it took the found me months to build their brick and nothing in our 95 percent effective drug company pfizer to seek emergency approval for his coated 19 vaccine. as the u.s. death, toll tops 250000 0 live from doha, also coming up deadly clashes in uganda of the opposition politician is arrested while campaigning for the upcoming presidential election. breaking with tradition, mike is set to become the 1st top u.s. diplomat to visit an illegal israeli settlement in the occupied west bank and

cleared for takeoff after 2 fatal flights. the boeing 737 max safety approval in the united states they are struggling to pfizer says it will request emergency approval for its coded 19 vaccine in the coming days. the vaccine developed with its german biotech has shown consistent results over various demographics with no major side effects. final results from the pfizer biotech vaccine trial show a 95 percent success rate in all age groups. the highest of any candidate in late stage clinical trial. so far, the company says it could have 50000000 doses available by the end of the year. but its distribution is complicated by the need to store the vaccine at temperatures of minus 70 degrees celsius. we have confident that if,

if we continue across the current of 8, it could, could happen that we get not what it was until mid of the stand to, to provide 1st millions of doses of experience to the region to get an approval on october. but there's growing concern that wealthy nations will quickly buy up the majority of any vaccine leaving poor a cup or a country's lost in line. the campaign group global justice now has won up to 85 percent of the world's poorest people won't have access. and that's because pfizer and biotech, i've already sold 82 percent of the $1300000000.00 doses they can produce by the end of next year. and it's the same case with the pharma company, medan as vaccine it's sold. it's already sold 70 percent of its $780000000.00 doses

. they've been stopped by the world's richest nations, which only make up around 40 percent of the world's population. that leaves very little room for aid organizations to help or nations. while the development has been welcomed by the world health organization, it has warned that vaccines or anyone part of a successful response to the corona virus. and in vaccines is going to give us a huge chance. but if we add vaccines and forget the other, things over does not go to 0. we need to add vaccination to the existing physical measures being careful and hygiene. and if we add that physical distancing in hygiene and care to vaccine, i think we will go a long way to getting rid of this once. and all of this is the united states continues to say, and i like a celebration of coded 1000 cases. now the number of corona virus related has crossed 250000. it's reported more than a 1000000 new infections in the past week alone. according to the americas branch

of the world health organization,, there are well over 11300000 cases confirmed across the u.s., making it statistically the world's worst hit nation. u.s. president elect joe biden has been hosting a virtual meeting with frontline health care workers battling the coronavirus, emphasized they wanted to head directly from those who've seen the reality of the pandemic and how devastating it is to american communities. biden told his guest that deservedly who would work hard to support nurses and carers. let's get more now from shihab rattansi and joe biden's. hometown of wilmington del, about what device from care health workers actually tell how rowing stories shocking stories that we had at the beginning of the pandemic, which but clearly the terrible situation continues for a lot of those who are in the hospitals or who strives firemen and fire personnel

and so on. one of them was that the shortage of people, personal protective equipment still. and the fact that they have to reuse equipment over and over again, they just don't feel safe as they're tending to patients or people who are potentially infected. that's one issue. another issue was nurses saying they have to if the thing force to go into work, even though they test positive and show symptoms, but the, the hospital say look, you either go into work or you don't, you don't survive, you don't have any money. and of course, there is that dilemma in the us because congress doesn't act because the republicans and democrats are in deadlock. that actually, that is always the choice you. you either go to work with the disease perhaps, or, you know, you start, you don't have any, there's no real support. you know, after that, when the stimulus bill was passed. so biden says, look, he will bring about change and he can do quite a lot without congress on some of these issues on p.p. . he can invoke the defense production act, which will centralize the production and distribution of personal protective

equipment once and for all. donald trump went for a state by state about 11 states were basically left to fend for themselves. organizations funded for themselves, often bidding against each other for p.p. driving up prices. this would put an end to that. so that's one thing he can do. all the nurses being forced into work and unsafe working conditions. there are plenty of regulations on the books which just aren't being followed and inforced which the federal government can do. so biden saying, look, this, this will change once i become president, but it's not just congress that has a problem. you also have the transition teams. the president elect's transition team and the president's transiting, not meeting on covert 19 on a covert, 19 response. right. what's happening there? right, the election hasn't been officially certified. so until that happens, the federal government says look, we're not going to have trouble ministration is usurping telling it's of the federal government,

please. not to cooperate with the transition team. and once again, we have joe biden saying look, well, it's going to be a real gap once we take office because we don't have the information, we have to be able to prepare a transition into government all over 1000, specifically vaccine distribution for example. what plans are being drawn up? what is capability? what are the stockpiles the that they're planning on? they don't have any of that information. it's very difficult for them to then sort of hit the ground, running it as the by the administration says once the once they, once they take office that's, that's a major problem. major issue. be all about the broader strategy. still not really clear from the bite and ministration will biden lead from the white house, with federal initiatives on mosque mandates and shut down some of his advisors every now and then say look, maybe we need a 4 to 6 week shutdown, but they're immediately shut down themselves by the biden campaign to say that i just became a personal capacity because it's a tricky issue between states and federal government. but there are all these

questions remain unanswered, partly because the biden administration or the biden musician in waiting is completely in the dark as to the reality of the situation on the ground. she have both hands here that live for us in wilmington, delaware. thank you very much. canada's vos, take territory, have none of us has gone into a 2 week lockdown after a surge in corona virus cases being virus free for 8 months that are now outbreaks in full communities. there on our roads in the territory and towns can only be reached by plane. the 1st case was reported in the beginning of november. this week, infections doubled overnight, reaching 70 cases on wednesday. the majority are in the hundreds of r.v.'s. a.q. means heat of just under 3000 people, most of which are indigenous innuit and they are already vulnerable with few jobs, expensive housing and minimal health services. 54 doesn't seem like

a big number if you're city in a large city. but in a small place like 54 are, is quite a high number and people are, are, are quite nervous and are scared. and we've been doing good in myself as much as we can to reassure them that yes, corbet is there, but don't panic, stay home. we will take care of you and so far, no one has been has had to be hospitalized at least 3 people have been killed and dozens more injured in uganda during the violence which in protesters and police supporters of the pop star turned politician bobby wine burned it ties in the streets after he was arrested in the east of uganda. officials have accused him of violating coronavirus restrictions while campaigning for the upcoming presidential election. another opposition leader has also been arrested while campaigning. malcolm webb has this update from nairobi. the wind was campaigning in the district

called luca, just over 100 kilometers from the capital camp, arleigh. and it was there that he was arrested, bundled into a police van cleef said he was arrested because of repeated violations of campaign restrictions to try and prevent the spread of coded 19 in particular, holding rallies above a specified limit of 200 people. but the wine 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 disperse 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 a dozen who have been injured while another opposition candidate. patrick party is the largest opposition party in parliament, was also arrested in the northern city of toulouse. police said because he had planned on authorized procession. if you know peace prognosis is troops are nearing victory over forces. in the northern tier gray region we are made has refused international calls for mediation, and says military officials are marching on to great capital. mckayla. federal troops launch an offensive against city, great people's liberation front. earlier this month, hundreds of people have been killed in the conflict, has forced thousands to flee many into sudan. still ahead on our 0.

when people don't do what it is we expect we're going to do something about australia prepares to release a report on alleged war crimes committed in afghanistan after a 4 year investigation. and post starting a green industrial revolution in the u.k. government gets up to have net carbon 0 emissions by 25th. we got a taste of winter coming in across much of north america right over the next couple of days, cooler, sliding in across many parts. big, massive cloud across the pacific northwest look how tightly packed the ice across the plains over towards the midwest. quite a cane wind coming in here. certainly looking pretty windy in the windy city, chicago 18 celsius. that's not too bad for the time being. hey,

comes out wintry mix around the mountain states over towards the pacific northwest single figures for the some half of many subzero there. in calgary, we'll see temperatures picking up to around one celsius on friday, but still feeling plenty cold enough in that cool air that's coming in across many western parts as well. she can get down to around 16 celsius by this stage, coalesce of weather coming into central pass. and i would too will see a we're picking up temperatures, lifting nicely for daisey and for new york. say getting back into the mid teens after the well down into single figures, things so on the change again, i'm pleased to say just around central america. here we go with what is now topical depression. it's weakened significantly. there is still plenty of rain in this one though. we will see further spells of flash flooding across many parts of central america. and then eventually 20 dry

and outspoken writes killed in a car bomb outside his pay. return home in 2005, accusations, speculation, and denials. al-jazeera wildcats the life and violent death of simeon coffey, a journalist, or thought i could demick and political activist samia cutscene killing of a journalist on al-jazeera. we want to go to sara remind of our top stories this hour. a u.s. drug firm will apply for emergency authorization for its coronavirus vaccine within

days, and pfizer says late stage trials of its candidate showed it was 90 percent effective and improvement on the national results published last week. the u.s. continues to see an acceleration of 19 cases. the number of deaths has crossed 250000. it's reported more than a 1000000 new infections in the past week alone, president elect joe biden, hosted a virtual meeting with front line health care workers. and 3 people are being killed in protests in uganda after an opposition presidential candidate was arrested. the pop star turned politician, known as the wind says he was violently dragged out of his car by police in israel and was said to be his last fall on behalf of the trump administration. he held a joint press conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and bahrain's foreign minister. they praised the normalization of ties between

israel, bahrain, and the u.a.e. and sudan. old tales of 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. that sparked anger among palestinian protesters, who see the settlements as a major obstacle to peace. the trumpet, ministration has broken with decades of us foreign policy and its support of israel, including saying it doesn't see israeli settlements to be illegal under international law. herefore sets in west jerusalem. 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 who 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 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 for hours or 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 is 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. through u.s., senators have introduced legislation to stop a $23000000000.00 weapons sell the united arab emirates. the move holds president donald trump's deal to sell reaper drones, f. $35.00 fighter aircraft, and that's where missiles to the u.a.e. . the senators, 2 democrats and one republican, say the sell was rushed and threatens an arms race in the middle east. armenia's prime minister remains under pressure after his country was forced to hand back territory to azerbaijan. rival rallies organized by pro and anti-government protests has taken place in the capital yerevan. some of this demonstrators with soldiers who recently fought in the disputed region of we're going to cut about him . nicole is resisting calls from opponents to resign over what they see as a defeat out there as a sort of invade has been given exclusive access to

a territory released recently retaken by as a bazaar is the 1st time international media has been allowed to film in physically, he spoke to a senior as area official. you're entering in really after 27 years, there is widespread destruction. what is the plan? and actually we see the destruction. it's in a bundle as a but are being committed by army against the city. and physically was one of the prosperous city of azerbaijan before completion. and azerbaijan has already started well done planning and city planning process. so what that a constructor intercity, or physically, and bring in internally displaced population of facility, back to facility, and as a deal, quite aerators of azerbaijan. and once again, international community will see the difference between destruction of armenia and construction of azerbaijan. but of course, armenia as a state bears the responsibility for such an actions of war crimes, crimes against humanity in cordons, in a policy of $1.00 ism and based on that assessments, of course, we will continue to build international institutions including the international

courts. so you armenia, there is a demand by azerbaijan, to include turkish peacekeepers, there centers where they're going to be based. that's not decided. how many are there going to be? that's not decided. so how are you going to talk about coming back to where your theory is, when there is so much still pending? indeed, the return of i.d.p.'s is going to be immediate process. a lot needs to be done, but no infrastructure has been left here, nor solid building have been left here, and all areas have been contaminated is a mines, and unexploded ordinance is. everything has been destroyed, therefore, it requires from azerbaijan to start new trucks from recent destruction policy in these areas that russian peacekeepers are deployed in not going to care about region of azerbaijan. as regards in a turkish peacekeepers it's, i was in a monitoring system and currently with parameters are in the process of discussion . thank you very much. thank you. especially by their to the president talking to

us in for the early where there is widespread destruction all around. most of the infrastructure in the city has been taken out. locals here tell us that it was the city and surrounding areas which used to have about 140000, people who were displaced from this area. and since they were taken out in the 1990, s. there is to be nothing but destruction that have happened here. so a lot needs to be done before people can actually come back in australia set to release a long awaited report looking into allegations of misconduct and possible war crimes. in afghanistan, the report to be released on thursday, sums up a 4 year inquiry into allegations of crimes committed by australian special forces reports from canberra and comes. and this comes with a warning that some viewers may find the images in this report. distressing. very, very bad helmet camera footage was taken during a raid in afghanistan in 2012 and detained by the 4 corners program of the stray

broadcaster 3 times at close range killed by an australian special forces soldier. a small number of people acted in aboriginal why that has impacted on families in afghanistan and elsewhere . and they should be held accountable and independent inquiry investigation. $55.00 incidents involving a struggle in special forces in afghanistan that allegedly took place between 252016, including accusations of unlawful killings. of prisoners and civilians. the strains were deployed alongside u.s. and allied forces following the 2001 september 11th attacks in new york. the inquiry began in early 2016 and has been conducted behind closed doors since then. it was instigated by a commander of special forces and supported by the israeli defense force. but as

its progressed, the alleged incidents have become a highly charged public debate. admiral chris barrie, a former chief of the astronomy and defense force, says it's important to the public is informed about the nature of the alleged offenses and any possible trials. i mean, i'm out. why were we able to show people that we are serious about being a force for good? and secondly, when people don't do what it is we expect we're going to do something about the international criminal court is also investigating whether war crimes were committed in afghanistan by the taliban. the afghan military and u.s. forces opposed by the u.s. government president donald trump has sanctioned some i.c.c. staff. i think we should be encouraged by the process that has trial here is undertaking here. but you know, there's more that needs to be done and we need to keep monitoring and turn sure that that process is actually effective and genuine movement. 26000 australian

served in afghanistan or the 13 years the nation's longest military involvement in any war. the question in australia is what impact would results of this inquiry have on people's perceptions of the conflict and those who to parch gauge al-jazeera camera. the u.s. aviation regulates, has given the go ahead for the controversial buying 737 max sat line to take to the skies again. the plane. it was grounded nearly 20 months ago after 2 fatal crashes killed hundreds of passengers and crew. rober anil's reports, the u.s. federal aviation administration approved the boeing 737 max after requiring a host of engineering design and software changes and revised training procedures for pilots of a path that led us to this point was a long and grueling. but we said from the start that we would take the time

necessary to get this right. we were never driven by timeline, but rather follow to my father cole and deliberate safety process. 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 october 28th, seen, followed by an ethiopian airlines flight 5 months later, both crashes were traced to a full in the plane's maneuvering software. faulty sensors triggered the program, putting the aircraft into an uncontrollable dive, even as pilots struggled to pull it up. subsequent investigations blamed boeing for technical failings and a lack of transparency. concerns about the maneuvering system, raised by boeing, employees were minimized or dismissed. internal documents showed last month in

indonesia, relatives of victims commemorated the 2nd anniversary of the lion air crash. many believe it's too early to allow the 737 max to fly again and turn so hot the last 2 brothers in law in the disaster. so you could be somewhat, 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. boeing, executives say the company has to rebuild public confidence that starts with getting it certified, bringing it back to service. convincing the regulators that we've done the right thing, that the changes to the airplane are right. the manuals are right. the training is right. the f.a.a. is approval is an important step for boeing, but it still has to convince other international aviation authorities and convincing the public that it's safe to fly on the max again will likely take some

time. rob reynolds al-jazeera, the fulminate of the british labor party, jeremy called when will not be readmitted to parliament as a party member. the currently decades star says coleman undermined efforts to tackle anti semitism within the party when he was the leader. now, although colvin's labor membership was readmitted after a 3 week suspension, he will now sit as an independent member of its friends. prime minister has unveiled a plan that aims to get the u.k. to net 0 carbon emissions of next that he is boris johnson's green industrial revolution. a proposal includes a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, starting in the 2030 that he 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 shared 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 it 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 the sexpert. 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 and 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' embley that 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? nadine barber al-jazeera london. you can find much more on our web site. the address for that is 0. 0 and these are the top stories with apply for emergency authorization for as corona virus vaccine within days, pfizer says late stage trials of its candidate showed it was 95 percent effective. an improvement on initial results published last week. we have confident.