to iraq after the americans at this time on all jesus understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the room. so no matter how you take it, we'll bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. the rule al-jazeera, the arab you know, this is the news hour on al-jazeera. i'm fully back to bill in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. hope for the fight against covert 19, pfizer says it's vaccine is more effective than originally thought. and will now request emergency approval. after years of controversy over 2 plane crashes, the boeing 737 max get the only clear from the u.s. aviation agency. also this hour with yourself a tallit sees in uganda's capital after a crash is over. the arrests of opposition,

politician, bobby, why, and a judge orders the u.s. government to stop expanding migrant children who cross the 7 border. and arpita simply go to school to england's purposes who took part in stone for the 1st time in 16 years. and better, more later in the program, i am thank you very much for joining as u.s. drug. make a 5 pounds to request emergency approval for discovered 1000 vaccine in the coming days. this softer results show that it's safe and around 95 percent effective in old age groups. the vaccine developed with its german partner by intake has shown consistent results across various demographics with no major side effects. but there is growing concern masa, buying of any vaccine by the wealthiest nations could result in the exclusion of

the waltz forests. the campaign group global justice now has warned that up to 85 percent of the global population won't have access. that's because pfizer and by intake have already sold 82 percent of the $1300000000.00 they can produce by the end of next year. it's the same case with the pharma company medina's vaccine. it's already sold 78 percent of its $780000000.00 doses have been snapped up by the world's richest nations, which make up only 14 percent of the population. and that leads to very little room for aid organizations to help or nations that speak to thomas pogi about this. his professor of philosophy at yale university and co-founder of incentives for global health, a nonprofit working to increase access to essential medicine. and he joins us from new haven in the u.s. . thank you very much for being with us. so we have already developing countries falling behind in the race to reserve a vaccine,

despite an international agreement to allocate a vaccine equitably. how long do you think before a global population in no income countries really have a vaccine available data that you have just given to. 'd the rich countries, 1st people, soft and many other countries are served. the kovacs initiative, which countries like the u.k. and canada aims to have, they said 2000000000 doses available by the end of next year to help distribute the vaccine more equally around the world. but i guess is no guarantee that countries will have the funds for any requested payment from kovacs. is that right? that's no guarantee. but of course there is the hope that that rich countries will see fit to support this and all the amounts of money involved. and not particularly,

and we're obviously beating the interest of everybody. if we got rid of this disease as quickly as possible, we don't want what countries are the main weaving grounds with the disease and thrives and potentially even development strengths. and of course, there is the question of whether the vaccine any vaccine would be appropriate for no, and middle income countries, whether it would require a special phrases for, for instance, for storage of multiple doses, you know, to be effective. that's why there is a problem. but that is one of the 2 that seems that the other one seems to be that can survive under normal situation. so, you know, they're talking about, you know, this vaccine probably being available in the u.s. by december, within which countries do you expect this to be distributed equally. you know,

within the united states for instance, you know, i don't know how they want to distribute it within the united states, but i imagine that they will focus sense of be on health care workers, 1st and foremost. because those are our. 'd defenders in the fight against this disease. and if they get sick, need that defense. another thing, another priority, obviously is the more bomber of the populations. and also people who, for whatever reason, a more likely to come into contact with others and to spread of disease. those are the obvious priorities because ultimately we want to fight this disease and the population level and shrink it and contain it as fast as we possibly can. thank you so much for talking to us professor pogi thomas, professor of philosophy at yale university. we appreciate your time, sir, you are and i, chinese vaccine has also shown some success during drives. as raid stage 3 trials,

researchers say it could provide enough protection against devise. they believe a vaccine could be susan powell for emergency use. during the pandemic. the world health organization has warned that although vaccines are effective tools to help control the spread of covert 19, they alone cannot end the pandemic. and in vaccines is going to give us a huge chance. but if we add vaccines and forget the other, things are, does not go to 0. we need to add vaccination to the existing physical measures being careful and hygiene, and of riyad that physical distancing, and hygiene, and, and care to vaccine. i think we will go a long way to getting rid of this was british prime minister boies johnson has defended his government's multibillion dollar spending on protective equipment for health care workers. that's after a watchdog found companies recommended by politicians were more likely to be given new critical 1000 contracts. johnson has answered questions about the scandal via

video link is currently in isolation. after meeting someone infected with covered 90 the world of the law. so guys, ph who should be getting too big and i didn't either decide to speed it up to say to people like me, it's got to be made in this country. really want to see the beginning of the credit course gave the publisher the way they are already being published. people in germany have been protesting against the government's new coronavirus rules. police fired want to cannon and arrested. 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 shop uptick in cases. the sates of south australia is going into knock down

for 6 days to stop the spread of covert 1922, new cases of what's been described as a highly contagious strain of the virus have been detected. schools and nonessential businesses will be closed and people will have to stay home. the states for mere has described it as a circuit breaker locked down to control community infections. pakistan, meanwhile, is dealing with a 2nd wave of coronavirus infections. the government has not impose another lockdown, but is restricting public events including political rallies, victoria gate, and he has what this hospital in islamabad is struggling to cope with. the number of 1000 patients being admitted to its woods. infection rates across pakistan have increased significantly in the last 2 weeks. second wave is very serious. hospitals are once again parked. it's very difficult to cope with the crisis when the health care system is already so fragile. the government has ruled out a 2nd national look down, shops, restaurants, and factories can stay open,

but must follow social distancing measures and weddings are restricted to a 2 hour gathering, but up to 300 guests can attend. prime minister imran khan has banned his p.t.i. party from holding public rallies and asked others to do the same opposition parties accuse him of playing politics. adding the ban on political rallies is not acceptable. be categorically reject the government's decision, and it will happen. daily infections in pakistan peaked at more than 6800 in june. that number fell to a low of 213 in august and to stay below 700 for most of the last 3 months. now it's back above 2000. people are worried about how they'll cope during the previous, lockdown or businesses were destroyed. now we hear on t.v., the 2nd wave is more dangerous. what is the government doing for us? they waste time arguing with opposition parties instead of caring for the people.

the government says it will decide next week whether to shut schools. teachers say they're doing their best to ensure students a safe. yes. when the real deal, but their masks are checked as well as the temperatures. the 2nd wave is spreading rapidly, so we've divided our classes into 2 groups. group a, come in the morning, and group being in the evening and that way we can ensure social distancing and avoid any spread. the prime minister says he's worried about the number of people being admitted to hospitals and visiting people who wear masks in public and avoid crowds to prevent the 2nd wave of coronavirus being worse than the 1st. victoria is there are plenty more ahead on this news hour, including breaking with tradition in israel, by comparison set to become the 1st top u.s. diplomat to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank past claiming

when small size in ethiopia's conflicts say they are on top as fighting intensifies in the north and in sports with peter asian champions, league football returns to qatar action. in the first u.s. aviation regulator has given the approval for boeing's troubled 737 mass jet to fly again. its feet has been grounded worldwide for nearly 2 years after 2 crashes killed nearly 350 people. the planes will now be allowed to take to the skies, but only after they're fitted with new software and pilots are retrained. rob mcbride has a report 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 competence in your plane 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 you have the alerts

that it's safe passage and 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 seth kaplan is transportation in this for the u.s. national public radio program here. and now he explains how the voting 737 is the most scrutinized hopped in the history of aviation. i personally would get on one right now. i believe that this is at this point,

the most scrutinized aircraft probably in the history of aviation, which is to take nothing away from the gravity of everything that's happened. but there are some basic changes this plate of laws that would give me enough confidence. i mean something as simple as requiring the system to those 2 sensor failures, not just one. the chances of human sensors failing at the same time before something happens just far less than the chances of just one sensor failing, which were in happen quite commonly. at this point, they're basically accepting that boeing has made those changes. what you had was a plane that actually had some aerodynamic issues. it was an update of an older aircraft. they want to put new engines on the old aircraft. their boss had done the same thing with, it's a 320, it's getting product. the other single while or a narrow body aircraft, you know, short haul flights 2 or 3 hours across the world,

anywhere in the world. you know, you're probably fly a one of these 2 aircraft. airbus basically got lucky if you just put the new engines on the old aircraft and not have to make many other changes for the aircraft by ethiopian. and the leader of the tea, great people's liberation front, has admitted his fighters have lost ground. ethiopian government forces have been advancing as the conflict in the north continues to escalate. at the great people's liberation front has refused to surrender, and both sides have claimed they are nearing victory. on just areas hit by, morgan is across the border in sudan with more on the humanitarian crisis unfolding . 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's the refugees 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. and the numbers of hundreds of 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. others saying 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 through 50000 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 border centers 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 talks food for about

a month for about 60000 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 at least 3 people have been killed and dozens more injured in uganda in violence between protesters and police. supporters of the pop star turned politician bobby windburn, ties in this race after he was oppressive at a rally in the east of uganda. officials have accused them of violating coronavirus restrictions while campaigning for the upcoming presidential election. another opposition leader has also been arrested while campaigning. hakim webb has this update from nairobi called the wind, was campaigning in the district called luka, just over 100 kilometers from the capital camp. allah. it was there that he was arrested and bundled into a police van cleef said he was arrested because of repeated violations of campaign restrictions to try and prevent the spread of covert. 19, in particular,

holding rallies above a specified limit of 200 people. but the wind, it was a pop star, got involved in opposition. politics is challenging. president, you know, i'm a 70 in elections. it's you to be held in january. the 70 has been in power for 34 years. for the wine, it's very popular among young people, particularly in towns and cities where he frequently jaws large crowds much larger than the limits of 200. now when he was arrested today, news spread to the capital kampala where his supporters took to the streets to set up burning roadblocks. police responded with a crackdown and dispersed crowds with tear gas gunfire could be heard throughout the city. police said along with reports in the local press that some people have been killed in the violence as well as thousands who have been injured in while another opposition candidate. patrick maria. the party is the largest opposition

party in parliament, was also arrested in the northern city of toulouse. police said because he had planned an on authorized procession that editor of african feminism dot com. she's via skype from kampala. thank you very much for being with us. can you 1st update us on the situation in kampala today? tell us about what happened. we've heard of 3. people killed just how tense was it earlier and is it common now? yes it all is that even though it was calm but the whole day we were hearing different parts of the city. it wasn't just the main city in the middle of the city but in different neighborhoods of the city. but also outside compiler. different towns were also in got to some level protests calling for the release of will be wind. and these protests were, of course,

in response. the fact that the government orders for duty will be won. and the police by invited to the arrests that what the wind was holding here. all charges or play, it's important regulations. but right now it's not come down as the night time came. and what do we know about the whereabouts of bobby wine is, is still under arrest. he was 2nd present, he was and he had been held at a prison in the eastern district, which has been very well known to its very well known for torture. it's been an intimate no area where the different dissident saw. that's the we go into the night without knowing really what's happening in the uncertainty in, of course, mass violence. people were killed. we don't know how many people were killed. many were injured. many people say they saw dead bodies. we don't know. definitely the

city is and people are worried about what is coming next. indeed, people are worried about what might come next. bobby wine, of course, no stranger to arrest in uganda has been a thorn in the side of the government for some time. now why, why are so many people in uganda increasingly drawn to him? i think we have to look at the, at the end of the day, their demographic shifts. i'm not example president 70 what's been in power for 35 years, but never the president. so it's very important to know that people are looking for a change. and unfortunately, that's, that the support is not given for a peaceful transfer. we have met as a best peaceful transfer of power since we got our independence in 1062 in this remains on our history. people are looking for at least given the support in the election by the election. le grand is very little. 'd because you see president 7 is completely over to start 200 people. these, there's nothing wrong in

a position kind of it was we've many supporters that he's arrested so the ground is not livable, but definitely the demographics are in favor of change. thank you so much. rolls, bell for talking to us is a writer and editor of african feminism dot com describing their tend to chew ation in uganda head of general elections which are scheduled in january,, 2021. thank you very much for your time. now u.s., secretary of state mike brown, pale is in israel and was said to be his last tour on behalf of the trump administration. is held a joint news conference with israeli prime minister binyamin that's now and bahrain's foreign minister there praised the normalization of ties between israel and bahrain. the u.a.e. and sudan all deals brokered by the u.s. is expected to become the 1st top u.s. diplomat to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank. and that sparked anger among palestinian protesters who see the settlements as

a major obstacle to peace. the trump administration has broken with decades of us foreign policy in its support of israel, including saying it does not see israeli settlements to be illegal under international law. herefore said is in west jerusalem. he explains what is expected from my compels last visit to israel as secretary of state of the us. it is a significant visit in the last weeks of the trumpet. ministration might pump a 0 here and saying fairly normal things in his press conference, but obviously later doing something pretty extraordinary. with this visit 1st, the press conference we heard from benjamin netanyahu welcoming the bahraini foreign minister here the 1st time. an official ministerial visit had taken place, saying that these normalization deals were proceeding with real pace and unleashing economic force, thanking donald trump once again saying that it would not have been possible without the u.s. president's leadership. there was similar language from pompei. you also mentioned

iran, which is a very much alive issue. after those reports the donald trump was looking at military options in regards to iran's nuclear program in recent days. and those reports also suggesting that pump pump was one of those who argued against taking such an option. but the israelis are very concerned about what might happen under the biden administration with regard to potentially taking the u.s. back into the iran nuclear deal. as for ability, if any of the bahraini foreign minister, he also welcomed the warming ties talking about the very soon to be formalized establishment of embassies in each country reciprocally. he also was the only of the 3 men to talk about the palestinians at all. saying that he had emphasized the need for israel and the palestinians to get back to the negotiating table and for a viable 2 state solution to be reached. and prior to his arrival in his rap on

peres in georgia, where opposition parties trying to draw his attention to the political crisis unfolding more parliamentary elections in october where reg, from tbilisi robin foresee war reports for a high level guest, a fist bump. hello, mike pompei, i was in tbilisi to emphasize continued american support for georgia, at a time of regional instability and a raging pandemic. we want to do everything we can to support your democratic process, the building of the institutions for the future other to be a developing situation with free, fair lectures and all the things that come with robust debate. kristie. but george's opposition says free and fair elections failed to happen. this downtown protest was organized to attract the u.s. top diplomats attention to a domestic political crisis. they accused the government of manipulating the

results of a parliamentary vote and backsliding on democracy. election definitely was rigged. and this is ridiculous and that your da's us ally and we don't want to back to you. the opposition also want the government to take a stronger stand against vladimir putin. russia has military bases in georgia, is to break away terror trees south to set. and last week, russia deployed 2000 peacekeepers to the nagorno-karabakh conflict zone in neighboring azerbaijan. while the u.s. and georgia already cooperate militarily ahead of pompei ohs visit former georgian ministers and ambassadors called on the u.s. to provide a permanent military presence in their country. we don't know what will be the

final outcome of this so-called cease fire or hopefully, but it really sharpened the call of the quantiles of this idea as a necessary immediate the means to maintain our region or a right track of peace and security rather than being a pool of it was a short stop on a busy itinerary for mike pompei o, but his visit has huge significance for the only democracy in a region where the balance of power of late has shifted away from the united states . robin 1st year walker tbilisi still ahead on al-jazeera, a green industrial revolution, british prime minister boyce johnson in vans and bashes the lot on that point. 8 past why the u.s. drops drug charges against mexico's former defense minister and in sports. with peter, find out why the australian open tennis tournament days in doubt. how

low is some settle across northern parts of the middle east are becoming more unsettled? is because through the next couple of days. yes, we got some clout and writing, say, the west of weather around the caucasus has some showers there for georgia or armenia, azerbaijan, some wetter weather, spilling out to southern parts of turkey that will run across cyprus towards the levant. so lebanon, jordan, syria, seeing some wet weather as we go through friday. showers, there winds in northern parts of iraq, easing over towards the north and northwest of iran. further south. it's generally dry and settled, although we will see temperatures struggling to get to $27.00 celsius. here in doha, but sometimes that sunshine, once the winds begin to ease down again, we'll see some western weather gradually pushing towards the horn of africa as you

go on through the next couple of days. i think for thursday, want to showers into central parts of somalia. what's the weather there into eastern parts of kenya? well, in areas of tanzania continue to see some showers, and i shall is of course they join up with the very heavy rain that we have across central parts of africa. and notice some pockets of very heavy rain there. coming in across angola, sabby acing some heavy showers, botswana also seeing some of those showers in the eastern half of south africa could also see some places of rain by saturday. losing we are going home to botswana when modern mankind originate many moons ago mankind migrated from the majestic to begin the journey of the modern human across the world. and as the dust settles,

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you're watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me fully back to bill. i remind our main stories u.s. truck make a fine is a chance to request emergency approval for. it's called the 1000 back scene in the coming days. this after results from his trials show that it's safe and on 95 percent effective in all age groups. boeing 737 max jets has been given approval to try again by the u.s. aviation regulator wants to planes are fitted with new software and pilots out retrained. their fate has been grounded world wide for nearly 2 years after clashes killed nearly 350 people and at least 3 people have been killed in uganda and dozens more injured after confrontations between protesters and police, supporters of the pop star turned politician known as wine. in the streets after he was arrested once again. joining us now on the line from is barbara who is the wife of the ugandan opposition?

politician bobby wine. thank you very much for speaking to us. can you tell us 1st about the whereabouts of the wind? where is your husband right now? can you hear me barbara? barbara. barbara, can you hear me? barbara, if you can hear me, let me try one more time. where is bobby wind right now? what do you know about his whereabouts? apologies. we're having a few technical issues there. we were on the line with the wife of ugandan opposition, politician bobby wine, who was arrested earlier today in uganda. they've been clashes there between his supporters and police with at least 3 people reported killed. we will hopefully bring her back on the phone and try to find out more about the whereabouts of bobby

wine. let's move on in the meantime and head to the u.s. where doll trumps legal challenge to the election results has suffered another setback. pennsylvania supreme court rejected his campaign's argument, that republican party observers did not get close enough access during vote counting. president elect joe biden is projected to have won the state, but trump is contesting the result there and in other battleground states. kitty hawk, it is our white house correspondent, joins us now live from washington. so candy. the charm campaign continues to suffer legal setbacks, but they're not giving up any still challenging the election results. and the u.s. president is still not conceding, even as he's seeing many of these truck campaign lawsuits not making it through the courts. now you'll remember that we have a report here in al-jazeera of the u.s. president firing the man in charge of election security who gave a statement through the department of homeland security in the real last week. that in fact, he did not see widespread evidence of any sort of irregularities or voting will.

following his firing, he said he was proud of his job. his name is chris crabs and he's just tweeted again, trying to dispel some of the rumors and the confusion that exists in the united states about some of the president's claims with respect to widespread voter regularities. chris cripps, writing room, occurred troll. i never claimed there wasn't fraud in the election because that's not sis's job. that's the agency you work for. it's a law enforcement matter we did provide in foreign measures. election officials use to event to detect dead voters though, don't buy it, think twice before sharing. in other words, some advice to people on social media who maybe maybe even the president says sharing the widespread information that may or may not be true. so this is his sort of effort, you know, about 12 to 18 hours after being fired, of really trying to set the record straight. now, as he's doing this, the u.s. president has also been active on twitter,

continuing to insist he won the election. that the whole process is rigged and even challenging. now in the u.s. state of wisconsin in 2 counties, they are recounting the term campaign spending $3000000.00 right now. what we know is that joe biden won that state decidedly by about $20000.00 votes. but as you mentioned, the trump campaign continuing to challenge this, even as some of these have been very unsuccessful attempts and can be one of the trumpet, ministrations, policies on immigration has suffered a setback in court. yeah, absolutely. and lot of talk on the campaign trail of 2016, not as much in 2020, but the whole issue of immigration and particularly donald trump's immigration policies, very strict policies sending many people back was not allowing them to claim legal protections or even asylum. and that really got an extra push if you will come march of this year when the covert hit and under health protection order,

the administration claimed that they needed to send people back to protect citizens of the united states from covert 19 that included about $8000.00 children well, u.s. district court judge has since reversed that, at least with respect to children. they will now be able to get the protections that activists say that they need what it won't apply to though are their parents or just adults that come across. and we know as of march 149000 have been sent back . we don't know if the justice department is going to challenge all of this, but we do know is that president elect biden. the incoming by an administration is expected to turn back some of donald trump's immigration policies as part of what wider, revamping on immigration. kimberly. thank you for that company. white house correspondent, our i believe we have the wife of ugandan opposition. politician bobby wind back on the phone for is bob barr, who joins a sink. you very much for being with us. hopefully you can hear me this time. can

you tell me 1st what you know about the whereabouts of your husband? where? where is bobby wind right? now barbara, can you hear me? all right. i'm really sorry about that. we heard her before, but unfortunately she's not there anymore. is she there? barbara, can you hear me? all right. apologies for that. we are going to move on now, and the u.s. has dropped drug charges against mexico's former defense minister, salvador c.n. flavorless, was arrested in los angeles last month, a stop to mexico to investigate and possibly prosecute him. john heilemann reports from mexico city. 2 it was a bombshell precedented 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, is this all the 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 reno the godfather. the mets can, foreign minister must sell or brought welcome the move to return him significant. 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 mean, the 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 parole get to 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 u.s. mexican attorney generals that talked about the strong lauren foresman partnership between the countries and the united front. those words mean suv an important bilateral relationship, but they raise questions to, if there is such trust in the relationship, why didn't the u.s. authorities tell the mexican 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 3, former pro-democracy politicians in hong kong have been arrested for disrupting a legislative council session earlier this year. the hong 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 reports former pro-democracy legislated to head home. he was arrested at his home early on wednesday morning, also under arrest for 2 other legislators, right chan and eddie chu. they've been chance 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, delaying the passing of the legislation. police side are intended to cause harm. the politicians say their wrist 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 penalizes critics of the mine land. in november 8 legislators were charged for their role in a violent confrontation in the legislative council. in may, police is using public power as a criminal procedure to regulate operation legislative, what they speak, what they do in fire, a lot of which are this is ridiculous. this only shows all how people this regime is a truly was a legislature,

has now been left with no effective opposition. after 15 pro-democracy politicians quit 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 chinese. al-jazeera. hong kong taiwan's government has rejected the license renewal of a major news channel, accusing its probe, ageing honor of violating press freedom. the communications commission say c.t. i.t.v. is subject to external interference by its major shareholders making. saya is a billionaire businessman with big investments in china, taiwan, to broadcast regulators say network owners must respect journalistic independence. a crossing between iraq and saudi arabia has been open for the 1st time in 30 years . top,

saudi and iraqi diplomats attended the reopening of the border. it was closed in 1900. officials say the border crossing will be open to both goods and people. an outbreak of ebola in democratic republic of congo has ended, according to the health minister, $130.00 people were infected and around. $55.00 died in a western congolese wage and the world health organization praised those involved in tackling the outbreak. it emerged in june just before the end of a separate ebola crisis in the east that killed more than 2000 people. this is the 1st time in about 2 years and a half. that the d r. c is ebola free. the former leader of the british labor party, jeremy corwin, will not be readmitted to parliament as a party member. currently the case, thomas says corwin undermined efforts to tattle on thai semitism within the labor party under his leadership. when was readmitted to the party after being suspended

for downplaying a critical week according to his handling of the issue, the decision means he will be considered an independent member of parliament in wa, britain's prime minister has unveiled a plan called green industrial revolution aimed at tackling climate change, or as johnson proposal ends to get the u.k. to net 0 carbon emissions over the next 30 years. that includes a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. starting in the year 2030 that has more from london. it's an ambitious plan to cut pollution from traffic britain set to ban the sale of new petulant diesel vehicles by 203010 years earlier than originally showed jewels. some hybrids will still be allowed, but they'll be grants for electric cars and funding for charging points. all part of a new 10 point plan aimed at making sure the u.k. meets its commitment to achieve net 0 carbon emissions by 2050. prime minister boris johnson is calling its agreed industrial revolution. the plan aims to create

up 225-0000, highly skilled green jobs by 2030. it includes a pledge to make london the center of global green finance and involves mobilizing 16000000000 dollars of government money with the private sector providing up to $3.00 times that amount. one highlight is a pledge to quadruple offshore wind power by 2030, producing enough electricity to power every u.k. home, as well as a big boost in hydrogen production. but the opposition labor party says only a 3rd of the program is new money pointing out. countries such as germany and france are investing tens of billions of dollars for these experts. it's a small step in the right direction. just a few weeks ago we identified that the government was spending just a 10th of what's needed every year to meet. net 033000000000 pounds a year is what's needed every year over this parliament. what's been announced today is welcome, but it does fall short from what we think is needed. the plan involves greater investment in new nuclear power plants as part of the non carbon energy mix. it

also includes funds to insulate homes in public buildings responsible for roughly a 3rd of the u.k.'s carbon emissions as well as tree planting programs. a new carbon capture initiatives. but there's nothing about something environmental campaigners want to see a frequent flyer levy. we believe in this was supported by the u.k.'s climate citizens. simply not there should be higher taxes for those people who fly more so that the 1st, the 1st flights are comparatively cheap, but they become steadily more and more expensive. because we know actually that just 15 percent of people in the u.k. take 70 percent of points. the government's promising to invest in clean public transport to make cycling an easier way to travel, especially in cities. the challenge now is what incentives are needed to make a real difference? al-jazeera, london, i knew a mass grave has been discovered in the libyan city after. 2 remains have been on

earth so far, forces loyal to the internationally recognized government have found at least 20 mass graves since retaking the city. in june, it was occupied by warlord 25 times forces during his failed offensive to take the capital tripoli trade unions in mali. have began a 3 day nationwide strike after talks with the new transitional government failed. civil servants are demanding better pay and conditions and are calling for the release of their colleagues, have been taken hostage by armed groups. or it's the night shift at this medical center in mali's capital bamako lab technician may is on the front line in the fight against coronavirus. he does the testing, analyzing and fields, questions from patients, some of whom have hiv, hepatitis, or malaria. for this, he earns $800.00 a month, a good salary in a country where most earn less than $2.00 a day, but the state often fails to pay his wages on time. he says he has gone months

without pay. now he's on strike in brazil marginalized by the authorities. we want them to stick to their words. we want our rights to be respected and the state to meet their obligations. their national union of workers are on a 3 day nationwide strike after talks with these new government of transition failed . teachers and prison workers want more pay medical staff want better working conditions. civil servants are unhappy with a new law that would allow officers of the mali an army to take their positions in the administration. all insist they want to see the end of corruption and iniquity in the civil service. isn't the only route when you see 2 people with the same job, one earns over $1800.00 and the other earns less than $72.00. that's not ok. but the rule of law and equity needs to be applied to the new government of transition that forced president to resign in august says the state coffers are empty and are

unable to satisfy the union demands. but in october, a multi-billion dollar ransom was paid to armed groups with hundreds of al qaeda, affiliate fighters freed in exchange for the release of french hostages. and mali, an opposition leaders whom i was, he said, several local administrators are still being held by armed groups. the union says not enough is being done to protect workers' relatives. there is a thirst for social justice and the desire to see the state consider. all of its employees, ordered presented in the same men because many feel abandoned by the government. for me, this strike is not just about better pay and working conditions. it's about the desire to see the return of a state that's been largely absent in the face of instability. attacks and a global pandemic. nicholas hawk al-jazeera. i still ahead on al-jazeera in sports stadium. rooftop denies

a baseball bat home back. it's obvious that spain just ruled

time for sports, tie his peter, thank you very much. we'll start with cricket. and that is that england will visit pakistan for the 1st time in 16 years to play 2 t 20 internationals. the games will be in october 2021 and serve as the boat up to the t 20 world cup pakistan when to use without hosting international cricket after the 2009 terrorist attack on sri lanka's team bus in the hole, which killed 8 people, but sri lanka, bangladesh,

and zimbabwe have all the same themes they, 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 england all rounder moeen ali who's been playing in the pakistan. super league says this is a significant decision. i think it was probably going to happen. it really? well i think it's right after such a long time to want for the game. it's also respond. ready to the reason it's experienced and i'm sure it's not going to lead to to host. i mean, we call it to go in the future and i think it's

a critical earlier we spoke to no man cricket broadcaster based in islamabad, he says, anything during is a great boost for the country. cricket is absolutely a passion in this part of the world, and it binds us together as a pot, as he's and it is about, well, what about politics, race and about religion. so cricket is a binding force and that they can absolutely delighted to be told that england i heard on their way out. i says, well, he going to convene in india, shall be stopping over at karachi and thinking, declining nostrums. so this is indeed happening. south africa is lined up to do over and generally february 20031. and then we're also very, almost almost confounded recently pulled out of the street. it's got to come over in 2020. so this opens up and i think cricket shall be back. and i tell you, honestly, it's not that time, but it's fun,

but it's not only about playing cricket. here. we have that culture in the case in the hospitality and typical asian there. well, so i think that this is really heartening that it has really opened up and conferred and to people and actually means that they were going back in business. and england's next cricket assignment is in south africa where they will play t 20 and one day international series against the hosts. both series will take place inside a bubble. some of the concept england used when they host the pakistan and the west indies only of us. you know, those were the 1st cricket matches off to the corona virus outbreak. south african, england's fixtures will take place in cape town and the nearby town of park. the asian champions league of swung back into action with the teams from the east resuming the group stage for the 1st time since that run of ours pandemic, the delayed competition is being played in a bio secure bubble. in cutter, china's shanghai show no age to perth glory to winning group if on wednesday to

begin the continental campaign on a winning note, this match was being played at education city stadium, which is one of the venues for the 2022 world cup. there are doubts surrounding the next tennis grand slam the australian open, which is set to take place as normal in melbourne in january. the victoria state government is yet to sign off quarantine. arrangements with the country still effectively closed to international arrivals because of covert 19, tennis australia. hope players will be given permission to arrive in mid december to complete 2 weeks of quarantine during which they would be able to practice. but the government says that planning is complex and nothing has been agreed. e s. . elsewhere in australia, covert restrictions have been relaxed for another of the country's biggest sporting events. a record post lockdown crowd of more than $49000.00 packed the suncorp stadium in brisbane. to watch queensland beat, new south wales in the food and deciding state of origin match it's queensland's

1st series win since 2017. meaning the fans went home very happy. organizers of next year's delayed olympics are feeling confident despite tokyo recording its highest, ever daily increase in covert 900 cases. 493, new cases were reported just as the international olympic committee. president thomas buck completed a 2 day trip to the city. there were protests tearing is visits over rising costs and the health risks of hosting during a pandemic. nevertheless, i.o.c. vice president john coats seems upbeat about next july. i just got a very strong impression to die of your ongoing work and very strong impression that you will be ready when the opening ceremony takes place . on the 23rd, after a year out of the ring, the best pound for pound boxer in the world, sol canelo alvarez,

has announced his next fight the mexican to settle the legal dispute with his former promoter. which means he can fight as a free agent is going to face britain's unbeatable callum smith for the world super middleweight title december 19th in the united states has already beaten smith scrabbling him and is a full weight world champion with only one defeat in $56.00 fights for it mayweather, here's something you don't see every day a stadium ceiling denying a better home run in baseball. yes, it comes courtesy of the day we g, m. c, diners. in the korean baseball league, gang hits a big, maybe a little too big given it's an indoor arena, the ceiling denying him what would have almost certainly be the home of the outdoors to make matters worse. the diners lost the game. so the deuce. and bates i'll be a little later with more sports news for a pizza. thank you very much for that. that's it for this news hour on al-jazeera from me fully back to when i'll tell you though,

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