my past caught up with me to solve the crisis d.c. and knocks on al-jazeera the new 00 of amnesty. and this is the news hour live from out headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes. russian peacekeepers head for nagorno karabakh. after a moscow brokered deal to end 6 weeks of fighting between on the union and azerbaijan, clashes on the streets of lima following the swearing in of a news briefing in president. taking its toll on mental health. new research says

one in 5 of those infected with the coronavirus risk anxiety, depression, and insomnia, and siad erekat. the man who negotiated on behalf of the palestinians for decades has died after contracting private. 99 people. still, middle school squarehead all be english football has resigned of the using a racist slur. world. speaking about the game in his country, on a russia is sending peacekeeping troops to the disputed region of new got nagorno-karabakh after the deal was reached between all meaning and as a by john to end weeks of fighting there. they are being deployed along the so-called line of contact in nagorno-karabakh, and will remain there for at least 5 years. they've also been celebrations in azerbaijan. as this trace will see armenia handover, control of 3 districts and return as ery forces will stop advancing towards the

state. the city of step on a cast. and on many of the protesters stormed the government in yerevan over that decision to give up territory, and they're demanding that the prime minister nichol passion and resign. asama binge of aid sent us this report from the as area capital back years in the making. other journeys are jubilant after the announcement of a deal to end the conflict in the corner or even physically stop some people from showing their joy. 100 thousands of displaced people who wanted to return seems possible to return to the place where my mother or grandmother were born from. and to me, i can't even describe this feeling expressed after steady gains on the battlefield. since september, the deal has been made possible, largely because of other by john's advanced military power. the president acknowledged his forces as he declared the conflict over

as a result of their heroes and self-sacrifice, we return to our learns that soldiers can recover soon and return to normal life have called it an armenian defeat, agreed, but russian relation with the deal will hold onto the areas of the fuelling. the recent fighting, i mean, year has agreed to withdraw from several other nearby areas. in the coming few weeks, russian peacekeepers will remain in the region, but an extended 5 years in return other by john will stop its advances and the guns on the front lines have fallen silent. as it would join the army that we are capable to liberate our troops, we have liberated. now we also showed that we have the political will to stop the hostilities and to continue negotiations. many people in the don't completely trust

russian peacekeepers and wanted their forces to retake all of the disputed nagorno-karabakh region. the turkish foreign minister called the deal a secret success as the president peacekeepers in addition to the russians. but it's not yet decided exactly how those troops will be deployed. azerbaijani say a few weeks of war have achieved more than 2 decades of diplomacy. but maintaining peace is not going to be easy as thousands of people have been killed in both sides . and more than a 1000000 have released based on what our media and others write on some of the jurors as they are talking. and on the other side, how to huldah tells me it is marching developments for us. and our media's capital . you had just people coming in how upset they were at some of the displaced who had escaped in other areas in the 6 weeks. and they told us that they felt betrayed by this

deal. that how did the prime minister accept such an agreement without consulting with the people? you know, it came as a surprise. it was midnight time time rather. and people just knew spread like wildfire, but they was no indication that the prime minister was heading towards that. you do get that sense of anger and also a sense of sadness, of loss of loss that is today restored and is, has been transferred to those who support still prime minister say that they want to hear more from him. they want to know why he did that. why after 6 weeks of fighting with such a big loss of human life, at least 1200 soldiers. why did at this point,

that it was enough to stop? now support is a peruse, ousted president, martin vickery i have poor onto the streets, to protest his removal demonstrations broke out as a new leader was sworn in that lead on my no marie, and i will stay in power until july, which would have been the end of this current stab, his car was removed from office over allegations that he accepted bribes when he was regional governor. he denies any wrongdoing. well, let's speak to our correspondent mariana sanchez. she's in the previous capital, lima for us. marianna. we've been watching these protesters take to the streets again, and his car does appear to be very popular. still amongst many peruvians. yes, i think that's one of the reasons, but another one is that people are fed up with corruption in the country. there are protests erupting in different cities from school to any, keep to trujillo, to all the major cities apart from lima in peru,

have people marching in the streets of people being arrested in the northern city of pewter and people have clashed with police in the perimeter of congress this morning, when a man is maybe no one has been sworn in as the new president. there is a recent history that of course, peruvians have very present in their, in their minds of corruption among the top leaders of the country. from him already in jail, from alan garcia, taking his life when he was going to be arrested from, you know, who's under house arrest. and the list goes on of precedents. and also now with members of congress that have a so many criminal investigations, 68 of 130 have criminal investigations. the president,

the new president of congress, alone, 52 criminal investigations pending. so people say that they will be protected, they will have immunity if they continue to be in congress, if they are able to now change the constitution to have another election to be reelected, which is bound by the constitutions of people are worried and they're very angry and of course this morning in a breeze, just brief speech. and we'll maybe know has said that they respect the rule of law, but certainly that is not what peruvians perceive. and that's why they are protesting in many streets around the country. around amid all of this political turmoil that we've been seeing, his car himself appears to have gone fairly quietly. so what's next for him? he did, he went quietly here and he said goodbye to prove ian's last night in the front of

the presidential palace. and he said that he was going to face the 2 investigations pending into different prosecutor's office. he said that he and his lawyer will be going to both to both prosecutor's office to face justice. but now for the 1st time, just a few minutes ago, he has questioned the legitimacy of the vote. something that he could have probably done last night before accepting that he was going home. so now he said that the only legitimacy of that vote last night should be given by the people. what could happen from then on. it's unclear, but the question, but the reality is that people are on the streets and they're very angry. mariana sanchez, there with all the latest for us from the previous capital. thank you so much.

well, the u.s. supreme court has been hearing arguments in the latest challenge against the affordable care act. now the landmark legislation known as obamacare was signed into law by the former president a decade ago. now, president trump and other republicans want it struck down more than 20000000, americans could lose their coverage if it is eliminated. a decision is expected on that by the end of june. next year. it's among the many priorities for president elect joe biden, as he navigates a challenging transition. mike hanna, is standing by for us in joe biden's, hometown of wilmington, delaware, but fast. let's go as who can really help that. she's at the white house. kimberly, we've been saying this is now the 7th challenge to the affordable care act. an 8 is talk us through the arguments that we're hearing this time. well, this is a lawsuit that was joined on to by the trumpet ministration. initially it was launched in $28.00 republican attorneys generals in various states,

headed by republicans and the pushback comes from the mandate, their requirements that this be in place for certain individuals in the united states. and so instead of challenging the law in and of itself, what they're challenging is that it's unconstitutional in nature, in terms of its mandate. so what we're hearing is these arguments are taking place at the supreme court is that at least 2 of the conservative judges, justice chief justice john roberts, as well as brett kavanaugh, the justice, they are entertaining, at least parts of this law as being constitutional and others potentially not now, as we know, the rulings often come many months later, usually in june. so we will not know the outcome of this for some time. but many have thought that this would be successful ultimately given the new makeup of the court being more conservative with the addition of judge amy kone beret, or rather just the same parent. but in fact,

we won't know that outcome. but already we're getting some signals that there may be some republicans on the court that are sympathetic to the democratic arguments to keep this intact. kimberly, we've been hearing from the president elect that health care is a huge part of his plan. of course, this is all happening as a substantial number of relatively high profile republicans are still refusing to recognize when, what does that mean for the attempt to transition? well it means 1st of all that survey republicans are not accepting the result of the vote and believe that donald trump is within his rights to challenge the results of the vote, particularly in places like pennsylvania where that has already taken place. we also know that their arguments going on in nevada and other states as well. what this is doing essentially is preventing joe biden's transition team from 2 things, gaining access and gaining money, which are both important parts of the transition. now the reason this is happening

is because of a bureaucrat in the general services administration who says until these votes are certified, she's not going to ascertain that this is actually happened. so what the argument be right now for republicans is look at news outlets don't get to call the election . this must be certified. that takes place in mid december. so until then expect that there is going to continue to be obstruction. white house correspondent committee. how could they, with all the latest? thanks, campaigning. let's now move to delaware, where mike hanna joins us live. mike, we are expecting to hear from president elect joe biden very shortly about what he's taken to calling biden. yes, indeed. he's been meeting here in the course of the morning at what has become the biden administration headquarters behind me here. he was joined about half an hour ago by his vice president elect commodore harris. so they are talking,

they are talking to staff virtual computers. so we are expecting to hear from him in the course of the day, specifically, he will address, we believe the whole question of a bomb or care as it was called then, and biden played a very large part in getting it put in place back in 2010, and yes, he wants to fine tune that particular legislation and make it in his own image as an incoming president. it's something that he's been discussing over the months with his staff, looking at various options that can fine tune this massive piece of legislation. so that is something that we are likely to hear a little bit more about later in the day. meanwhile, biden has been held in calls with international leaders. now the interesting thing about this is that we are not hearing that from the biden staff. we are hearing them from the united kingdom and from paris. the biden start here,

staying tight lipped about who he's been talking to internationally, and what order those calls have been made. so basically it's work as usual, full, joe biden, in the 2nd working day after having been projected as the president. so the president elect hard at work, we hope to hear from him in coming hours on like you say a working day for biden. i mean, you've been watching him try to set up a transition team policy. how possible is all of that amid this uncertainty what he's doing it quite clearly. he's been both monday he spent today meeting with start talking through policy issues, holding conversations with his vice president elect. so as far as the biden incoming biden ministrations concerned, they are just going ahead with doing what they need to do. that being said, though, the whole transition issue is deeply problematic and several cam biden staffers are

making very clear that they must consider legal action, particularly against the general services administration. now this is a somewhat obscure body, which is basically the real estate controller for the government in washington d.c. . and they are the ones who signaled that the transition process formally begins. now there's no constitutional provision about how this happens. the presidential transition act from the sixty's doesn't specify what are the criteria for the transition process to begin. it's very much a subjective decision on the part of the head of the general services administration. so they believe that there's obstruction there, and we do know as well that the white house has instructed agencies throughout the country not to cooperate with the biden team. this, of course, really does what they can do, particularly with access, for example, to classified information. this is an absolutely key issue for an incoming

administration to be aware, for example, of what international threats may be out there. so these are all the issues that the biden team is attempting to work through, and certainly is considering legal action to try and force a formal notification that the transfer would be period has begun. mike hanna, there following all the latest from the biden. can't say much. well, president trump's administration has now approved the sale of dozens of f. 35, advanced fighter jets and other military equipment to the united arab emirates. that deal will now go before congress, where u.s. politicians can oppose it, but they'll need a 2 thirds majority to override a presidential veto or the $10000000000.00 munitions package included 50 f. $35.00 jets, as well as 18 reaper drones and thousands of bombs and missiles. trump earlier agreed to consider the sale in a side deal to the u.a.e. deal with israel. now the vatican has found

a number of figures in the catholic church, downplayed reports of sexual misconduct by a prominent u.s. cardinal theodore mccarrick rose through the organizations ranks. despite a long history of sexual misconduct allegations against both adults and minus. the report acknowledges that pope john paul, the 2nd appointed mccarrick, despite knowledge of those claims french president emanuel says europe needs to come up with coordinated security measures. after recent terror attacks took part in a virtual summit with the leaders of austria, germany, and the e.u. . all 3 nations have experienced attacks in recent weeks. he says the schengen areas open border policy needs to be rethought and is in paris with more details from that meeting. well, one of the main issues, as the french president pointed out, is the issues of borders, both the use external border and internal border. mike ross said it was clear that

the borders need to be bolstered and strengthened the external one and internal one of the used and the example of the to new zealand man. the travelled illegally from tunisia of through italy and into france to show how both the external border had failed to stop and stop this person being able to get into the e.u. . but then also the internal border between italy and france has meant that this young man was able then to carry out such a terrible attack in nice. and he said, this is a sort of thing that needs to be stopped. now france is actually bolstered its own security on its borders, but a man on my cross said that this change in area, this area in the e.u. where you can travel about a passport needs to be reformed and really looked at other measures that are on the table will more measures that would look at trying to stop online hate speech and propaganda. and also we heard from the e.u. council head shell, michel who joined also this meeting by video conference. he said this something

that he thought was very interesting and had been widely discussed, was the idea of him arms being trained in europe, european m arms trained in europe and therefore a ban on foreign him arms coming into europe. he said that would be a way of preventing foreign influence. now news of a potential coronavirus vaccine has raised hopes across the wild. that just who will be able to get at once it's approved and how much it will cost has a too much for babies. now to make as pfizer and bio and tech say, they have the capacity to produce nearly $1400000000.00 says by the end of next year, they priced it at just under 40 u.s. dollars for today's course in the u.s. . but they haven't promised to make it available on a not for profit basis. and that's provoked criticism from rights groups, especially as analysts say, it could generate about 3500000000 dollars next year. but by antec has assured buyers, it will be priced well below typical market rates that was definite across the

wilds. paul brennan has more on the news that the pfizer bio and tech over vaccine have shown 90 percent effectiveness in early trials. led to a bounce on the stock markets in a rush of orders from across the world. the u.k. had already preordered 40000000 doses. the european union will sign a deal for 300000000 doses on wednesday, and germany says it hopes to finalize a deal for 100000000 doses in the coming days. there is a sense of cautious optimism, despite some lingering questions. we don't know really how well this actually works . and older people will ask to see if there are enough data to tell us that pregnant women have been studies, studies that children are just beginning, well, long journeys 1st steps. it's wonderful. it looks as though we're making progress progress in places, at least the united states says americans could start being immunized against kovi

in december. but in africa and asia, lower middle income countries are looking on in dismay. they're part of a joint initiative called kovacs, which relies on the financial support of richer countries and in the race to vaccinate. charity apparently begins at home. wealthier nations representing just 13 percent of the world's population have already preordered 51 percent of the production of the leading covert vaccine candidates around 1300000000 doses have, already been bought up by the united states, the u.k., the european union, and japan. the u.k. has preordered enough for 5 doses, for each citizen that's more per capita than any other country. in contrast, the $92.00 countries relying on the international kovacs initiative have secured only a fraction of the 1000000000 doses they need for even one dose per person. that means around half of the world's population is being left exposed. it's a phenomenon called vaccine nationalism. the hoarding of physical backing supplies is regrettable but unsurprising. but the hoarding of intellectual property and know

on how to manufacture is an unacceptable barrier to rapidly scaling up production and vaccine around the world. and it only serves the purpose of profit maximizing. it's not the only issue the pfizer vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees, given the volume and the lawsuits you vaccine distribution. regardless of whether it's $2.00 to $8.00 degrees c. or at minus 80, no vaccine coaching is ready or capable of meeting. this will remove demar, and there are also concerns that the intense competition to produce a vaccine is risky. on tuesday, russia announced it's rolling out its sputnik 5 vaccine for domestic use to spite the fact that late stage trials haven't yet finished. and brazil's health regulator has halted clinical trials of the chinese developed corona vaccine candidate after

reports of an adverse serious event. random samples of public opinion across europe reveal a broadly even split between those keen to be vaccinated. and those who would prefer to wait until much more data is available. paul brennan, al-jazeera. well as back to simon clock, he's an associate professor and fellow microbiology at the university of reading. and he points out. it's not yet clear how long people who receive this new vaccine can actually stay me and for equitable access. i think it is realistic, but the way this vaccine needs to be handled in this tribute, it requires extensive culture change. it needs to be kept at minus 70 degrees for reference, a normal domestic phrase on one you might get in a regular doctor surgery that is at minus 20 degrees. so that might present problems for global distribution. we know that cold chain can be a problem for the backseats, but just need refrigeration in some parts of the world. and we don't yet know how

long the immunity to this, this vaccine would generate will last for all we know, in fact, that it immunity last for a week. that's all this, this, this pfizer data has told us no more than that. my thought, my hunch is that it will last a lot longer than bats at least several months. but when we, when we move away from that, we're going to have to find out what it gets injected into the population. also reflect what has we name from the pfizer press release that this protects against disease. but it, it, we don't know whether or not it protects against the asymptomatic carriage. and that's what you need to do to be able to stop people spreading it all to get herd immunity. you need to be able to, to, to protect against people picking it up and passing it on. it's no good just to be able to protect against disease. when a new research is suggesting,

this global pandemic may also be contributing to mental illness. scientists at oxford university who studied millions of us health records found around a 5th of coronavirus. patients have been diagnosed with a new or relapsed mental illness. nearly 6 percent developed a psychiatric condition for the 1st time. that's double the rate of people recovering from the flu or serious injury. the most common risks include anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. and the researches report that people with existing mental illness are more likely to contract the virus or pull her son is the author of the study, which is also published in the lancet psychiatry. he says it's possible the virus is actually affecting our brains directly increasing the chance for mental illnesses. i think rick 2 main possibilities, both of which way may be correct. the 1st is, of course, that the virus might, in some people be directly affecting the brain in some way, maybe through the immune system. and that is itself and leading to the mental health problems. but also, and probably more importantly,

the experience of having had code written, understanding all the things that might happen to you and all the fears and concerns that viruses like to lead. people to have may also be a reason why people don't develop exactly depressive symptoms of the well, it's become more difficult for several reasons. the 1st person to stop this is that it's been much more difficult for patients to access health care facilities. or indeed, i may have been more reluctant to do so because of the fears of contracting copd. so this being as so often as occurred, despite the fact overall 30 percent fewer patients presenting with mental health seeking help for mental health problems. so i think this may well be a rebound that as people in different countries are different times begin to be able to react as health care centers. one possibility is that maybe even more mental health, difficulties coming up and so has the kind of the logistics of it. there's also the, the, the challenge of trying to never psychological treatments, which tradition have been done, face to face at a distance through the internet or other modalities. no, the evidence in fact, is increasing that those sorts of non direct interventions can be very effective. i

think many patients still will forward to the days when it's easier to go back to seeing someone in a room face to face for that sort of that would be well still ahead here on al-jazeera. in moldova, corruption is a growing concern in the upcoming presidential election. the battle for online game is top tech companies are rushed to launch the latest office. as the industry sees a bird maturing. and diego maradona could be released from hospital nationwide get an update on the form a well kept witness condition and how it looks like the rainy season is setting in the cross, the middle east, or at least parts of the middle east. there amounts of cloud. there across northern areas and away from the black sea, the caspian sea through the coax,

is sinking further south was so iraq, it, with a chance of seeing some rain, even northern parts of saudi arabia. this cloud will be thick enough to put use a little bit of wet weather, so you go through the next day or so, pushes its way across into work. you wait some heavy downpours coming into that western side on iran as we go on through wednesday. and during wednesday that wetter weather sliding across a good part of northern iraq into the north of afghanistan to pushing all the way up towards his back is down seeing some wet weather than if we go through the next day or so. south of that. lot of rain it should be fine and dry here in qatar, for example, 29 selfies, but even here by the end of the week, there without the possibility of a spot or 2 or rain coming. but for the rainy season, as i said is setting in that right the season well and truly setting across central parts of africa. some more big downpours there into tanzania into kenya. rwanda, burundi saying some a heavy rain that rain stretches its way across. a good part of angola now heavy at

times, possibility of some flooding. sam, some heavy downpours along with zimbabwe and also mozambique jump into the stream. and julian on global community bio diversity is bio security . it is that essential for our species to survive. be part of the debate. i know you have my days and you too can be part of this conversation. when no topic is off the table, the police are not neutral and all of these cases here is to terrorize. and here's the other part of this. there's no consequence, this stream on out is there was jealousy, they spoke, she just exquisitely, she's very glamorous. it's part of our culture to look at our very, very best for a special occasion. and for people who spend money,

everything you see on the catwalk, they do it here. if there is going to be longevity, they are going to have to come in and tell you things are going to my, my gears on al-jazeera. her again, i'm a star tendo. let's remind you of our top stories here. this hour celebrations have been taking place in azerbaijan. after a deal was signed to end weeks of conflict over the nagorno-karabakh region, armenia will have to hand over control of 3 districts to a very forces prompting an angry reaction from protesters there. police in peru have been firing tear gas to try to disperse protesters who have taken to the

streets, angry over the impeachment of former president martin. this kyra, this all comes as congress, its war and interim leader. manual merino will stay in power. the latest republican, led legal challenge against the affordable care act is taking place in the u.s., supremes, or woman $20000000.00, americans could lose their coverage if the legislation known as obamacare is in the midst of all the affordable care act is one of many issues that president elect joe biden will have to deal with as poss, of the transition, a transition that as we were hearing earlier has not yet begun. let's speak to chris haines. he's an associate professor of political science and legal studies at the university of new haven. he joins us now from milford connecticut. chris,, a global pandemic, more than 100000 cases a day. now in the u.s., a huge unemployment, an economic crisis, a climate crisis, that's just the beginning. clearly there's a lot to do. the clock is ticking. what's actually supposed to happen though? well, good evening,

and thank you for having me on it. not quite sure. what supposed to happen in the united states of america is after a presidential candidate wins enough electoral votes qualified to be president elect typically, and almost mean every single time the opponent has conceded. unfortunately, this time, we are still waiting for donald trump to concede. he's pursuing a number of other avenues including looking into what he can do in the courts to try to challenge some of these votes and some of the potential fraud that he claims . but the issue is that most or not all of those claims are just unsubstantiated and chris, by my understanding and as our correspondents were noting to rally at the knoll itself, gives the general services administration the palette to declare that there is an apparent when at the election, right, and they have full stop this transition process, but there is ambiguity in the about when she has to do that. she's also trump appointee, right? so how long could this drag out?

i mean this could drag out and until the electoral college votes, and so it could be in other month or so the general services administration does have the money to, to give the parent when are they president elect fun so they can set up office space. so they can hire personnel and also the ability to contact the executive branch of the current government so that any transition that happens can be smooth . if you want to add onto that, there are issues that are arising because of the president's willingness to allow the transition to occur. and that includes not allowing pres of ice president biden president elect biden to get the national security briefings that he might need. so he is up to speed on the 1st day that he makes office. i was very concerned because one thing that struck me over the course of the last 24 hours was senate leader mitch mcconnell is backing president, trying to refusal to concede when it's been so so much talk of mcconnell's,

great relationship with joe biden. what do you make of this? you know, i'm not surprised. you know, like senator, mitch mcconnell has had a good relationship out in about a great relationship, but a good relationship of working together with senator vice president joe biden. but what is most current is the elephant in the room, and that is donald trump and his outsized influence over the republican electorate . and even someone like mitch mcconnell who knows that the electorate will encourage what will, will shape the way that his senators vote is smart enough at this point. politically, to not wants you poke the bear if what might want to say to not want to upset trump and be, you know, the target of his wrath. so i think what he's doing right now is trying to split the baby again as he's trying to, you know, walk the walk, a fine line said not upset trump, but you know, it's, it's coming off as he's supporting trump. and so, you know, i hear here,

we stand with the republican leader in the senate basically supporting the president's efforts. and he, and all fairness the president does have the right to follow up on these claims. so that said, you know, as soon as those claims are thrown out or. ready if they're substantiated, then we can move on from there. but you know, it doesn't seem like the claims are being, you know, the claims are very much supported by much evidence at all. so people are getting frustrated with it. and then one person to kind of make up his mind and want the republicans to encourage the president to design an off ramp where he can actually save face. and can a lot of uncertainty is what heading into the senate races in january as well. chris haynes there an associate professor of political science at the university of new haven. great to get your thoughts here on out there. thanks for being with us. absolute. thank you for having me. well now returning to the global corona virus

pandemic and lebanon has now imposed a 2 week nationwide, lockdown starting on saturday to try to stem the rising curve of $1000.00 cases. there already is have been reluctant to shut down for a 2nd time as the country struggles under a financial meltdown. but hospitals are overwhelmed. so in order reports from beirut, lebanon is losing its battle with corona virus. and the winter season has yet to be him. doctors are treating patients in this hospital's emergency wards in beirut because beds are no longer available. that country's health sector is overwhelmed. we are seeing so many patients that are being going from hospital to an all therefore may need 2 days, 3 days over, over 245 days. just looking for a hospital. these patients are not finding a place to be admitted. and at the end, they are coming to the last hospital where they are admitted and they are not doing good more than half of the nearly 50000 active cases in the nation of 6000000.

people have occurred in the past few weeks. the main gate for they are is completely closed because we cannot anymore for today, or for at least the coming hours to receive any new patients. people are not abiding by the rule of the event. there are measures and there is no court order from the authorities. that is not what sort of a major city about the authorities have responded to a call by health workers to shut down the country. the lock down excludes the airport and essential businesses that will last 2 weeks before being eased. the private sector is not happy already, businesses have been closing down as an economic crisis impoverishes more than half of the population. and i know you all know, put your money where your days people can't afford to eat. it's a difficult time. a lockdown hits many people, instead people should cooperate and we mosques in the authority should be strict in

forcing rule says, and it will be the 2nd nationwide closure since march. at that time, the cash strapped government couldn't help the poor since then. many more have become vulnerable, but authorities say they have little option to contain the outbreak. intensive care units have reached a critical capacity. the positivity rate is high relative to testing, which means the virus is spreading quickly. a few months ago, there were dozens of cases a day now it reaches 2000. infection among health workers is also rising. the lockdown may give hospitals time to prepare for the difficult days, but without a long term strategy. it will create new challenges for many lebanese, on the brink of bankruptcy. so the route health care workers in romania have called on their government to help people dealing with this pandemic work is there took part in a so-called protest of exhaustion. after months on the front line,

the government had promised additional financial aid for medical staff that not everyone has received the money. now in a strange chinese professional shoppers have become a multi-billion dollar business. they resell, sought after products to the rising middle class on the chinese mainland, but border closures judique over 1000 of devastated the industry with some strain in brands losing millions in revenue. nicholas gage reports from sydney when penny lee was a student, she found a way to help pay her bills. buying items in a strictly a family and friends and sending them back home to china. but since that 19, heat business has dried up their cause is a really hard business. here, china's overseas shoppers have become big business in australia and annoying as they buy made products,

including vitamins and baby formula and resell them in china, connecting with people through messaging apps like we chat. the high demand has at times stripped some products from australian show. now, many stores specifically catering to the industry, the shots. most chinese students will tourists and with borders closed because of the pandemic. the industry has all but disappeared with some of the brands seeing a big drop in sales just takes people actually decrease in power even before the pandemic, the industry was starting to decline with big companies, offering similar services online and china increasingly regulating goods entering the country it's hard to put an exact dollar figure on the value between a stroller in china because of a lack of accurate data, but before that 19,

there were tens of thousands of shoppers operating in a stroller and hundreds of stores. some experts believe the market is worth more than $2000000000.00. relations have recently selwood between the strike in china with beijing increasing tariffs on bali imports and banning some products. but some economists don't believe young shoppers have been influenced by the rising tensions . the demand from china for a struggling goods and services, a story very strong, despite good and spot. some of the cyber rattling diplomatically that we've been hearing in recent months. so while demand for products might be strong, it's not clear yet how the lucrative industry will bounce back in a post coded 19 world. is a strong leader tries to make its way out of recession. gauge, al-jazeera sees me. well, while the coronavirus pandemic has devastated many industries as we've been here, it's given a huge boost to the video game sector, tech companies,

microsoft and sony are launching new consuls amid a shop rise in the number of players while y. and south korea with some of the fastest internet speeds in the wild is a major target for game developers. mcbride reports from so it's one business sector that has been thriving in the pandemic, and has the makers of the most popular gaming consoles rushing their latest offerings to market. globally. the gaming industry was stagnant last year, but the outbreak of corona virus means the industry in south korea and the rest of the world has seen big growth. from sony, there's the new playstation 5 we have the power brand of playstation, all the world's biggest gaming ecosystems, and an established user community. going head to head with microsoft's latest x. box system. it's like all gaming systems here benefiting from south korea's super

fast 5 g. mobile internet network enabling, ever more immersive play. making me in the past, people had to download install and then play a game going forward. we will be playing games by streaming them. align the professional gaming of the sports has also grown during the pandemic helping confirm south korea's position as a world leader. there are bigger sponsorship deals and developing technology offers the expanding online audience, a richer experience for south korea, it's all much more than just video games. it represents a part of its economic future as it charts, a path focused on digital content. gaming joins k., pop dramas, and movies as the country's growing export of soft power. if for the last half a century manufacturing has helped our economy to flourish, cold, cruel, continue to be the country's power of development. for the next 100 years,

south korea has seemingly embarked on a quest for a digital supremacy now with a new devices to help it. rob mcbride, al-jazeera sole ethiopia central government has vowed to continue a military operation in the northern tier. great region, a spokesperson for the government says they'll continue to fight to grand forces until a number of conditions are met. they want the region's leaders to face trial for a new administration to be set up and for all of their missiles to be destroyed, its prime minister, and ordered that offensive interior almost a week ago, accusing leaders there of trying to break up the country and undermine his leadership mamadou is in addis ababa for us. he says there is growing concern over the future of well, there is the fear and diplomats believe that the longer the conflict takes the more difficult it might be to return the degree region back into the for the version of regional states. that if you are currently married off by the government,

this is going to be a quick operation. and they say they're not willing to talk until the operation achieves its objectives, which are mainly to bring the current leadership of the to graham people from the press room to justice for crimes. the government spokesman face was committed against the people of european, also to confiscate or destroy the must've. talk of weapons, not to people of pashtun in their region over time, including me. not going to reach us for some 100 kilometers the way on which the spokesman for you they have threatened to use against the cuts are going to have about the police, the main every stop ethiopia, hard to about what you also kilometers of the couple among the object if they say of this operation, is to install a new administration in the region. chief palestinian negotiator sayah barack has

died after contracting present 19. erekat was a key figure and talks with israel for more than 20 years. how the force a takes a look back at his life. so it was at the center of the israeli palestinian conflict for much of his life, for many around the world, one of the most familiar and effective voices for the palestinian cause. his death came just over a month since he was diagnosed with coded 19, his wife, and one of his daughters among those who rushed to the west jerusalem hospital, where he was being treated from the occupied west bank. the tributes began to come in, it was somebody who persisted this by commanders are extremely cruel at that who are devoted his whole life to ensuring that palestinian lives and palestinian. i say, and i've indicated that was 12 years old when israeli tanks rolled into his

hometown of jericho, part of a war that lasted 6 days and reshaped the region and his life. he attended university in the united states and moved to england to complete a ph d. in conflict resolution. at the madrid peace talks in 1901, he insisted on wearing the coffee or the symbol of palestinian national identity. and the decades following as a palestinian chief negotiator, he would be both criticized and praised for his stubbornness over terms for a 2 state solution based on the 1967 borders being it doesn't negotiate as he was. it was almost all there. e, i would say possible to negotiate because we all knew well, well, he's real red lines, but the day of his death also brought fresh attacks from some on the israeli right . prime minister benjamin netanyahu, some called him a terrorist who worked for the destruction of israel over the years. erekat

described a growing pessimism at israel's expansion of illegal settlements and the steady entrenchment of its occupation. and that's what really, that they can undermine. that was that solution and it placed it with what i call one step 2 system, maintaining the status quo. now, apartheid i don't think in the 21st century, they would get away with it. it's impossible. all the while he'd been fighting a more personal battle. risperidone disease that would in 2017 require a transplant of both lungs and leave him among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. on tuesday afternoon, eric body was brought here to ramallah ahead of his burial in his hometown of jericho. on wednesday, he was aware in his last 2 years that the failure to achieve a palestinian state had affected his standing. they say i should have got a tongue transplant instead of a lung transplant he wants. but he never did give up on his advocacy for

a 2 state solution to a conflict that has now outlived, i'm sorry for said al-jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank. tiger woods is preparing to defend his

and it's now time has gone for a starter. thank you. the head of english football greg clarke has resigned of the using inappropriate language when discussing racist abuse. clarke who is also feet

for vice president quit just a few hours after apologizing for his inappropriate comments. he was being questioned by u.k. members of parliament when he used the words colored footballers. and that wasn't the only or could moment. if i look at what happens to high profile female footballers, high profile colorful, and the abuse they take, or social media. if you look at talk a little football, the african-american community is overrepresented versus the south asian. if you go to the only team to come to the end, there's a lot more south asians, there are africa beings. they have different career interests later in the same hearing. clarke apologize for using the word colored one. if i said it, i deeply apologize for it. secondly, on air and a product of having worked overseas. i worked in the usa for many years where i was

required to use the people of color and sometimes because that was the product to those 2 legislation opposed to discrimination format. sometimes i trip over my words, but it wasn't long before we stepped down saying my unacceptable words in front of parliament were a disservice to our game and to those who watch play referee, and administer. it worths. has crystallized my resolve to move on. we spoke to a.p.'s global sports correspondent, robert harris in manchester, who was following today's proceedings and the backlash that's followed clocks, comments. you've got to get out the anti discrimination organization, saying that it's using lazy stereotypes. that was when he was claiming there are different career choices can between south asian people and black people about, you know, when you're choosing a career in football or in i.t. is equal to it. and he also caused a sense with other comments to hear her to college football. isn't he trying to

blame that on some of these crass work in the united states and terminology used there? but also he was referencing the lack of openly gay male claes in the game and a piece of reference it being and life choice. so while it might be quite a low airing in the british parliament with great class speak remotely, his words will resonate and his role in the game is one of significance and it, why is it maxes and those organizations like to get out wanting to be more where the impacts of these is language and indeed his outlook on guy versed in discrimination in football, tokyo olympics organizers say they feel a sense of relief over news of a possible breakthrough in the search for a covert 19 vaccine. the games were postponed by one year until july, because of the pandemic, but they remain doubts as to whether they can take place or whether fans will be allowed to attend. but officials were boid by monday's announcement from

pharmaceutical company pfizer, that they have vaccine appears to be around 90 percent effective at preventing covert, 19 separate there. that's on they do. and after this and we do not exist outside society, we are preparing the olympics and paralympics within the same society under such circumstances. i also heard the news about the vaccine. i think that everyone felt a positive sense of relief. the same can be said for the organizing committee and some encouraging news is that tokyo plans to hold olympic test even surly next year after a successful gymnastics meet in the $31.00 days event featured $22.00 international air routes with a few 1000 fans. it was held in a bubble with competitors test. the daily ahead of world gymnastics, says it's proof of international events that can be held safely in tokyo. a question you could start with your this. when the gymnast's arrived in japan, you could see fear in their eyes. they were worried, they might be infected, and you can see that fear deep into their eyes. but each day they spent time in

japan, they managed to ease their fears. at the end of the day, you could see the joy in their eyes. the vietnamese grand prix has been dropped from the provisional calendar for next year's formula one season. the street race in hanoi was supposed to take place in april for the 1st time, but was canceled because of covert 19. and it's now been removed because of local political issues. it's expected to be replaced, which means f one will host a record $23.00 races, including one in saudi arabia for the 1st time. diego maradona could be released from hospital in argentina, later with these doctors saying the 60 year old is doing great. but out here, 86 a world cup winner underwent brain surgery for a blood clot last week and has also received treatment for drug withdrawal symptoms . marathoners personal doctor says he's family has been supporting the former argentine star and stressed that he is being shielded from coronavirus while in the

hospital in where not cyrus. you know, the often when you want to go diego's in great shape and has energy, he wants to go to his house along with the therapy doctors were evaluating clinics therapy. we are going to speak tomorrow. aside from that, i want to clarify the issues about covert covert is everywhere. it's here as in any other place, but we are following protocols to faction. the masters, golf major is said to tee off on thursday, and the top players have been out on the calls practicing, including defending champion, tiger woods who has won 5 times previously. the masters that usually takes place in april, but was moved to november because of the pandemic. things will be a lot quieter than usual, as they will be any fans this week. that's where we'll leave it for now. i'll be back here again later with more sports news most. thank them. well that is it from a anastasio table. i'll hand you over to line in london. we'll have more of the

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