now they tell us that they feel even more discriminating and vulnerable than ever. this is al jazeera hello, i'm still robin. you're watching the al-jazeera news. our live from our headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. new hope for the fight against covert 19, pfizer says its vaccine is more effective than originally thought and plans to request emergency approval. also returning to the skies, the u.s. aviation agency gives the behring 737 max the green light to fly again after being grounded for nearly 2 years. and president donald trump's efforts to cast doubt on

the u.s. election result suffers more setbacks this time in pennsylvania and michigan. not backing down thousands of people protest in thailand. does the government has to have proposed amendments to the constitution? and the sports in men's cricketers and ansell returned to play in pakistan for the 1st time in 16 years. welcome to the new u.s. drugmaker. pfizer plans to request emergency approval for its covert 1000 vaccine in the coming days. this after results from its trial show that it's safe and around 95 percent effective in all age groups that seem developed with german partner has shown consistent results across the demographics with no major side effects. let's get the very latest from our correspondent, joe castro,

who is live for us in wilmington, delaware, really encouraging noises coming out from pfizer for the back of companies like madonna saying there that seem to it has a very high success rate. that's right, so this is very encouraging news, but the irony is that these completions of these trials that was enabled by the spike in covert cases that the united states is experiencing, which has really pushed up the timeline for these trials. but the latest amount announcement from spies or is indeed a 95 per cent. efficacy rate. they complete does a study 144000 participants among them $170.00 cases of hosted or diagnosed. but almost all of them were in the placebo, placebo group $162.00 out of the $170.00 to be exact word the placebo group, which leads to the 95 percent at the casino rate. it's notable too that among older

people ages $65.00 and older, this vaccine had a 94 percent as a cause. the rate which is certainly very high and 9 out of the 10 cases in which participants have elop severe symptoms of coded. well, they were all in a group that did not receive the vaccine. as you said, this is piggybacking off of yesterday's good news from the dirda, which was also a close to 95 percent efficacy rate. so if things all remain on track, if pfizer is able to get the emergency approval that it is, says that it will be applying for from the f.d.a. within days. well, the most optimistic timeline would be some $20000000.00, people in the united states being bax unaided, by the end of this year. and there's also promising front along how the public is viewing the vaccine. the recent gallup poll finding now more than half of americans,

said they are willing to be that x., unaided in september, only 50 percent of people said they would. now it is up to $58.00. so how does a construct in wilmington, delaware? thanks very much for joining us. let's join chris smith. he's a consultant colleges to cambridge university, joins me now via skype from the u.k. . chris, good to have you with us back on the program. obviously 9094 percent success rate according to it's past it's significant markers but no more. so in the age groups of sort of 65 and over and if we say ethnic minorities or diverse communities, that's really quite a turnaround as well. isn't it? well, last week, when the preliminary data was announced and fires and said they had a vaccine that was returning at least 90 percent effectiveness. then everyone celebrated. but at the same time, important questions remained outstanding, such as what happens to older people. they've only told us the overall

effectiveness, what happens to people who are from different minority backgrounds. what happens after a number of months, post vaccination? well that's become a bit clearer today because pfizer, so they have now passed this milestone. the trial will statistically powered so that they needed to have hit more than 164 people getting infected in order to know whether or not statistically in a robust way. this was working that 170 infections, the vast majority of them in the people who didn't receive the real vaccine. they were in the placebo arm. and that shows that they're at about a 95 percent response. they've also clarified who they tested it on and that included people who are much older. and that's the critical thing because the vast majority of the deaths are in older people. it seems to be working quite well in those older people. the outstanding question remains though, how long for and at the moment, because no one has a time machine. we don't know what will be happening in 9 months time. will that immunity have worn off or will it remain robust?

well, those people remain protected or will they need another dose to boost their immune response. and you talk about, you know, it all being very robust. and those are the questions really that most people talking to you and people talking to me generally in our conversation with the topic is always coded. and of course, many people are still very unsure about whether these pharmaceutical companies that have come up with a vaccine. so very quickly, is it safe? i mean those rumors and speculation, we always worry and always be in the back of the mind of members of the ordinary public across the globe. what reassurances would you like to hear from those medical companies about whether these vaccines are as robust as we all hope they will be? well, trial data is one thing, regulator approval is another. and while they have completed or at least got to the closing stages of their trials, what they've now got to do is to convince the regulator real thor. it is not just in one country, but in every country in which they want to use their agent. that their agent is

safe and that it can be used safely in people in that country. so you could argue that the work really is only just beginning because they'll submit their data files are going to submit this for emergency approval, which under certain circumstances, regulators can consider things more rapidly than they otherwise wouldn't grant permissions. but regulators work independently in each territory. so pfizer now got to start working with lots of countries to say, here's what we've done. here's the data we have to support what we're claiming these are, these are the side effects. this is the side effect profile in the people we've assessed so far. and then the regulator independently makes a judgment on whether or not they wish to grant approval for that. so it's going to be in the hands of an independent group or an impartial. they're not in the pay of the government, they're certainly not in the pay of the pharmaceutical industry. and they will ask very tough questions because it will come down to them. whether or not they judge it to be safe. and only then will it be able to pass through and become available to the general public in a given country. and in some countries,

the regulators there might turn around and say, well, we're quite comfortable that you've done this trial in america. but now we want some local trial data in our country too, and it wouldn't be unusual for them to do that. chris, one of the other issues that was being mentioned by servile commentators that we've had here on al-jazeera is the issue of storage of the vaccines at a certain temperature. and depending on where you are in the world, people live in hot climates. people live in cold climates, not all the hot climate countries have a scenario, facilities that allow this vaccine to be stored at the very low temperatures. it's required when it's administered to the patient. how do you think that's going to be overcome as this vaccine is rolled out, it's millions and billions of dollars says it is true that pfizer acknowledged that their preparation does need to be kept cold or the most for longer. the most, it has to be transported and stored to remain stable at about minus 80, so that's dry ice sort of temperature. you can then keep it in a local fridge or freezer for about 5 days where you want to use it. but at the

same time, the headache is distribution. as you say, pfizer's chief executive was interviewed by the b.b.c. last week. this question was put to him. and he said that actually they have a plan to produce a different formulation, which would be a freeze dried powder form, which would be stable a higher temperature, which would seem out that difficulty. but let's not forget, forget, this is not a one horse race. there are many products now in the, in, in final stages of clinical trials that will work in a range of different ways. people are exploring more than 10 different ways of making these vaccines around the world. and they openly acknowledge, and one of my colleagues in cambridge where i am, is working on one of them, a knowledge that not all of them are going to work for all populations in all parts of the world. and so yes, a vaccine that needs to be kept cold. if you're going to deploy that into a country where they don't have a fridge or an electricity supply that's reliable to supply that fridge, you need another option. and lots of people are working on other ways of making

vaccines that work differently. a may have quite different safety profiles or effectiveness profiles will have to wait and see, but they will be stable at the sorts of temperatures that can mean. they're very safely deployable in the bush or, or in less developed environments. and so i'm confident that this is not to show stopper. it's a start, it's an important start. it's a reassuring start, but we still have a big way to go. but i think we've got lots of irons in the fire, and that's the reason to be confident that chris smith from the university of cambridge, always good to get your insights. thanks very much for your time. pleasure. now the chinese vaccine is the latest to show some success during trials as well. cose reach, stage 3 trials. researchers say it could provide enough protection against the virus. they believe the vaccine could be suitable for emergency use during the pandemic. katrina, you has more from beijing, china has 5 vaccines in total, which are undergoing final stage days 3 trials. but the clear front runner here is

a vaccine that's been developed by the company signed of act vi otec called corona vac. now this vaccine works by including an inactivated form of the virus, that is a virus that has been chemically killed in a lab. and that will be injected into a subject and ideally produce and an immune response in somebody who is receiving it. now, according to an article published in the medical journal lancet, this vaccine had some success in mid stage trials. this was based on study and a study of about 700 people, although the article didn't say what the success rate of the vaccine was. now that was done that was accumulated in april and may instance then quite a bit has happened with the son of that vaccine. 1st of all they began phase 3, final stage trials overseas. now those trials couldn't be conducted here in china because of the lower number of corvet 19 numbers, but they've since began in indonesia, bangladesh, and in brazil, a southeast chinese province called judge in september, started up

a pilot program for members of the public to receive this sign novak vaccine, and since september the judge on government says 740000. people have received that vaccine, including many international students who were about to go overseas to commence their studies, as well as international business. and now of course, medical experts around the world say it is extremely risky to be giving members of the public or people this vaccine before the phase 3 trials have been have been ended, and they've had any conclusive results. but certainly the chinese government does seem to be very, very confident in this particular vaccine. people in germany are protesting against the government's new coronavirus rules. just a short while ago, police fired water cannon and rested several people. in downtown berlin, thousands demonstrated as parliament debated a bill which would allow the government to impose even stricter coronavirus measures. germany is under a 2nd lockdown after seeing

a sharp rise in cases. the state of south australia is going into lockdown for 6 days to stop the spread of covert 1922, new cases of what's been described as highly contagious strain of the virus have been detected. schools are non-essential, businesses will be closed and people have to stay at home. now, the state's premier has described it as a circuit breaker lock down to control community infections. well, plenty more ahead here on the news hour, including the u.s. drops drug charges against mexico's former defense minister. could the move heal the rift between the 2 nations and brazil makes their best start to a world cup, qualifying campaign. in 51 years. joe, we'll have those details in sports. the u.s. aviation regulator has just given the approval for boeing's troubled 737 next jet

to fly again. now its fleet has been grounded worldwide finale 2 years after a pair of crashes killed nearly 350 people. the planes will now be allowed to take to the skies, but only after that fitted with new software and pilots, a retrained as bright reports. it's been one of the worst crises to face boeing and it's damaged trust in the aviation industry. as a whole, the 737 max, the latest generation of the world's best selling aircraft, was grounded in march last year after 2 crashes within months that killed 346 people. the 1st was a lion air flight from indonesia in 2018, followed by an ethiopian airlines flight 5 months later. both crashes were traced to a fault that caused the plane software to fight against the pilot and put the plane into an uncontrollable dive. subsequent investigations blamed boeing for technical

failings and a lack of transparency which it has struggled to overcome. we absolutely have to rebuild our potential nearby and that starts with getting it certified, bringing it back to service. given us regulator, the f.a.a. is influence. this is an important step for boeing, but it still has to convince other international aviation or thirty's, and convincing passengers the plane is safe to fly, will likely take some time. just as we or yes, the nurse that it's safe passage is with compensation claims still being pursued in indonesia, relatives of victims there. believe it's too early to allow the 737 max to fly again. and tonsil hardy lost 2 brothers in law in the lion air crash. so you can be

someone, you know, we want to be absolutely sure that the 737 max, the safe, don't let it be just about profits and money and put human considerations aside. and for boeing and the airlines who fly its planes, this crisis is now being overtaken in any case by the global pandemic. robin bride al jazeera u.s. secretary of state mike pompei is visiting israel on what set to be his last tour on behalf of the trumpet ministration. and his arrival comes on the same day as the foreign minister of bahrain is there. now they'll hold talks in the coming hours. bahrain, along with the united arab emirates and sudan, have normalized relations with israel as part of deals brokered by the u.s. compos expected to become the 1st top u.s. diplomat to vision visit a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank. illegal settlements are seen by palestinians as a major obstacle to peace. the trumpet, ministration has broken with decades of us foreign policy in its support of israel, by recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital,

and announcing that the us no longer sees the settlements as violating international law. well hurry force, it joins me now from west jerusalem and harry it really is quite a significant visit really for mike pompei o that's right. i think there are 3 main objectives to this firstly, as you say, this is another opportunity to promote and buttress the u.s. sponsored normalization deals this time with bahrain. this overlapping visit of pompei and the bahraini foreign minister of the latif, as irony who has already arrived in his had talks with his israeli counterparts officially requesting the permission to put a buffer in the embassy in israel. gabi, ashkenazi israeli foreign minister, talking about going back to bahrain himself early next month, ideally to or inaccurate. he says the israeli embassy there. secondly, there's the issue of iran,

whatever. pompei i may have said jokingly or not about another trump administration . the expectation is that the incoming biden ministration will take a different view on the iran nuclear deal from which president trump pulled united states out. and so there will be talks with the israelis and the bahraini is. israel, of course, was very keen. the united states should leave that deal and has concerns about what might happen under a byte by the administration. but the other thing that you are talking about, which is potentially the most controversial of this visit, is this 1st ever visit by a u.s. secretary of state to illegal israeli settlement in the occupied west bank. now when last year said that israeli settlements weren't per se illegal, as far as the united states was concerned, any more that came just a week after the european court ruled against the sa got winery, which is in an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank and had been trying not to have its bottles of wine labeled as such in the e.u.

it lost that ruling and came out with that statement very shortly afterwards. he will be visiting that winery during this visit. and so it is obviously a very major, final gift potentially of the trumpet, ministration to the north and yahoo administration question is how long lasting and how impactful that will be one anti settlement activist i was, it was really an irrelevance given. there is a new u.s. administration coming into power, a settler leader, so that it could at least create a sense of legal argument over the issue which might outlive the trumpet ministration. hari forces in west recent thank you. let's join the most of our barguti. he's the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative, joins me now via skype from ramallah. good to have you with us on the program again, sir. let's just begin with after months of not speaking to the israelis for an exciting parts of the west bank. why have the palestinian adamant ministration decided to start to speak again to the netanyahu government in service?

again, buying up a list, you know, not so to do is open. it's completely object is not supported by facts and it's only going to sham and it should not have been because it is happening while in activities that it might have significant for such as shall you go happens where someone else in this expand settlements and it's only action of what they're getting at that moment. and it's only action after that. this is just of the simple answer. look the few who doubt what you see there are people who don't accept your decision, so it will make a difference. but i don't think this will change those of you in it. so what's your opinion about visiting settlements as such and whether his arrival in, in the region actually influences the way that the next administration,

the next american administration is going to deal with this intractable, intractable problem. other players might have though i never really got supplement in the heart of the producers and the foundation of international actually it's a part of this edition of the american foreign minister and in the water climate that supplements it does not. and it's not coincidence that for the congressman, the democratic party have caused and have called this act, unfair us to impose its own ition of international law that would not happen on the rightfully government in israel. and it also violates the part of behavior and demands an administration that but in my opinion, this is it's for medically at least the ethics of the deal of the century,

the lists of liquidating the palestinians. i still sit and, and learn something new. my medical administration does not represent that, and he would be a big change in the policy specially designed if you are of that opinion, that there will not be a big change in policy then where do you go then to negotiate? where is the room to negotiate? and who do you speak to when you want to negotiate, to try and find a solution without changing the balance of power between us. and there will be not only for the results of that investigation, we're not against the principles of this. but let me remind you what we need is not to go back to the sea and vicious cycle of a peace process that it stops the peace talks as a substitute for a solution. what we need is a solution understood, you know, that i'm just ministration subject to serious pressure. indeed that's happened and

i accept and the israeli legal submission and start of the consolidation of the system that has become much wider than the facts that blue going to that one point to stand that i think at the time that this happened, we asked the same question, but just for our international viewers, who perhaps are coming up to speed with what's happening and why it's so significant that the bahraini foreign minister is in israel right now. how in the mind to do the palestinians feel if at all, that countries like bahrain and the u.a.e. and sudar now recognize israel. and that you might say, arab countries are turning their back on the palestinian cause. these not muslims, if you're not, humans are not peace only meant because knew that about the n.r.a. out there. what is the problem is it isn't, it isn't palestinians that the next family that leads the gun in this or the fact can do used to expand settlements. but activists,

if you will, and excision of the worst incremental and it's almost back the fact that this is happening this, we saw that these guys really get out on the national and lock it out more about existence than people. and as such, palestinian pursuit is that it's simply not my question that national osha see how this transpires for the moment to mr. barghouti. thanks very much, sir, for joining us from ramallah. thank you. iran's foreign minister says tehran is ready to fully return to its commitments under the 2050 nuclear deal if the us president elect joe biden lift sanctions. so it's a relief told iranian media that biden could swiftly lift sanctions by signing 3 executive orders. he also says tehran is ready to discuss a u.s. return to the landmark accord, which donald trump withdrew from 2 years ago. you can join me in one thing can be

done automatically. america will implement its commitments as part of the u.n. security council resolution. and we would fulfill our commitments in the j.c. . this needs no negotiation or conditions, and it's feasible. i gather is to get mr. biden becomes president he'd be capable of lifting all sanctions. if he doesn't, it means he doesn't want to be told from perth fired his chief of cyber security. just days after he rejected the president's claims of electoral fraud, chris krebs and his agency are responsible for election security. he said the poll was the most secure in american history. trump accused him of making inaccurate statements. trumps a legal challenge to the election results or suffered another setback. pennsylvania's supreme court rejected his campaign's arguments, that republican party observers did not get close enough access during the vote. count or president elect. joe biden is projected to have won the state, but trump is contesting the result there and in other battleground states. let's

get more on this small white house correspondent joins me now from washington. d.c., kimberly election challenges seem to be continuing by the trumpet, ministrations failing to, but heated debate, obviously in michigan. what seems to have gone on there? yeah, well what happened was initially, as these votes were being certified in the states, something that is necessary to make joe biden's win their official. there were 2 democrats that supported the win for joe biden, but 2 republicans said they could not certify the results. and as a result, this was something that was drawing the ire of the governor in that state, but was praised on social media by donald trump, calling this very courageous in light of what the trunk campaign says is widespread voting irregularities in that state. now ultimately this decision was reversed,

is these votes have now been certified for joe biden, but only when the republicans agree that there could also be a vote on investigating voter irregularities. the concern about voter fraud. why this isn't so important to republicans, is that the majority of them believe that there was, in fact a vote rigging that took place the 2020 alexion. they also believe that donald trump was the one that well least a majority do anyway. of republicans believe that donald trump won re-election. so in order to satisfy those concerns, this is what is what will be happening in the state. but we should point out that a lot of this was an assertion made by donald trump in advance of the election. and we should also point out that as you mentioned, a majority of these court challenges that the truck campaign has been launching, not just in this state, but in others, have not held up in court. and of course, it's all based on fact. and that's the big issue, isn't it?

for people that do support president trump, they don't want to listen to the facts of the court has, has been offered. and yet we're also seeing this of people who contradict. you want to say the president's version of events, including the top election security official that was supposed going on is the notes of those that really does the eye to eye with the president. yeah, you know, republicans would argue they are listening to facts, but they say those facts are being ignored by what they say are partisan election officials. so they have a very different viewpoint. i think it's important to acknowledge that because $72.00 plus 1000000 americans did vote for donald trump and they want to feel confident about election security. so their argument would be that they believe that there may be instances of irregularities that are being investigated, that are being dismissed in a rush to certify joe biden. so that's their position. but with respect to chris

crabs and his firing from the agency known as sister, that's the short acronym for it. you're right. he drew the ire of donald trump for saying that this was the most secure election in history. and republicans would allege, how can you say that if you haven't even done an investigation yet in just some of our concerns. so this is certainly controversial. but at the same time, chris krebs is being praised as somebody who held elections, security did the right job, and he's being praised by bipartisan politicians, as well as cyber security officials can be held as well. white house correspondent, in washington d.c. thank you but it's time for the weapon on his of it's a however, there we've got some rain in the full cost of the middle east over the next couple days. northern parts in particular fair amounts of cloud around the black sea, the caspian sea. so wet weather in that, in around georgia, armenia, azerbaijan, pushing into northern parts of iran wanted to show was to,

into central areas of iraq. and here comes out next, batch of wet weather spilling out of turkey into the eastern side of the mediterranean cyprus. seeing some heavy and sundry downpours could see some localized flooding, and that will spill its way into the levant. then so syria, lebanon, jordan, israel, the palestinian territories, seeing some wetter weather line, a cloud and some wet weather into northern parts of saudi arabia. but south of that, it is fine, and dry plenty of sunshine, around, pleasant sunshine, here in doha temperatures around $27.00 degrees celsius. the sunshine runs down into the horn of africa. that's what he wants to watch over the next couple of days because just offshore, we have a developing system here. keep an eye on that one as we go through thursday into friday. it makes is well, little closer, more than passes, somalia could see some wet weather come the early part of the next week. possibility of some flooding. heavy showers continue across central parts of africa, showers a stand down into southern parts of africa and it's warming up in cape town. this

week. governments to ground forces are destroying bridges in an attempt to stop the military's advance to the main city this week. prime minister ahmed announced what he called a final offensive and the conflict in the region. we call it is the main base for the great people's liberation front, also known as the t p. s. 2 grown fighters of refused to comply with government demands to put down their weapons. let's get the very latest from him or from near the ethiopian border. and hiper, the influx of refugees was expected. what's the situation like where you are and what sort of help are they getting when they arrive? but while some hail, the number of refugees that continue to arrive to sudan have been rising over the past few days. the united nations high commission for refugees that the refugee agency said that on sunday, more than 5000 arrived on a single day more than 2300 arrived in the next day. and they say that those

numbers are much higher than what they were expecting. they said they were expecting in the numbers of hundreds, not thousands to be arriving. now, as you can see behind me, these are refugees receiving aid. this is the 1st time that refugees are receiving aid since they arrived to this refugee camp here. and a lot of not far from the border, most of them say that they've been going hungry for at least 3 days. other thing that they've been going hungry for more and that they have children, that they need to tend to. authorities obviously that the numbers have been rising . we've got nearly 350000 refugees, numbers that are expected to go up to 250000 over the coming weeks and sudanese authorities have been pleading for aid organizations to step up. so we've seen delegations from the united nations agencies such as the world food program and the united nations children's agency unicef visiting those refugee centers. the borders center is this refugee camp and other refugee camps to look into the needs and assessments of what those refugees need. they say that they have produced dogs food

for about a month for a 50000 refugees. but then again, those numbers are not what are expected. they're expecting more than 100000. so more demands by refugees and by authorities for aid organizations to step up, have a look. and in that i got there, it's called the sit on the c.e.o. . be able to thank you. still ahead here on the news sharing the economic pie will argentina's richest citizens help it manage its financial problems. and spain sting germany with 6 goals to make the last 4 of the nation's league. joe, we'll have those details in sport. so don't go away. in the 2nd part of identity and exile, nephew council travels to the middle east to retrace his steps, palestinian refugees rise. baha of the world's palestinian population and see the conflict through the eyes of those who live. it breaks my heart to see this man was

going to father to yearn for a place that he may never see. i don't mean that israel of the me go followed about my gun to his ear. a correspondent played an important role in protecting human face. some have been sung that simply disappeared. others have been found dead. one i want to investigate the plight of thailand's distant one, which is the all . oh

well, but you're watching al-jazeera at least the whole rom a reminder. the top stories on the news are u.s. drugmaker. pfizer plans to request emergency approval for its covert 900 vaccine in the coming days. this after results from its trials show that it's safe at around 95 percent effective in all age groups. during 737 max jet has been given approval to fly again in the u.s. by the aviation regulator wants. the planes are fitted with new software and pilots of the train. the fleet has been grounded worldwide for nearly 2 years after 2 crashes killed nearly 350 people. iran's foreign minister says tehran is ready to return to its commitments under the 2050 nuclear deal. if president elect joe biden, rejoins the agreement and lift sanctions, donald trump withdrew it from the agreement 2 years ago. now thousands of anti-government protesters in thailand are back rallying in bangkok today after

violent confrontations. they've gathered as parliament debates a roadmap on possible amendments to the constitution. that's a key demand of protesters along with reforms to the monarchy on cheese day more than 50 people were injured and 6 people were shot as police responded to protest as breaking past barriers. scott hietala has more from bangkok, the day after the most violent protest in this movement that really swelled in july, thousands of protesters gathering here in central bangkok, peacefully. this comes after a very violent night on tuesday in front of parliament. the protesters faced a minor setback in the draft to an amendment to the constitution, but they say that was a minor setback. they are still pushing for and that's why they gathered here tonight, wednesday night, peacefully. they want to make sure the government knows that they can still move forward despite this minor setback. they still maintain, they want their main demand to be met and that is the prime minister. resign that the constitution be rewritten, and that there's reform within the monarchy and they say they can push forward that,

and their movement is growing by showing that they can get this many people out within a very short notice. the taliban calls the u.s. drawdown of troops from afghanistan. a good step. the u.s. announced on tuesday, it's pulling troops out of afghanistan and iraq by mid january just before president leaves office. but senior figures in the military on trump's republican party say it's a mistake and a risky move. and a vicious reports now from the white house donald trump campaigned in 2016 on ending america's wars abroad. in the final days of his presidency, he's acting to cut numbers in both iraq and afghanistan. from 4500 in afghanistan, the number will drop to 2500. it will be the same number in iraq, where there are currently more than 3000 personnel. this is consistent with our established plans and strategic objectives supported by the american people and does not equate to change in u.s. policy or objectives. in

a stand is the us is longest war. it's lasted 1000 years, more than $2300.00 soldiers have died. it's cost more than $193000000000.00. earlier this year, the u.s. with the help of qatar, negotiated a deal with the afghan taliban to bring a permanent cease fire and remove all foreign forces out of the country by mean next year. in october, donald trump tweeted he wanted all u.s. service personnel home by christmas december 25th when he's leaving biden is something that again, in the long run is probably where we would have ended up with eventually anyway. but the timing is seen as very rash and dangerous. donald trump has a nose troop withdrawals in the past. famously tweeting in 2018 that he wanted all u.s. service personnel out of syria. that announcement led in part to the resignation of then defense secretary jim mattis. the military rule, that idea then,

but it's clear that donald trump wants the troops out and on the timetable, he's unknowns. but the decision has brought criticism, even from his own side. president barack obama pull troops out of iraq just before the end of his time in office, ordering an agreement and a deadline set by his republican predecessor. but republicans claim that move led to the growth of i saw a risk one, senator says, trump is taking no other to extremely important here in the next couple of months. not to have any earth shaking changes with regard to defense and foreign policy. i think appreciate that as drawdown a new there, afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake. the head of need to has warned of a quick uncoordinated withdrawal seeing it risks lives. but it's clear donald trump wants to leave office, claiming another campaign promise has been delivered. alan fischer al-jazeera at

the white house, ugandan opposition politician bobby wiener has been arrested while campaigning. the presidential candidates twitter account says he was dragged from his car by police in the district of whine, being a rest of multiple times in what his supporters say is an attempt to silence the opposition. but officials say he was repeatedly reached over 19 restrictions by holding large rallies. the u.s. has agreed to drop drug charges against mexico's former defense minister salvador cos was arrested in los angeles last month. it's now up to mexico to investigate and possibly prosecute him. as john heilemann reports from mexico city. 2 it was a bombshell unprecedented when the former head of the mets k'naan forces, general salvador see him for a girls was arrested by u.s. authorities in los angeles airport. again, this is their story they same, but now there's been a bigger shock in extremely unusual u.-turn. the u.s.

has decided not to prosecute him and to send him back to his homeland. see him for a girls was accused of trafficking drugs to the u.s. and protecting a cartel from mexican and u.s. . law enforcement, prosecutors said one of his nicknames was the renal the godfather. the mets can foreign minister, marcello abroad welcomed the move to return him. it's a decision that we look at kindly and we think is positive. we don't see this as part of the road to impunity, but as an act of respect towards mexico and its armed forces. he said to see him for eagles will now be investigated in mexico, incorporating the u.s. evidence, but he didn't say he'd be put on trial. why is that? i in the book for president under his man will open the door. this is a question of sovereignty. he sees dealing with c.m. for eagles, as his administration's purgative,

the decision to get their former chief, but will also help strengthen the president's relationship with the military who has come to rely on for policing and infrastructure projects. the move was announced in a joint statement from the us, a mexican attorney general's that talked about the strong law enforcement partnership between the countries and the united front. those words, when suv an important bilateral relationship, but they raise questions. if there is such trust in the relationship, why didn't the u.s. authorities tell them? it's come ones about the investigation in the 14 months that they were conducting it. and what's going to happen now when the general returns to a country with rampant impunity? john home and how does it or mexico city 34 pro-democracy politicians, a whole call have been arrested for disrupting a legislative council session. earlier this year. the whole kong government says the politicians acted illegally, but the former politicians say it's yet another attempt by china to silence its

critics in hong kong. 7 o'clock has more for pro-democracy legislated to head who it was arrested at his home early on wednesday morning. also under arrest for 2 other legislators, right chan and eddie chu. they've been challenge for this incident. the pro-democracy politicians through what was described as a foul smelling liquid at the president of the city's legislature. it was during the 2nd reading of a controversial bill which criminalizes the mocking of china's national anthem. emergency services were called in the chamber was shut down. as a result, the lying, the passing of the legislation. police say they intended to cause harm. the politicians say their arrest is unfair and unexpected. i told them the other 3 arrests of the police and i told them what the regime is doing. i can't have people with democratic values,

people who speak for the whole battle of these latest arrests, a part of a citywide crackdown on opposition and dissent in hong kong. it's intensified since the introduction of beijing's national security law in july that legislation targets what it calls acts of terrorism and painlessness critics of the mainland. november 8 legislators were charged for their role in a violent confrontation in the legislative council. in may police, it's using public power is a criminal procedure to regulate operation legislative, what they speak, what they do in fire, all that of which are. this is ridiculous. this only shows all hope people enter the world that this regime is a tyranny. the legislature has now been left with no effective opposition. after 15 pro-democracy politicians quick last week,

they resigned in protest against beijing to sit to allow the city's executive here sacked legislators without going through the courts for have been disqualified so far. they may be no pro-democracy legislators left in the city's parliament, but they could still face a wrist outside the chime. but sarah clarke, al-jazeera hong kong argentina wants it super rich to help support families who've been hard hit by the crown of ours pung demick. it's congress has begun debating a bill to impose a wealth tax to raise billions of dollars. trees above reports from the capital for desires argentina's tax by and how it should be sliced and made. an economic crisis has become food for lively discussion. and when a site is and now for the 1st time deputies are set to debate imposing a wealth tax on arjun times who have over $2000000.00 in assets. on tuesday, thousands took to the streets outside congress to show support for the new tax and

the governmental filed out of the farm. and this, it wasn't as if we are seeing a very delicate situation in argentina with people struggling to find food. people who have lost their jobs, so opposing a tax on wealth is necessary for the tax under discussion would amount to 2 percent for individuals with assets worth more than $2500000.00 and scale up to us much as $525.00 for all trial wealthy citizens holding their fortunes outside the country argentina is desperate for funds as the coronavirus than demick has had a devastating impact in the economy. poverty rates are close to 50 percent, but commercial chambres in the country warning that a wealth tax in this context could have an impact on potential investors who already see the country as a negative for business. several nationals are fleeing the south american nation, claiming that doing business in argentina is complicated and unprofitable volatile

politics. price and currency controls and state interventionism are part of doing business here. and the law is being debated as argentina begins discussing with the i.m.f. . how to play over $40000000000.00 in debt says the opposition will vote that the book, this kind of taxes per recession, it's not a tax that will promote investment. on the contrary, the problem is how this tax is being discussed and the public protest by the government that generates a climate against business. there was no discussion. the only intention is to show that they are champions of the poor when they are giving in to the austerity measures demanded by the i.m.f. . last, but president of the for member said the new tax is meant to aid public coffers to cope with a pandemic. we are living in terms of where solidarity years to be the role in congress. we see the debate on world what is being debated is whether those who

have more can express in terms of him agency in solidarity with the rest of the country. these are difficult times for argentina, years of recession and inflation, and the impact of the pandemic have left millions in need finding balance between providing aid and stabilizing the economy is seen as crucial to help the country leave its economic troubles behind. that is how when a scientist well still ahead in sports, i could all put 6 goals, plus colombia on the road to the world cup will up as highlights in sport, straight up to the brain. business leaders just want to buy no bra spot

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book about time sport of mr. sack. thank you very much. let's start with cricket. and the news that in your move visit pakistan for the 1st time in 16 years to play to t 20 internationals, the games will be in october, 2021 serves the build up to the t 20 world cup pakistan went years without hosting international cricket after the 2009 terrorist attack on trying to team bus in the hole, which killed 8 people, but sri lanka, bangladesh and zimbabwe have all sent teams there in the last year. what we're doing is smashing perceptions and actually building the real reality of what pakistan is really about. and it's about passion from the fans. it's about hospitality, and it's about cricket. and this is what this country thrives on. this is what it

lives on. and this is what we give back to the world. and it's great that these players have been able to experience that and all around a marine ellie who has been playing in the pakistan super league, says this is a significant decision. i think it was probably going to happen anyway. well i think it's right that we go out after such a long time to one for the game. it's also focused on. 'd sudanese, next experienced crew here, so there are some color too to host. yeah, i mean, we call it to go in the future and i think it's a moment for critical. well it speak now to dot to nominate as a cricket broadcaster based in islamabad, adult to place. tell us, how did this decision come about and how significant is it for pakistan? cricket well, the person will more, it's a pleasure talking to you. i think it is absolutely significant because we have

what the bush era dejection since march 2009 when she london team was it playing a test match at work? well, i must also say that cricket is absolutely a passion in this part of the world. and it binds us together as a box, that's not nice and there's a market for about politics breaks and about religion. so cricket is a binding force and it made them look at what follows that we are absolutely delighted to be told that england have got their out. thanks as well. keep going to going to be getting their child and stopping over at karachi and think to keep going to not homes. i must also emphasize that since 2009, we had absolutely crisis 6 years, and then in 2050, bucks and britain want us attempted to attract some bubbly during, in the month of may. we had an international level comprising stuff that the complaints coming to love west indies became played in 2008 in sri lanka,

playing one in t 20 national arace and followed by a complete lay brother of winter, often lanka last year and battle of these 2. and that unfortunately regrettably happened, we have won because of that, call it 900. and that makes and recently not our but some super league to match the tournament play in pakistan last year and now completed just yesterday. so this is indeed happening. south africa is lined up to do and generally february 20031 and one are in the new zealand needs knowledge. we have finally managed to crack bigger teams and big boys of cricket coming to pakistan. well that was going to be my next question, really for the future of pakistan. do you think that this will open up pakistan to other teams coming in and touring more often? has pakistan returned? do you think international cricket now? well, i must congratulate the pipes and begin war and our security advances in the forty's

. yes, cricket means loads of notes to us, not all new towns of monetization and the bits as a business model. but i'm not going to be on this book. as i told you earlier that they did on the 2nd to religion top of the population. 'd in this country and yes, sri lanka, coming year for the for the 2 of. 'd them that the east and south africa lined up before me and you and me, leader on almost an almost confound it. still a reaction lately, but that dentistry is scheduled to come over in 2022. so this opens up and i think cricket shuttling back and i can do honestly, it's not that i'm wrong, but it's fun, but it's not only about playing cricket. here we have a culture that you can keep the communication, prosper. tallahassee and typically as you can fit well. so i think that this is really heartening that it has really opened up and confirming to people and that's

what means big. we're going back in business and, but yes, it's gotten to name an a as in such a lot of passion, that pakistan, cricket fans that take, thank you very much for speaking to us. locked up. last, the asian champions league has swung back into action with the teams from the east getting their group stage back underway for the 1st time. since the current virus pandemic, the delayed competition is being played in a bio security bubble. in cata, china's shanghai show far edge perth glory to one in group effort on wednesday to begin their continental campaign on a winning note, this match was being played education city stadium, which is one of the venues for the 2022 world cup. and speaking of the world cup in 2 years' time, brazil have made their best start to a qualifying campaign. in 51 years, they've now got 4 wins from 4 games off to victory over a year ago and choose day brazil with outs neymar because of injury. a year ago i

was missing luis suarez who tested positive for corona virus. but brazil had midfielder out of tone who put them in front with his 1st goal for his country in 21 matches, or solace, and then added the 2nd on the stroke of half time as the 5 time world champions want to know and stay top of the south american group standings, searching continents and 2 more teams have secured qualification for the africa cup of nations. mali made sure of a top to finish in group a with a 21 win over namibia 2nd quarter concert with the goals both in the 1st half and to lizzie, also guaranteed they'll finish in the top 2 in their group, that's after a 11 draw in terms of their defending afghan champions, algeria and senegal of the other 2 teams who have already qualified after year out of the ring, the best pound for pound boxer in the world. so canelo alvarez hanna, has announced his next fight. the mexican has settled

a legal dispute with his former promoter, which means he can fight as a free agent. he's going to face britain's unbeaten callum smith for the world super middleweight title on december 19th in the u.s. canelo who has already beaten smith's brother. liam is a former white won't champion with only one defeat in 56 fights to floyd, mayweather, only organized next year's delight and pigs will be concerned by took your recording, its highest ever daily increase in covert 900 cases, 493, new cases were reported just as the international committee president thomas father completed a 2 day trip to the city that there were protests during his visits with opposition to the games growing in japan, due to spiraling costs, and the health risks involved in hosting during a pandemic. right, that is all useful for now more later site. thanks very much said and you have been watching the i was there and he's out with me. so robert jay gunshots coming back. the more news on the other side of the break, but until then from each other on the news hour tape but your time and your company

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