss. i'm one of the few people can just, i think i'm the only thing is wearing them off and even that is on my turn being out is, is a risk. it is right. but you can also not limit your life for livin

the u. s. x intel officer is not buying any of it? can you can read his thoughts and auntie don't comp now we've discussed the latest diplomatic spot with michael maloof. he's a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the u. s. secretary of defense. he says, this is a case of double standards. i think that out by this constant harassment in the black sea, in an area half way remove from from the united states and going right up against the borders of the russian federation. i think it really isn't aggressive move. the exercise in the black sea area was in response to the failures and the expulsion of the united states from afghanistan. so the united states has to show re assertiveness that it's still a leader in the so called free world. it lacks any recognition really, spheres of influence, just like if the russians were to come in to the area of gulf of mexico tomorrow, you could believe that there would be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth in washington. the united states feels that it can do it to others, but i

s. more now on the u. s. diplomatic boycott or the paging winter olympics, it's been now from michael swain, his director of the east asia program, the quincy institute. he says, the boy coach will not force any change in china. i think it will have virtually now are, are 0 impact on, on their policies and she job and or their policies in hong kong. although i think that the justification for this kind of an action by the united states or, or something somewhat less than that. i would have said might have been better for the united states to extent it's china, ambassador chinese m a u. s. about sort of a ging to the, to the event and him not make any statements at the event to just be there. but that's, you know, that's a judgment call, but i think that, you know, that's, they're not, they, they can't do that now. so they're, they're walked into a situation where they just have to go through the deployment of the chinese to take. they could refuse to send their own athletes to different games. it could tak