in south africa, presidents city rama poses, as the clerk helped put south african, the path to democracy who was illegal or ha potty that was largely discredited in relation to the role that the national party played in and forcing up parties. but he had the courage to step away from the path that his party that he led had embarked upon. ah, let's bring in august. all of them are joining us from johannesburg. tim b, suffolk, who day is a senior research fellow at africa's yet dialogues. kim halla is a political. anna is an author of no white lies black politics and white. paula and mozilla laquatta, president of congress, of the people and a member of south african parliament would welcome to you all the missa. why is it that people in south africa continued to be divided about the legacy of the clack? whoa, former present to click has been a device of figure for the fact that he was the leader of the national park, which was enough to corner terminated political party. it was inevitable that he, at his death he will caught a divided opinion and dare him being the last update president.

there is travel from south africa across the globe and there are many rising cases in south africa at the moment so we will need to be very aware and look for it carefully in all of the data coming through.— for it carefully in all of the data coming through. current vaccines have been _ coming through. current vaccines have been designed _ coming through. current vaccines have been designed to _ coming through. current vaccines have been designed to target - coming through. current vaccines have been designed to target the i have been designed to target the spike protein from the original strain. some of the mutations in this new variant meaning the virus can spread more easily or make the vaccine less effective. jabs still provide protection against other variants of concern and can be tweaked if needed. it is variants of concern and can be tweaked if needed. it is highly unlikely they _ tweaked if needed. it is highly unlikely they will _ tweaked if needed. it is highly unlikely they will not - tweaked if needed. it is highly unlikely they will not have - tweaked if needed. it is

right now in south africa. we may be overestimating its prevalence because of the recent uptick in cases in south africa. there's a presumption many of those cases are this new variant. but it may well be the case that south africa could also exhibiting a surge of delta infection after they relaxed some of their recent mitigation following the big surge of deta. this probably isn't that prevalent around the world. i would still exer size the same cautions as before. i think the biggest risk to travelers right now is given the uncertainty around the world, and the fact that countries are reacting so briskly, if you do end up being positive overseas, you could find yourself stuck in a very onerous quarantine relative to where we were maybe one or two weeks because. because i think countries are behaving with no frilz right now and trying to control the spread of this new variant. and they're taking pretty drastic measures in certain cases. >> brennan: so the c.d.c. said this variant has not been detected here yet

i just a reminder of our top stories to south south africa. the president has criticized border closures following the discovery of a new strain of the virus describing it is completely unjustified. ceramic also says has been a rise in cove in 1900 cases since on the crone was identified cases and now been found in more than 10 countries and a number have added travel restrictions, all foreigners on our bond from entering israel for 2 weeks. talk us infectious disease official, anthony fancy has been meeting with president joe biden, he told button it will take about 2 weeks to get definitive information on the transmission ability of the, on the card various on a positive, just close in home. do us where people are choosing who will replace the present one, orlando hernandez, his time in office has been played by chronic unemployment, violence and allegations of corruption left his candidates. jamara castro is hoping to ask the governing right wing and national party and become on doris. first female president, her rival is the current mayor

this was first detected in south africa. the health minister there issued an alert yesterday saying this variant has had an unusually high number of mutations. >> b.1.1.529 is named as a variant of concern because it has some concerning properties. this variant has a large number of mutations. and some of these mutations have some worrying characteristics. right now, there are many studies that are underway. there's a lot of work that is ongoing in south africa and in other countries to better characterize the variant itself in terms of transmissibility, in terms of severity, and any impact on our counter measures like the use of diagnostics, therapeutics or vaccines. >> cnn has a team of correspondents covering this breaking news for us. we have david mckenzie in south africa, pete muntean is tracking this at the airports. let's begin with arlette saenz in nantucket with the president. what does the president want americans to know about this new variant at this hour. >> reporter: president biden is trying to show they are

i agree with the south african - with the south african president that i do not think these bans are justified. president that i do not think these bans arejustified. even if there are important questions to answer about the new variant we know a lot about covid—i9, we know how it transmits, have treatments and tests and vaccines, have a lot of different tools at our disposal now in november 2021 but we did not have early on in the pandemic so i do not think that we should be going back to these blunt tools that penalise countries like south africa, which has been really diligent and transparent in alerting the world to this new threat and also, will damage the country's economy. i think we have better tools to do this but unfortunately this type of knee—jerk reaction is common among politicians and i think it is unfortunate.— it is unfortunate. that's interesting _ it is unfortunate. that's interesting because - it is unfortunate. that's i interesting because when it is unfortunate. that's - interesting because when you say we know how to deal with these things, with omicron,

they insist, it's not a south african variant. and that it is elsewhere in the global community that instead of being applauded, south africa has now been push on the blacklist policy r, r t, johannesburg, south africa and advice at the italian health authorities says the co preventative measures are only having limited impact on the do strain and this could be our reality for many years to come in while the u. k. is re introducing quarantine and a government mandated hotel for people coming from south africa or the british health. secretary also believes co, it's going to be with us since some foam forever. he was asked to learn to live with coven, we will never defeat it. we have to learn to live with it. we have to learn to live with it. as we have learned to live with flu, of course, it is not flu, and we need to learn more about in cases of omnicom have already been discovered in germany in belgium, the czech republic. and there are at least 13 cases in the netherlands that came after a flight of individuals came in from sout

the people of the south bronx are practical, not ideological. we care first and foremost about bread—and—butter concerns like health and safety, schools and jobs. you know, when i won my primary injune of 2020, i publicly said that i would not be here were it not for my mother who struggled and sacrificed and suffered so that i could have a better life. she raised you as a single mum in substandard public housing, which, frankly, made you ill because there was so much mould and damp. you had two brothers who were imprisoned. you had friends who lost their lives to drugs. you came out as a teenager as gay in a community which didn�*t accept the idea that you could be or should be gay. i�*m just wondering at what point in that very difficult upbringing you decided, "hey, i want to be a politician." well, the formative experience of my life was growing up in public housing. and in new york city, public housing is the greatest safety net of affordable housing that we have. the new york city housing authority, commonly known as nycha, which m

many of which are so far from south africa. so they feel that this targeting of people of afghan descent is deliberate and has been repeated throughout this pandemic and that it might be extending to whenever there's a new variant that's come in that everyone else from the african continue tent is a target, at risk, when they're traveling especially in the west, in north america, in europe, that that's a real fear. which might explain why somebody like me who flew in from east africa is still required to test and getting an email from the health ministry here in france saying, you came from a country where a variant was discovered, when that's just not true. >> yeah. that's shocking. >>> listen, really appreciate your perspective there. larry madowa joining us live from paris. >>> and israel is now barring foreigners from entering the country for two weeks due to fears over the omnicron variant. the move starting sunday night makes israel the first country to completely shut its borders in response to the new variant. israel is

and south eastern _ from six nations in south and south eastern africa. south africa, botswana, lesotho, eswatini, zimbabwe and namibia add the six countries and one of dash-mac— add the six countries and one of dash—mac involved. from this weekend flights— dash—mac involved. from this weekend flights will _ dash—mac involved. from this weekend flights will start up again but anyone — flights will start up again but anyone coming of most countries will have to _ anyone coming of most countries will have to self— anyone coming of most countries will have to self isolate to make sure they have — have to self isolate to make sure they have not had the virus. the health they have not had the virus. t“i9 health secretary was asked if other countries might be involved in future and he did not rule it out. we have had news this morning that israel had banned flights from a slightly different group of countries and said there had been two cases of people detected with this variant coming in from malawi, in south—east africa. that this variant

south africa _ as a coach. it's a good grasp of. south africa are _ as a coach. it's a good grasp of. south africa are the _ as a coach. it's a good grasp of. south africa are the number - as a coach. it's a good grasp of. | south africa are the number one as a coach. it's a good grasp of. - south africa are the number one site in the world and they are the world champions but for one final evening at twickenham england will be out to knock them off that perch. revenge or not. so another big weekend of international rugby union ahead. scotland hostjapan at one o clock tomorrow. confirmation there of england's clash with south africa. then later at half past five wales take on australia. and after their thrilling win over the all blacks last weekend ireland host argentina on sunday. worcester are expecting a near capacity crowd of around 9,000 fans on sunday when england women take on the united states. it'll be extra special for the worcester winger lydia thompson who'll gain her 50th cap in the game at sixways. it's been quite a few weeks for england's winning.

south central has now asked the government for military support. armed forces have helped ambulance services in other parts of england, wales and scotland, and have supported hospitals in northern ireland. and hospitals are also under immense pressure in other parts of the uk, with record waits for non urgent treatment. things are already very, very difficult in the health service. it is compromising patient safety. it is compromising quality of service. ministers in england say they're helping by providing more money. we put extra funding in, {5.4 billion, for this winter period, just to basically help with the processes, help to get extra staff in, and you know, also help with more ambulance staff, but of course, it's difficult to do that at short notice. governments in all parts of the uk say they're aware of the challenges and are doing their best to support ambulance services, but with winter coming, the pressure is likely only to get worse. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. south africa's last white president

from eight south african countries. it suspended visas to those countries, as well. even korean nationals coming back from those countries have to do a ten-day quarantine in a government facility. and we're seeing similar in other countries, as well. and ironically, many countries across asia were just starting to open up. here in south korea, just four weeks ago, they unveiled the policy of living with covid. suddenly, there were no curfews anymore on most businesses and there was a larger group of people could start to gather as well. and the same with australia, for example. they had just started to open up their international borders, having been sloisolated for so y months. so what we'll see here is that coming to a screeching halt. in fact, we have some restrictions being put in already here in south korea. it was going to be in a couple of weeks, we would decide whether or not to go phase ii. i spoke to the national institutes of health, and one of the main things they dmneed to is get boosters to many people ove

to rush to leave south africa. my family generally as a whole, is ready, deflated by the entire situation. disappointed, not feeling as though wishing catch a break. we haven't seen each other, the 3 is many have struggled through a slump in the economy because of previous travel bands and lock downs. and the now uncertain about how the new army cron variant will affect them. some been civil leveling and. and then let's go and get vaccinated, especially people my age, so we can protect ourselves. that's all i can say. i know we all have our opinions about the vaccines, but on my side, i want to get vaccinated. but there's been a slower than expected vaccination rate in south africa, slightly more than 40 percent of adults have had at least one job. in terms of um, vaccinations. i'd say no it's, it's some of the choice whether it's a big needle not with lead to, to too much or 2 people to get in. did it did big sneeze it at this point. because the living in lake ivy league schools do full drug look right now. his ad

so far, dozens of infections have been identified in south africa. while in botswana, the government says the new virus was found in several foreign nationals on a diplomatic visit. while the south african government says it respects the decision taken by the u. k and other countries to limit travel to and from the region. and that precautionary measures may be necessary. it says the decision is rushed the action of countries in terms of imposing travel beds and such measures are completely against the knobs and standards. as guided by the wealth organization, a possible 4th wave, compounded by the new variant may further strain and already overwhelmed health system in south africa. the leader miller, i'll just 0 janice, but ah, let's bring in our gas in johannesburg, helen rees, chair of the world health organizations, regional immunization, technical advisory for africa, and member of the south african ministerial advisory committee for covey and covey vaccine. a last so u. k. julian tang, clinical biologist of the university of lester and robert,

he mentioned south africa. passengers in south africa have been scrambling to find flights out of the country as world leaders announce tighter border controls. the netherlands says 61 people who arrived in amsterdam on two flights from south africa have tested positive for covid—i9. further testing is being carried out to see if they are cases of the omicron variant. caroline davies reports. it is all taking... stuck on an aeroplane as the authorities grapple with what to do next. jack was one of 600 passengers who were stopped at shippable airport yesterday after flying from south africa. they were kept in the terminal for hours waiting for the results of new pcr test. jack is one of 61 people the authorities have said are positive despite being double jabbed and testing negative before flying. people were crying, babies were crying, and the said, you're going to a quarantine hotel in amsterdam and we were put into the back of a van, a minibus kind of van, that had come to be fair, it looked like clingfilm

of being applauded south africa has now been push on the blacklist policy r t to hannah's book, south africa and adviser to the italian health authorities says that current preventative measures are only having a limited impact on the new strain, and this could be our reality for years to come. meanwhile, the u. k. is re introducing quarantine in a government mandated hotel for people arriving from south africa. and the british health secretary also believes coverage is going to be with us for in some form forever. he was asked to learn to live with coven. we will never defeat it. we have to learn to live with it. we have to learn to live with it. as we have learned to live with flu, of course, it is not flu, and we need to learn more about in cases of omnicom have already been discovered in germany in belgium, the czech republic. and there are at least 13 cases in the netherlands that came after a flight of individuals came in from south africa. now, in a separate development dutch pleased to raid plain just before it was about to take off after it emerged that 2 of the passengers on

a few spots in wales and the south—west. sunny spells in east anglia and the south—east. a cold day across eastern parts. temperatures were covering to 10 degrees in belfast and glasgow. that is a sign of things to come. mild air with the cloud. overnight temperatures lived up towards the south—east after an early frost once the weather front moves breathe. it is a warm front. that is what we find ourselves in on tuesday. —— moves through. there will be a lot of cloud around and the chance of rain. on tuesday the rain will gather in northern ireland, scotland, the north of england and wales. some of it will turn heavier. double figure temperatures but this area of rain is a cold run that will move its way south. introducing cold air across the uk. coastal gales in places and wintry showers around. this is bbc news with the latest headlines... the uk government promises it will be christmas as normal despite the discovery of the omicron variant of coronavirus. from tuesday, people in england will once again have to wear masks in shops and on public transport — the

what does it say about south africa? does it say that the wounds of the past still remained there in the country? >> i think it is really important when we look at the life of an individual to see what should he have prioritized. we were more concerned about how to get out of the trap apartheid had placed all over us. many people had already lost their lives along the road we covered, but there was also a huge risk that if we did not manage the transition out of apartheid, we could also contribute to the deaths of millions of black, white, colored sections of the population. the choice we had to make was to manage the transition such that we saved as many lives as was possible and saved an opportunity that could make it possible for us to reconstruct south african society and enable us to enjoin -- enable us to join a community of nations and remember it forever as a decoration rather than a disaster, all of us. >> ok, i see your point. this argument that at least the transition saved us from a descent into anarchy and a

ah and you corona virus, variance in south africa, countries ban flight. so scientists warning could be even more resistant to vaccines. ah, i'm robinson, this is audra 0 live from doha. also coming up reports of a fall coup in kurdistan will have the latest from the capital. the skag for migrant crisis to political crisis. france counsels talks with the u. k over how to deal with the problem plus, ah, egypt and veils it's ancient path of god with lavish parade. with scientists, a warning, a new corona virus very detected in south africa, can spread more easily. and it's better able to be vague vaccines, israel and singapore are among the latest countries to impose travel restrictions on southern african countries. but he wants to use emergency powers to stop travel that comes up to the united kingdom, announced travel bands of its own. we will be suspending all flights from 6 southern african countries and we will add in those countries to the travel read list. those countries are south africa, namibia recessive, s what teeny. and is involved way and for

it's abrupt and it's not good for tourism for south africa. with these regulations we've passed last night. people up front to keep trying to get back into the south african scientists say they're worried existing vaccines may not be effective. and the new variance may spread easily. genomics and south africa has been outstanding throughout this whole pandemic period. and that's why we've been able to identify when changes occur. the fact that we are able to identify changes quickly is good news is good news for the world. but we must be careful that we don't then jumped the conclusion of, well, that equals, it came from here, it came from there. and it means that we need to understand much more about this. so far, dozens of infections have been identified in south africa. while in botswana, the government says the new virus was found in several foreign nationals on a diplomatic visit. while the south african government says it respects the decision taken by the u. k and other countries to limit travel to and from the region. and that precauti

we'll get some sense because of riwhat's happening in south afra because about 37% of south africansof are vaccinated. we should find out in the next two or three weeks is the protection that they're having somewhat better than the unvaccinated people? that data the's going to start to emerge, and it'll work in the laboratory and askbe if you took serum from somebody who's been vaccinated, does it actually neutralize that virus in the lab. and that'll take another another two or three weeks. so stay tuned, there's no reason to panic, but there's a great reason to go get boosted. >> host: and someis thoughts on the new variant on social media. this tweet says the majority of people dying are unvaccinated and theri majority of infections are ined the unvaccinated, so wy should they be allowed to infect others? cynthia betweens: i'm glad dr. fauci is finally speaking out on "face the nation." he pointed out those who question science are attacking facts and reality and this behavior is close sieve to every facet ---- corrosive to every facet of society. johnn says, if omicron was like ebo

the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it is summer here, and the tourist industry was hoping for a big boost after two richard years of lockdowns and red listings. no wonder south africa's foreign minister has criticised the travel ban, calling it rushed, economically damaging, and are urging britain to reconsider. not that that seems very likely, at least not in the short term. today, south africa is gearing up for a likely fourth wave, dominated by this new variant, but scientists here insist that trying to isolate countries or regions makes no practical sense. we saw with the delta variant that within three weeks, 53 countries were reporting cases of the delta variant, so stopping travel from one country or a small group of countries very soon becomes superfluous. it's really not the solution. but could there be one upside to the arrival of this new variant? in recent months, south africa's vaccine roll—out has slowed down. it is the same in other african countries, partly down to a shortage of vaccines, but also due

man: there is, of course, a big coal-mining industry in south africa. it is multi-faceted, from mining to transportation of coal tall kinds of services in communities that have built up around the coal-mining towns of south africa. the coal-mining sector has been an extremely successful example of black economic empowerment, and now suddenly they've been told, "no, no, the future is green, the future is not coal." for them, this is a disaster because of their new investments into the coal sector that they see as possibly becoming stranded assets. [crowd chanting indistinctly] man: oh, the challenges that we find ourself into would be the low salaries to our members, and as the union, our role and responsibility is to fight for job security. the mines, some of them are closing because they are saying the export price has dropped and so on, so forth, the coal price has dropped, and so on, so forth. we are of the view that the price has been manipulated. week ago, the president was addressing a watered-back region, that we had mines in that area that can r

-- by south africa last week? (202) 748-8000, the line for those of you who are vaccinated. (202) 748-8001 for on vaccinated viewers and listeners. this is from politico. omicron raises concerns about global vaccine equity and hesitancy. global health experts say the emergence of variant is a byproduct of unheeded warnings about vaccine and equity they have said could fuel public health crises in the developing world and prolong the covid-19 pandemic. africa remains the most under vaccinated region of the world with 7% of its people fully immunized. north america has vaccinated about 54% of its population. they write further in that article that, after waiting for supplies for months, south africa now has enough doses of pfizer and johnson & johnson vaccines but the number of people getting the shot is about 120 thousand per day, less than half of the government target. immunizations are lagging, making the young adult cohort vulnerable to the very end. some african officials are annoyed that, instead of enabling

south to south 880, a crash blocking the right lane in the clearing stages. they should have that out of the road way in the next minutes. san mateo bridge, trouble spot on 92 before the toll plaza. everything seems to be to the side of the road way, not affecting your ride getting on the span. a live look at the san mateo bridge, 14 minutes between 880 and 101, still moving at okay pace despite the trouble spot. metering lights are off, easy ride into san francisco and no delays into the city. >>> good morning. i've got the warriors, what happened last night when the star of the team needed help? the rest of the warriors to the rescue. last night all hands on joe buck and john smoltz welcoming you back to the city center convenience mart. heather's moment has arrived, and you just hope all that training pays off. heather lays down her purchase but randy rings it up as slowly as he can. uh-oh. yup, she's looking at the cigarettes. there's nothing good back there. heather's arm is in motion. but she just grabs the gum off the counter. that's a slick move. even

south—central has now asked the - south—central has now asked the government for military support. armed forces have helped ambulance services in other parts of england, wales and scotland and have supported hospitals in northern ireland. and hospitals are also under immense pressure in other parts of the uk, with record waits for nonurgent treatment.- for nonurgent treatment. things are already very. _ for nonurgent treatment. things are already very. very — for nonurgent treatment. things are already very, very difficult _ for nonurgent treatment. things are already very, very difficult for - for nonurgent treatment. things are already very, very difficult for the i already very, very difficult for the health service. it is compromising patient safety. it is compromising quality of service. we patient safety. it is compromising quality of service.— quality of service. we put extra fundin: quality of service. we put extra funding and, £5.4— quality of service. we put extra funding and, £51» billion, - quality of service. we put extra funding and, £51» billion, for i qua

wales have also named their team for the match against south africa. ellisjenkins will make his first appearance in three years on saturday at the principality stadium. the cardiff flanker is one of six changes from last weekend's 54—16 defeat against new zealand. details of both squads are on the bbc sport website. tottenham begin a new era tonight with newly appointed manager antonio conte in the dugout to lead them in their europa conference league match against vitesse. the former chelsea manager joined spurs on tuesday, just a day after the sacking of nuno espirito santo, who had been in thejob forjust four months. captain hugo lloris says conte has risen expectations at the club. 0bviously, obviously, there is a lot of excitement, not only from the players but from all the club, from all the fans. figs players but from all the club, from all the fem-— players but from all the club, from all the fan— all the fans. as i said before, you know, all the fans. as i said before, you know. his — all the fans. as i said before, you know. his cv _

the bbc�*s world affairs editor, john simpson, travelled to a clinic in the hills south of kabul. the clinic here in musayyib is typical of the local health care system that was built up in the last 20 years with foreign help. not much to look at maybe, but highly effective. and then the taliban got back into power. instantly, the world bank, which had been paying for almost the whole of afghanistan's health care, cut off the flow of cash to the country. this is the result. up to nine million people could be on the verge of famine. unicef was saying up to one million children could die of malnutrition. it's a humanitarian catastrophe is what it is. with no international money coming in, clinics like this are in dire trouble. this is the pharmacy. normally, the cupboards would be packed with medicines. now they're running out really fast. the collapsing economy and the foreign sanctions against the taliban mean people can't buy food. the result is malnutrition, and it's starting with the children. translation: there will be a huge health crisis. - there will be no medicine and peop

his apology to black south africans is very late. >> do you think that white south africans should look at him with a negative i? he would have been a person that could have led white south africans out of this history of apartheid with more reconciliation and transparency and a willingness to work with everyone. but as you say, that wasn't the days. should they be somewhat better? -- bitter? >> certainly a beautiful as it was written speaking from the perspective of a white south african about what a wasted opportunity he had in terms of bringing white south africans along into creating over the equal and united south africa. >> its a good point that you make. it could have been a very valuable learning experience for people around the world, not just in south africa. we appreciate your time and insights. thank you. >> encouraging but far from enough. that is the u.n. secretary general assessment of what has been agreed to so far at cop 26 in glasgow, scotland. nation climate promises ring hollow while they continue to invest in oil, gas in -- oil, gas and coal. they are accelerating a

towardsthe south . and so that makes it a very interesting political question also humanitarian capacity planning for seoul. do you attempt to open the borders in order to allow refugees or really koreans to pass into the cities in the north? or not? we see that the population quickly figured out over time in this scenario that there border crossings are open and especially long journey from the east coast maybe to the west coast becomes much more possible to move to south korea just to cross the dmz for those people so we do see larger numbers in that direction. >> .interesting stuff. next question if we have time for one more question. this one is directed at not anybody in particular but i think it should go to seong-ho. the question is how would you discuss the high degree of attention the trump administration assigned to summit meetings with north korea and the lack of public attention to north korean relations by the biden administration? what conclusions do you draw regarding theappropriate us po

>>> a new coronavirus variant in south africa. why scientists are concerned and why it's ricochetting through global financial markets. >>> defying beijing. five american lawmakers spend thanksgiving in taiwan amplifying the tension between the u.s. and china. >>> and is black friday your best bet to get what you want? you have to go to an actual store. could a series of smash and dash robberies keep people away? good morning and welcome to a special thanksgiving friday edition of "early start." i'm christine romans. laura jarrett has the day off. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we have reports this morning from hong kong, california, france, istanbul, capitol hill, rome and virginia as only we can. but we start with breaking news this morning from johannesburg. serious concern about a new coronavirus variant detected in south africa. scientists worried because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people. remember, lower vaccination rates allow the virus to mutate more easi

ah, the south african president has demanded an immediate end to travel bands. he is called unjustified and discriminatory against his country and its neighbors. sir, i'm a fossa address the nation after a highly mutated variant of co. 19 was identified by scientists there, and governments rushed to close their borders to southern africa in response. we are deeply disappointed by the decision of several countries to prohibit travel from a number of southern african countries including our own following the identification of the army corn variant. this is a clear and completely unjustified departure from the commitment that many of these countries made at the meeting of the g 20 countries in rome last month. and his latest remarks, the world health organization, again urged against sudden travel bands saying it will take time to know if the army kron variant is more transmissible or causes or worse symptoms. cases of the variance have now been confirmed in more than 10 countries. on opposite sides of the world, a south african doctor who raised the alarm about on

the south african variant although it was never proven it originated from south africa. it was just detected here. same thing with the current variant. the consequences were terrible for the economy. tourists went down big time. it was a big hit for the economy and south africa is still recovering. theres a massive unemployment cris. there is a potty -- a poverty isis. in other variant, that is very bad. that will bring more restrictions. that could be a big problem for south africa once again . >> reporting from cape town. thank you. let's look at the other stores we are following. russian authorities have caught up -- have called off a search for miners trapped underground after an explosion of a coal mine in siberia. the death toll has risen to 52 including rescue workers. more than 200 people were brought to safety. bangladesh has sent a further -- refugees to the bay of bengal. the government began transporting people a year ago and says the island can accommodate 100,000 inhabitants. pope francis is in lebanon where he met with prime minister -- the prime minister

my grandfather, born in 1921 in south carolina, experienced a very different south carolina. he had to get off the sidewalk when a white person was coming. he couldn't look you in the eye. my mother was born in 1944, during a time where all the water fountains were colored or white. but by the time i am in high school where we had tension, you also had people sitting together and hanging out. fast-forward to my nephew, who is just graduated from every school in the world, georgia tech, duke, emory, and now he's at tufts in his second-year of residency, right? and here's a kid, when i brought all of his friends to lunch after graduation, it looked like the united nations. i can't look at that and say, "boy, we're going backwards." it's absolutely not true. we are going forward by leaps very quickly. i look at the fact that we've elected the first african-american president. i'm the first african-american to be ever elected to congress and the united states senate in the htory of the country. we've seen so much progress. we have so much to celebrate. we're also, by the way, the

south africa is a _ tomorrow is a struggle. south africa is a huge _ tomorrow is a struggle. south africa is a huge destination i africa is a huge destination for both business and also visiting friends and relatives and we are coming up to the christmas period, so there is a lot of stress for passengers out there and many of them will not be able to get home before quarantine comes in.— quarantine comes in. there are still many _ quarantine comes in. there are still many questions _ quarantine comes in. there are still many questions about - quarantine comes in. there are still many questions about the | still many questions about the omicron variant copy while the well�*s scientist work to answer them, the well�*s governments are trying to buy their countries more time. caroline davies, bbc news. a powerful storm that's hit britain is now known to have killed at least three people. gale force winds of up to a hundred and sixty kilometres an hour brought down trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes across scotland, northern england, the midlands and w

welcome to here in south africa. this is because on the saw people falling in the south african variance and they will say, no, it's not me. and i'll find 2 and i, expert folk songs that they were able to get up to. to be honest enough to hold the world hope gratian and very much the feeling here in south africa for the last few days following these travel ban has been that south africa actually being left by the speakers. all concerning what we have seen is that in fiction care in south africa have morning suppose in recent days, the last official figures who have awful sundays when they with 2800 new cases and the complaints with the 500 hello late today. the hospital finishing that, they expect a lot of pressure in the next 2 to 3 weeks. and they also expect moving team panels and you have to be in the at the same time, you still have thousands of south africa. i'm supposed to be in israel until the 7th of december. so i'm sitting in a bit of a predicament because i don't know if my life will be able to fly or not

his south africa. but do you think that south africa is ready for the concept of a government of a coalition government? well, at the national level, i'm no cut so at that of the ready. but at the municipal level they've already started negotiation. not only this election, but in a bit of a selection, so they are ready for that. but for me, what's encouraging is the willingness of the bigger parties to accept defeat intercept that they have to enter into negotiations with one of parties. but i like to disagree with you, i should, when you said that the action essay and e f, f i showing that they're moving much more strongly the other much is i don't think so. even if it has not been given a clear mandate by anyone to run a municipality compensated but it should say, because then you give them a blog and have managed a number of, of votes, but no question whether the f f is growing and that is a flavor it to us a phase who remains a very strong party, but for me to pull a reservation within the blue cro

in an author from the south side and i am a first lady from the south side of chicago and that is why this project is so incredibly important to me and my husband. it allows us to live out the values we learn right here and that is to give back something big and important and meaningful to the community is given us so much. so for us the obama presidential center means a lot more than just creating a space to house memories number eight years in the white house. this substantial investment in the south side will help make the neighborhood where we call home, destination and for the entire world. but more importantly this project as the governor said, will be a vital resource for the people who live right here, the opc will be a place for the folks can find work and more kids can learn and grow and envision a bigger lives for themselves. where families can walk and ride a bike or have a reunion in the grass. where everyone can find home and beauty and peace and safety. when i was a little girl, even younger than zell wilson, going rep this aside, we didn't have a lot of places like tha

many believe south africa's been treated unfairly. the government is worried, the global reaction has caused unnecessary panic. it says it's begun talks with the european union and the united kingdom on the latest round of travel bands saying other countries didn't receive the same treatment. when you variance would take to elsewhere. for me to mila, i'll to 0 johannesburg. dr. oscar elaine is an epidemiologists and us public health official. he told us earlier, he understands south africa's position, but governments are right to act on what they know about the new variant. you have a variant which has about 30 mutations on the spite protein. so that alone is alarming. or there's concerned because of not much information about it, about it's rapid rate of spread. in addition, unknown whether there will be more implications on the treatments that are available. will it disable or make the vaccine effort minimize or, or lessened, or even the anti react monochrome antibodies would be other treatments? will it have a negative impact? so w

in south africa, the meter miller. i'll g 0 johanna, but ah, let's bring in a gas in johannesburg, helen rees, chair of the world health organizations, regional immunization, technical advisory for africa, and member of the south african ministerial advisory committee for covey and coven vaccine. a last, so u. k. julian tang clinical biologist of the university of lester and robert as the dean abraham director of med biotech and medical biotechnology laboratory. thank you all for joining us. helen. since the new variant army crohn was identified, it's panic and exile. anxiety globally is because of the mutations themselves, or because this is an uncharted territory for the health community. well, i don't think it is an uncharted territory anymore. unfortunately, i think we've had quite a lot of these scares that the emergence of new variance, if you recall good thinking back to what happened in india. so it's not uncharted, but it is concerning. and we're going to have to do a lot more research to really understand wha

there's no shortage of vaccine supplied south africa. what there is a lot of backseat hesitancy, same thing we're seeing in central and eastern europe and a lot of that is driven by lack of trust in the vaccine. and in the governments promotion the vaccination. i think there's something about the messaging. i think that education is key because we do still have a lot of hesitant people not wanting to take the vaccine. and also just really, it just seemed quite unfair that it's still mandate. nice is now mandatory, that health work is should have the vaccine. i think it should also include education, if not all that vaccinated the monday, we will not stop from that perspective on natur section 7 know frontiers. that is the very meeting of the panoramic viruses are not so interesting. unfortunately, certain governments are funeral of mine is a rescue was killed in last week's mine. explosion inside barrier being held, the instant claimed the lives of 51 people and there was still an ongoing search for more victims. with more in the story,

and for the south bay, san jose, same for you. we are looking at mid 60s with clouds and then rain returns for you a little bit later by this evening. daytime highs, cool and below average with upper 50s to low to mid 60s for later today. tracking that atmospheric river, subtropical moisture really aimed right at the bay area. that's why at widespread rain and strong winds. taking you hour by hour through the day, here is your noon hour and we are looking at the clouds streaming in. here we are as we look to late afternoon at 5:00 p.m. for north bay, coast, parts of the bay area, starting to see the rain first. here is 8:00 p.m. you can see rain pushing in. late tonight, widespread rain and heavy downpours. this is 11:00 tonight. tomorrow morning, scattered showers and clearing by tomorrow in the afternoon. we are picking up as much as a quarter to half inch to one to two inches of rain with the system, strong winds with a wind advisory for most of the bay area starting at 7:00. we can see gusts up to about 45 miles per hour, not