to the world from here on counting, the cost becomes the 1st african nation to the fall. from its depths of the pandemic era steps, pileups central banks think the unthinkable negative interest rates has dropped out of the rankings of the world's top 10, economies countering the cost on al-jazeera. 'd a top u.s. health official expects his country to start a sweeping program of $900.00 vaccination in december. i'm sam is a. this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up. the virtual g. 20 summit set to end heavy with pledges light on details about tackling the world's

challenges. food, water, shelter, refugees flee. to surround the rebel held capital of northern stans, opposition puts up on our show in the streets of push all in on to resign. we begin in the united states, where the head of the vaccine program says the 1st americans could be receiving it . as soon as december, the 11th says the plan is to vaccinate $20000000.00 people before the end of the year. 2 vaccines are up for approval in early december. shows them to be 95 percent effective. our plan is to be able to

ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval. so i would expect maybe on day 2, after approval on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the 1st people will be immunized across the united states. across all states, in all the areas where this, the state department of health will have to told us where to deliver the vaccine is in washington d.c. . it sounds like this could be a major turning point in the global fight against crime, the virus exactly. sammy finally some good news. it's been what i had really pretty horrific 8 months of cross the globe. so this is being the heralded as potentially really impressive news. he went on to say that if enough americans get these vaccinations that the country could just be back to normal by may. now dr. anthony fauci, the lead infectious disease expert put a little bit of doubt on that. he said for that to happen, we can't just have 40 to 50 percent of people in this country. take the vaccine,

it have to be much higher, more like 70 percent. and there are some hurdles to get there. part of the problem is the transition of power. now president donald trump, still not acknowledging that he in fact clearly lost this election. and if you can kind of make it out behind me, they're already building the grandstand for expected inaugural parade. if that's going to happen, but while the president refuses to acknowledge, there were reality, his team is not being briefed on what's called operation warp speed, which is the mission to get this vaccine, not just made, but actually injected into people's arms and his president elect joe biden's chief of staff said that could have real world implications because they don't know if there are any holes in this plan. he said, look at how the administration has had to handle testing in this country. only one in 3 americans has been able to get a covert test. we're still seeing massive amounts of shortages. they say, look at that and tell me why i should trust that there vaccine plan is solid, but until they have the evidence, they can't find out if there are any holes in it,

there are going to be some complications. one of the vaccines has to be kept in ultra cold storage, not at all clear that the country has the sort of chain in place to be able to distribute that vaccine. but they have been producing these vaccines been going through clinical trials. the military has been working with these companies to stockpile tens of millions of doses. that's why they're hopeful they'll be able to get it out. but 1st, they say it's just the 1st responders, doctors, nurses, police officers, firefighters, paramedics and the elderly with preexisting conditions. they're going to be the 1st priority to get the vaccine. but there's a bigger problem for this country potentially, and that is a lot of people in the country simply don't trust vaccines, they don't get vaccinated. and there was a recent study that said, only 58 percent of americans said they planned to get the vaccine. so until that never gets higher and less people start to trust the vaccine more. then it's still going to be a long way off until this town, or any town in america remote is remotely back to normal. all right,

thanks so much. patrick hein and millions of americans will be heading to airports in the coming days to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. despite the health officials please stay home. the centers for disease control says, already spiraling infection numbers could surge even higher. some states are imposing new restrictions like california where a nighttime curfew has been put in place. recorded cases across the u.s. of the past 12000000 have been a quarter of a 1000000 deaths. the u.s. food and drug administration has issued emergency approval for the antibody therapy used by the u.s. president. the agency said the treatment should be used for mild to moderate cases of covert 19. donald trump is often incorrectly described the therapy as a cure. the british government has confirmed what most already know. it won't be

a normal christmas. this year. finance minister says they're doing what they can to help get families together. england is back in lockdown. the prime minister is expected to outline his winter virus strategy on monday. with regard to christmas and i think frustrating as it is for all of us, christmas is not going to be normal this year. but that said, the prime minister and everyone else. we're looking at ways to see how families can spend some time with each other over christmas period. obviously that's something that we would like to do. let's take you back to that virtual g. 20 summit where the saudi crown prince is speaking. that's this new in every person living on this planet. all of these which has necessitated the, you know, the day activation of the pivotal roles played by the g. 20 attic to this and 20 leaders as i met twice during one presidency. i had a president since the foundation of the g. 20 in order to come from this global threat, racing, all of humanity will emerge in the g 20, took the initiative to adopt unprecedented measures and coronated actions to deal

with the pandemic and its aftermath. as we stand today at the end of an exceptional year in which we have the privilege and responsibility of the g 20 presidency since the beginning of this year, we set one goal realizing opportunities. what of the 21st century for all but which includes themas such as empowering people of safeguarding the planet and shaping new frontiers this year. the g 20 adopted priorities that we work together to implement on top of which is addressing the health care, economic and social impact of the pandemic. we also took all necessary measures to protect lives and livelihoods, and support the most vulnerable groups by the what. but to achieve this, the g 20 took the following actions 1st, the more immediately provided the necessary resources to those at the frontline of the battle against over 1000. what the g 20 countries have pledged to offer after the outbreak. more than 20 want to $1000000000.00 to support the media to funding

the needs. notably for the development of vaccines and effective therapeutics the kingdom contributed to $500000000.00 to support these efforts in the g $22.00 who we agreed to spare. no effort to creating the conditions for affordable and affordable and equitable access to kovan 1000 vaccines, therapeutics and tools. we are still working on this 2nd. we took extraordinary measures to support our in n. m. e's. and our people is like, they should have that as part of the year is due to an action plan that we injected or 11 trillion dollars. and to that, i'm sure the global economy to support businesses and protect individuals livelihoods. this is what is an unprecedented g. 20 economic stimulus earth, and we also extend our social safety nets to better protect those prone to losing their jobs or source of income and 3rd. we provide emergency support to the most

vulnerable countries in the world where the pandemic risk jeopardizing decades of development progress already achieved your bottom with the debt service suspension initiative we made available more than 14000000000 dollars in debt relief to the most vulnerable countries whose collective population exceeds 1000000000 in the office, and we have also extended this initiative and i will continue to assess the situation to see of another extension is offered and then added them to. in addition, over 300000000000 dollars has been the new mobilize way of development banks,, the i.m.f. the world bank, which are working with the g 20 to assist emerging in low income countries. what we have demonstrated that together our strength lies in our unity. i think this is exactly what the g 20 was created for it to bring all countries from every continent together to address collectively the greatest challenges of the day and implement joint and effective solutions. we fully realize the importance of better protection of which are pandemics. and we must draw lessons from this crisis to

ensure that the saudi g. 2 g. 20 presidency proposed an initiative off still in the hands access to pandemic, flu as what a lot of this initiative works to achieve your goals. yet, at the moment, r. and d. and distribution of that mystical tools, therapeutics, and axioms. for all infectious diseases, we encourage and facilitate the international funding that horrible over endemic preparedness and support the training of it be developed just all over the world. and yet, these crises remind us of our humanity bringing about our sense of initiation of philanthropy despite the unexpected adversity is about that came with this pandemic . global resisted with the g 20 presidency, themes which are empowering people in san farting, the planet and shaping new frontiers out. these themes are now more relevant than ever for overcoming this. global crisis is our models of building an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable recovery in shaping

a better world. for all the saudi g 20 presidency has focused efforts to build a stronger, more, resilient, and more sustainable world. this is aligned with being with saudi arabia undergoing major economic and social transformation guided by our vision 2030, which is simply to ensure anyhow, that all our citizens in, especially women and can do seize the opportunities of the 21st century. that obvious are the within the framework of this, how did you 20 presidency, the g 20 members agreed on a number of vital initiatives that will act as a foundation for a common recovery, which we hope all will have positive and fact, or they could all come we have a launch, the riyadh initiative on the future of the w t o to provide necessary support for w . w t already forms under its own umbrella, which we continued our efforts to empower women and youth through quality education and plan. so the financial inclusion deal, the saudi g 20 presidency greatly emphasize safeguarding the planet. therefore, we at the g 20 endorse a circular carbon economy,

but to better manage carbon emissions across all economy sectors to share, access to cleaner, more sustainable and affordable energy. what we launched the g 20 initiative to reduce land degradation and preserve coral reefs in order to protect our planet's essentially, ecosystems and biodiversity, both on land and in our oceans. we step out of our collective efforts to ensure that everyone on earth has access to safely manage fresh water while addressing the key challenges of ensuring the food security for everyone at a time when both demand and environmental pressures are growing. as it has been an exceptional challenge of but an absolute honor to host the g 20 presidency during this trying year. we wish we convene this summit in what are seen in our capital going out of the city. that tells the story of a nation proud of its all of history, its genuine people and its prosperous future. and we conclude this summit determined to take action and to continue working together until we overcome this planet, demick. whatever, giving hope and reassurance to our nations and to the world, we are proud of what we have accomplished this year. and we know that plenty still

needs to be done a thing about saudi arabia that will continue to support the international efforts related to providing equitable and affordable organ, 19, therapeutics and vaccines for all the ones they become available. i know many join us in this commitment. we will work together with our international partners and they tell you 20 presidents in next year to achieve this, they will continue to address the challenges of the 21st century together with the g 20 members. we wish all the best for the next year. thank you very much for listening. bad to the saudi crown, prince mohammed bin sandman outlying some of the achievements and goals of this virtual g. 20 summit. this being held in noted aquittal access to vaccines support for businesses and billions of dollars, millions of $1.14. i think he said in debt relief,

as well as other policies which he called unprecedented for the g 20. our diplomatic etta. james bays joins us now from the united nations. so james, looking through some of those things, how much of this has actually been agreed to in this g. 20 summit? how much of it was a was a summary of what perhaps g. 20 nations. it sounded like had done, at least on some of these issues before this summit. yes, because it's worth reminding you that they had a virtual summit earlier on in the year worth also telling you that the crown prince. we weren't expecting him to speak. we're expecting just the king to give a closing statement to the crown prince mohammed bin salman, who runs day to day affairs in the kingdom. very last minute. they added that. he was also speaking and then they'll be a press conference with the saudi foreign minister coming up. so a chance to try to get across the details, listening to what he gave there. and what i've just received, which is the leader's deck declaration, it's 11 pages long. and it is about the detail here because as you say,

some of these commitments not were made earlier in the year. they're not new commitments, they're just a consolidation of what the g 20 had done to this point so far. and there were some very specific demands coming from the aid sector, from charities, from international aid groups and from the u.n. itself. here at u.n. headquarters, the secretary general metz made it quite clear what he wanted when he gave a press conference on friday. and i've seen the speech he made just a couple of hours ago, making the same demands never to clear demands. one was for concrete action in terms of money from the g. $20.00 to get the vaccine to everyone on earth. now the money he's demanding or wanting was $28000000000.00 with $4200000000.00 by the end of the year. reading through the detail of this. i do not see that that figure is in there. the 2nd

aspect that he wanted was an extension of debt relief for some of the poorest countries on, on earth. and to get that extended to middle income countries will certainly in what's been decided they of begin to allow the debts, the service of special edition, as they called it, to go on until the middle of next year. and then they'll decide whether it should go on for another 6 months, but in terms of extending it to other countries, it says it's just all the d s. s i eligible countries and other cases will be dealt with on a case by case basis. so those 2 urgent tasks from the u.n. secretary general, do not seem to be met in the final communique from the g 20, i have to say though, it's 11 pages long and i'm working my way through it. so, i mean, i'm sure come back to you later when you've had a time to digest it all. thanks so much for now. james bays and still ahead, al jazeera demonstrators set fire to the congress building in what

a modest capital angry over cuts to health and education services. hello the winter storm that went through very fast or can the northeast of china couple of days ago actually has left quite a beautiful scene. now it has been potentially destructive, actually destructive because you see these articles that's frozen. rain looks beautiful, but tends to bring down trees and power lines. but this is what it lee's. so for now to stick point of view is gorgeous and the cold stays in the far northeast. but it's just about freezing in the valley. frost or the cold swept all the way down through northern china as we left for 6 degrees. for example, in beijing about the same in seoul, there more significant shows for japan. for the next couple of days. the cloud that's in central, china will bring rain one southwards,

bit of snow on the high ground, maybe other. otherwise it's just looking fine. it's quite warm for the south. hong kong has been quite hot recently with the breeze increasing that ne amount say we're back down to just above average, but quite a strong breeze. it was 30 couple days ago with very little breeze. there's not much in the south china city, just a sketching of light as shadows. they would of course hit the vietnamese coast. and also these are with heavier ones. a bit further south in the philippines, the bigger showers during the rainy season are always further cyrus and struck malays in indonesia. they're pretty well scattered, but there are some have been just some that simply disappear. others have been found when i want to investigate the plight of thailand's distant and out of the frank assessment, it's looking anyway. the protesters aren't going anywhere either,

but the battlefield revolution and in-depth analysis of the things global headlines is that it's really out there on the inside story on al-jazeera. welcome back time to recap those headlines now. the head of the u.s. vaccine program says the 1st americans could be receiving it as soon as december, the 11th months of. so i always says the plan is to vaccinate 20000000 people by the end of the year. it's the final day of the virtual g. 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia to bring a virus pandemic has dominated, have also been calls for saudi arabia to answer criticism over its human rights

record. if european government forces are pushing ahead with their advance on the capital city of the north and to grow a region, they say they plan to encircle its capital mcalary with tanks and seize it. it's under control right now of the people's liberation front. reuters news agency is reporting the t.v. . l.f. is standing firm. it's destroyed, roads and bridges to slow any government offensive. fighting has forced people to flee for safety. meanwhile, more than 30000 refugees have crossed the border into sudan. hamad out o. is an added sabur. he says the plans to surround the scene very advanced. the government forces i yet to reach the outskirts of the city of mccullough couple of the to grow region. but they are already talking about their plan on how they want to see start city, which is not only the biggest city in the to great region,

but also the stronghold of the t.p.s. leaders. prime minister these government does spirit to see that cup should. now they're saying to finish the wall that is going to happen in the mountainous areas surrounding mackellar, there will be needing tunks and also living fired into this city, targeting military installations there on the defenses of the t.p.s. . they're saying there will also use franks and drone attacks against the defenses on its outskirts before. if you have been national defense forces can advance towards the field or fields on the outskirts of the city. they have been dropping overnight and lift. let's warning civilians not to go anywhere near military installations and to stay at home. but it's not known what the civilians

who are already facing, shortage of food and every other basic, essential they can do other than flee. many of the people who fled to sudan say they have nothing bad. they need food and other basics. this is good very, you know what, her stuff here is very expensive. there is no movie food, water, shelter, where the little kid is with us. and they are starving here. we came with no means we are poor people. we were told not to go to work, not to go out. there was a curfew where we came from. we had to labor in the fields and we were not allowed to do any other work. we were like prisoners, if you want to say that against people, this elimination want to get people. so it is just unfair to. it's not just so this we need freedom more than any food or more than we need to feed it. we need

to walk to our country. so we need the freedom that you in the united nation is some list. some a big solution want us, you know, we are in need in this whole is missing. i saw how the risks were getting on us millions of voters and became a fast casting their ballots in an election taking place under the shadow of violence and allegations of voter fraud. president rock, mark christian is seeking a 2nd 5 year term in office 2 of his challengers have accused him of trying to rig the vote. hundreds of thousands of people in the north and east will be unable to vote in sunday's elections polling stations. there are closed for fear of attacks by armed groups following these elections on the nigerian capital abuja. well, in many areas the turnout was very impressive, the early morning turnout in particular in what get it has been very impressive. that's where president board voted. and that's why the opposition leader also voted

in other areas. the elections went on peacefully in most of the areas where election were conducted by the election commission. also confirmed that it's an able to conduct these elections in many areas because of threats of violence. and because they couldn't find officers to run the elections in those areas. so basically, this type of elections today has been impressive with just a few hours to go be election commission is saying that both the turnout and preparations were really, really impressive. it looks like president markup already is set to perform well in this 1st round, despite his failings, to reign in the violence that has been plaguing the king of fossil for the last 5 years or so. he has challenges, former finance minister, former prime minister, but the biggest problem, the opposition had, was not finding

a formidable opponent to push forward to challenge mr. border for the presidency seat. what they were doing is that more than about a dozen of them are now facing, expecting to wrest power from him. but the best hope for they have for know is that it doesn't win in the 1st row. and that is what the president is aiming to do. opposition parties in pakistan have been holding a major rally, calling on prime minister manmohan to resign. they accuse the military of rigging the election that khan won. 2 years ago. the rallies happened in defiance of government bans on public gatherings. demonstrators say the government is using coronavirus as an excuse to stop them. the opposition parties are putting on a significant show of unity. there were tens of thousands of people, but it must not be forgotten that trend of 11 political

movement. they have been critical of the government saying that they came into power through a rigged election. however, both political parties are also represented in parliament. they're trying to march as far as the people are concerned, to try to take advantage of the worsening economic crisis here and blaming the government. demanding that political protest against each other at loggerheads with democratic movement. and israel has launched an

strikes into gaza hitting several targets. israel says the attacks and what they call response to rocket fire, according to the air force, the targets 2 rocket ammunition manufacturing science, no casualties have been reported. protesters and police of forcing guatemala's capital off the hundreds stormed the congress building and set it on fire. many people have been angered by parliament's new budget bill, which conant say disenfranchises, indigenous people, or about manly reports. what i'm on is congress building a blaze ignited by protesters, angered at a controversial budget. the demonstrators had their way into the empty buildings on thursday, or they were quickly dispersed by riot police as firefighters moved to contain the fire. though both the protest, what a modest city thousands gathered in central plaza. they say the party was the go

see it in secret and would not benefit the people. there is no way to show our anger how fed up we are. we are tired of so much abuse by the authorities. they are getting into that. the people are tired and will not tolerate any more. the budget cuts to education, health spending and social programs, but increased politicians, expenses. critics say the budget benefits private companies that have links to the government. the budget was destroyed or broke the camel's back. but the thing is that people were upset at the government. mostly because to read it and then make their government back in march. raise money, they were supposed to be for economic aid, but the aid never made it to the people who need it the most. so that's the main concern of people. what

a man as president aleksander day condemned the violent protests on twitter saying those who participated will be punished with the full force of the law. his vice president says the budget should be vetoed, but in the end it is in the country's interests that we both tender a resignation. him as president and i as vice president of the republic know that mr. president, what a moment's complained the budget was passed when the country was busy dealing with the devastation caused by 2. hurricanes. alongside the pandemic, the world food program says guatemala is already one of the most unequal countries in latin america. and on the streets of the capsule, guatemala city, police cracked down hard on protesters. i was walking and they grabbed me. i didn't do anything. i had my constitutional right to strike. but they say they have

nothing to lose and will continue to protest until their demands are met. nor about a manly al-jazeera said in the aquarium is welcoming some special additions to its family. 7 new penguin chicks have hatched in recent weeks. the youngest just 2 weeks ago, the gentoo penguins are being monitored in way daily by a team of kara's. the youngest is around 300 grams, while the eldest already weighs 2 kilograms. and let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera. now, the head of the u.s. vaccine program says the 1st americans could be receiving it as soon as december, the 11th month of serai says, the plan is to vaccinate $20000000.00 people before the end of the year. our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the

approval. so i would expect maybe on day 2 after a pro.