ringback after weeks of delays, us president elect, joe biden is finally given the full go ahead to begin. white house transition from doha, everyone on come on santa maria. this is the world news from al jazeera life in prison. for a former militia leader has been found guilty of war crimes and mass rape in democratic republic of congo. also in the news, the experimental project on a greek island that could revolutionize green transport and renewable energy. i

mean and blast off as china launches its 1st unmanned spacecraft to the moon and aims to bring back rock's lunar surface. there's been weeks of delay and uncertainty, buts us president elect joe biden is formally beginning his transition to the white, house, the head of the g.s.a., the general services administration has designated biden as the apparent winner of this month's presidential election. it clears the way for the transition to finally begin. donald trump, who has so far, refused to actually concede defeat, did authorize his administration to initiate the process, but he says he'll keep up the fight and insists without evidence that the election was quote, corrupt biden's team for their part have welcomed the move, which frees up millions of dollars for his new administration a means that can now actually work with the existing federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as national security strategy,

and some of the support political here in washington d.c. . this is the letter president elect. joe biden has been waiting for giving him the federal resources he needs to begin putting his administration in place. trump loyalists. emily murphy had delayed for weeks, but monday in this letter, she says she decided on her own. not the biden was going to be president, but that he can start planning in case he is us president deltron tweeted out. he gave her permission to move forward, adding their own case strongly continues. we will keep up the good fight. but almost all of his legal cases have been quickly thrown out of court. i do think that he did have some interesting legal cases that he could have brought in a lot of these really close states in michigan and pennsylvania. but he didn't bring any of them his, his legal team resorting to these while, you know, theories of conspiracy. president trump is also losing momentum in the states on

monday in michigan, the results were certified giving joe biden, that critical win. this letter means that biden can now actually plan to be president, but the most important thing is getting all the people who need to be approved to get soetoro approval to get security clearances and there are thousands. and that process has been stalled until now. so the fact that we now have an ability to, g.s.a. begin the process of doing all those clearances and getting all across. it means that the by the ministry, hope we hit the ground running on the afternoon of january 29th. the money will flow to the biden transition team. it will enable the team to have offices to have access to the federal agencies that they will be transitioning, the biden teen into officially on january 20th. so it's a significant change. it basically means donald trump and his administration recognized that joe biden was the victor in this election. this is important because since the election, every signal from u.s.

president and his team has been that he won the election that he's going to continue to live in the white house. this is the 1st indication that he may be beginning to realize that he didn't. and come january 20th, he will no longer call this home to call him al-jazeera, you know, the white house. but then any suggestion of a back down was followed up by this tweet not long ago. trump said what this jury is they being allowed to preliminarily work with the dems have to do with continuing to pursue our various cases on what will go down as the most corrupt election in american political history. we're moving full speed ahead. if it's by saying, we'll never concede to fake ballots and dominion, which is a reference to the company which supplies the vote counting machines in the software. well, joe biden's newly unveiled national security team and expected cabinet nominees are diverse in race and gender. it will include america's 1st female heads of intelligence and treasury, the 1st latino chief of homeland security,

as well as several obama era. officials, state department correspondent roslyn jordan has more on that. ahead of tuesday's announcement of his cabinet members, president elect joe biden spoke briefly to reporters. but there's a massive security biden's team of diplomats and military leaders. it's a mill year to washington, insiders and foreign leaders alike. former deputy secretary of state tony blinken, nominated to be the u.s. is top diplomat, ambassador linda thomas greenfield, chosen to represent the u.s. at the united nations and former secretary of state john kerry, back in government once more. this time as biden's point person on climate change beneath a photo of his granddaughter watching him sign the paris climate accords in 2015, kerry told his twitter followers the climate crisis demands nothing less than all

hands on deck. foreign policy experts say it will take the us years to repair the damage caused by the current president, donald trump, whose america 1st foreign policy shredded relations with the european union. the u.n. and nato. for the honor to be with you trumps affection for strongman leaders such as vladimir putin and kim jong own. horrified both his political opponents and the u.s. as allies from a refusal to grant asylum seekers. safe haven to deciding to abandon both the paris climate agreement and the iran nuclear deal. experts say trumps foreign policy ultimately undermined the u.s. his reputation overseas. you know, i think repairing and renewing america at home is critical. if we're going to be model soft power influence. countries want to work with us. the biggest

challenge facing the new white house getting too comfortable. the only slight concern is that this team may convince itself that they've got the right answer because they all sort of look at the world the same way. they've all been through a lot of the same experiences and they're going to have to ask, how do we bring in fresh ideas? some recommendations, finding ways to restart. denuclearization talks with young, updating and improving the nuclear deal with terror, hon. and keeping the afghan peace talks on track, no matter how long it takes. but maybe most important, say foreign policy expert, reassuring the u.s. allies that it is reliable, and then proving it from day one. rosalynn jordan al jazeera. let's move on to other news and scientists behind the 3rd major covert 19 vaccine of reveal the results of the late stage trials as the one from oxford university and the drug

company, astra zeneca, which say their vaccine is on average 70 percent effective. but depending on the dosage that can go up to 90 percent at 2 dollars and 50 cents, it's a lot cheaper as well than the 2 u.s. vaccines. the company has pledged not to make a profit from the vaccine during the pandemic raising hopes it could be distributed distributed more widely around the world. earlier this month we had the american pharmaceutical firms find that and madonna, they reported about 95 percent effectiveness in the late stage trials of their experimental vaccine that's has a report on the new vaccine from london. it's being hailed as a vaccine for the world pharmaceuticals firm astra zeneca in partnership with the university of oxford says interim trial results will be sent to regulators immediately in the hope their product is approved for rollout. before the end of the year, we got a vaccine, which is a fact it prevents severe disease. intriguingly,

in results for over a headline is that we do have as our are and then have all those of the back. and i guess where we saw 90 percent or more data may be needed to confirm the 90 percent subgroup results, but cheaper to mass produce, easier to distribute, to more moderate temperatures than its competitors. the british vaccine is good news for poorer parts of the world. in time, the astra zeneca oxford vaccine could lead to an end to the pandemic world wide reaching parts of the world. the other vaccines on offer simply can't, but on a much shorter time scale, it's already being projected by the government here. that vaccine technology may lead to a resumption of normal life by easter for national restrictionist in england was december addressing parliament remotely while serving

a period of isolation himself. prime minister johnson outlined a post lockdown plan for england, a return to the regional system of tiered restrictions introduced in october, but strengthened this time to guard against a further surge 1st. we must get through winter without the virus really out of control. our heart gave at exactly the time when the burden on the n.h.s. is always great. it's a plan is designed to carry out safely. just so from december, the 2nd until april shops will reopen, parts of the economy will be allowed to breathe again. and the government has promised to try malays can meet up over the christmas period. there is more than cautious optimism the didn't and to all of this is insight jonah, how al-jazeera london. well, in the united states, millions of people are ignoring the warnings to stay home for one of the busiest

holidays. despite a surge in corona virus infections, many are traveling across the country to see family and friends for thanksgiving. since an army reports from new york getting together for a big meal in person with loved ones is what the thanksgiving holiday is usually about. but given, traveling and eating together are considered high risk activities in a pandemic. public officials are encouraging people to play it safe. but public service announcements like this one while here, giving birth and warnings like this one. this is not a normal thanksgiving. nationwide, daily coronavirus hospitalizations are at record highs in the united states and deaths continue to climb. you put that rate of increase together with an additional increase from the high level of social activity. that is a dangerous situation even in new york with one of the lowest infection rates in

the country. private gatherings are being officially limited to 10 people, amid reports of large forbidden events like this orthodox wedding, attended by thousands. but restrictions vary from state to state are clear, public health is to see this thing to do is is not to travel. and that is also a very important message along with our message to get travel is being strongly discouraged, but if you must fly, the c.d.c. recommends covert testing one to 3 days before airline passengers are required to wear masks and airports are supposed to enforce social distancing. no one affects being apart, like everyone kind of 3 feet apart. are, you know, part it's horrible. but with no end to the pandemic in sight, many travelers appear willing to risk. it just felt like ok, it doesn't seem like it's getting any better. i mean, mine's relative, chided us, have a little bit of fun without getting sick. the transmission concerns are likely to

drive some to travel by car, but with intensive care units becoming overwhelmed in many parts of the country and the bodies of the dead still unclaimed from new york surge in the spring. officials are hoping many americans, especially those most at risk, will just stay home. kristen salumi, al-jazeera, new york. the rest of the day's news is coming up including guatemala, where after a weekend of protests, politicians have voted to suspend a controversial government budgets. and it's in brazil, this is over the killing of a black man at a supermarket. we've

got thunderstorms still rumbling away across central parts of the mediterranean, lost a little area of low pressure here just to bring you some very wet weather in across the region elsewhere. well, high pressure does dominate for the time being, i'm going to say these areas of low pressure bands of cloud, of rain rolling in from the atlantic as we go on through the next couple of days. wetter weather already coming into as we go through chews day, pushing into that western side of scotland, western areas of wells and the southwest approaches of england are made out of the way. and you can say yes, that's going to make its way across portugal, pushing across a good part of western spain as well as you push into the middle part of the week with the weather. the easing up towards london to london at 13 celsius madrid will struggle to get to 12 degrees celsius central areas. they still remain dry with a high pressure in charge here. still want to choose showers into central parts of the med. the wetter weather is easing over towards the eastern side of the med, so that's going to bring some wet weather across the far north of egypt as we go on

through choose day into wednesday, still some lively showers rolling away there into china. sea urchin, it has had a month's worth of rainfall. the past 24 hours, actually more weather where that came from as we go through wednesday, but it is moving east frank assessments if mother can public opinion piece betrayed by the should media platforms after november would be good because cautious and if you believe that there horowitz into our democracy, one obvious solution is to break up informed opinions, look at checkers, don't go anywhere. the protesters aren't going anywhere, either. it's ability to get revolution. people to call in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines. who is it that's really out there on the street inside story on al-jazeera

with al jazeera, these are the top stories this hour. 3 weeks after the u.s. elections and president elect joe biden is finally beginning. his transition to the white house democrats refused to concede defeat, but he has authorized his federal agency, general services agency to declare biden as the parent when biden's newly unveiled national security team and expected cabinet nominees. the names are out and they are diverse in race and gender. it will include america's 1st female heads of intelligence and treasury and also the 1st latino chief of homeland security and the british drugs company, astra zeneca, along with oxford university, said the late stage of testing of the covert 19 vaccine shows it is highly effective. this is the 3rd major drug showing positive results. well,

the u.n. security council is expected to discuss the unrest in northern ethiopia, later on tuesday, leaders in the to grow region and denying government reports though that the military is surrounding the regional capital of mackellar prime minister, ahmed says, given the 2 great people's liberation front until weapons status surrender left the refuses saying its people are ready to die in defense of their land. a former militia leader in the democratic republic of congo has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes and mass rape. barry sheck a was charged with murder, rape, sexual slavery, and in this thing, children under 15 years old in no fewer province, has rebel group and 2 others allegedly raped in the 400 people during a series of attacks. and 2010, his trial by a special military court began 2 years ago. not to let out the 7 colors that many

eastern to see has never experienced a trial on this level. it's a historic moment has been found guilty of war crimes. he is someone that no one thought they would ever see in the dark. so just for that, it's a huge step forward for justice system. so yes, there are certain aspects of the verdict which we are not so happy with. for example, the recognition of the crimes against humanity for rape in the long run. but the fact remains that in general, it is a very positive verdict and a great message for the victims that justice is being served. in turkey, the trial is expected to resume for 20 saudi officials over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. are they being tried in absentia? of course, the defendants include 2, former aides to the saudi crown, prince of saudi arabia rejected turkey's extradition request, and instead convicted people over the middle. last year, she was killed inside the kingdom's consulate in istanbul, in 2018, turkey has stopped german forces from searching one of its cargo ships,

suspected of bringing weapons into libya. the turkish cargo vessel was boarded in the mediterranean, but the inspection was abandoned when turkey protested to the european union. the germans are operating as part of an e.u. mission which aims to stop arms reaching. the warring factions in libya also libya's political rivals are now in round 2 of the un backed talks. this is following up on last week's meeting in tunisia where they agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary elections late next year. but their so far failed to appoint a unity government, something the newly appointed u.n. envoy for libya may have to deal with. this is the diplomat nicholai mladin of who will be leading the u.n. efforts to secure a diplomatic solution to the conflict. up until now, not not has served as the un's special coordinator for the middle east peace process. diplomatic editor james ray's report on the many challenges he will face in this new role. libya has been consumed by violence in

most of the decade. in recent weeks, after the talks in tunis, the u.n. has come up with an ambitious plan for nationwide elections in just over a year's time, while things look a little more optimistic than they did a year ago. there are many challenges ahead. there are challenges that will now face the new u.n. envoy, nicholai mladin off once one of europe's youngest foreign ministers for his country bowl garia. he previously served as the u.n. representative in iraq and is currently based as the secretary general's special coordinator in jerusalem. diplomats regard him as capable, but he's also a realist. these were his comments a year ago when asked about the prospect of progress between israelis and palestinians. you are the special coordinator for the middle east peace process. is there actually a middle east peace process right now? i seem to be the only one stuck with it on my business card. the last person to

leave the un's operations in libya, gas, and salami resigned at the beginning of march, saying a number of nations including members of the security council, were undermining his efforts to seek peace. his deputy stephanie williams has been filling in ever since. it took the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorist, so long to make the appointment, because at 1st the u.s. wanted to change the structure of the u.n. mission in libya. then when mr. milligan office name was 1st suggested, african members objected saying they wanted an african candidate for the job. finally, they have dropped their objections. it all illustrates the deep divisions in the international community on libya. one item that will be totally missed in latin officer list of priorities also involves international actors under a recent agreement, all foreign forces are supposed to leave libya by early january, something that may prove extremely hard to actually accomplish. james ouches era at

the united nations. the saudi foreign minister has denied reports of a secret meeting between the kingdom's crown prince and the israeli prime minister . according to israeli media, benjamin netanyahu flew to the saudi city of now i'm on sunday for talks with mohamed bin salman, and the u.s. secretary state, my pompei, our foreign minister, prince feisal, been farhan on saad, says only americans, and saudis were present at that meeting. politicians in guatemala, have voted to suspend a controversial government budget. that sparked violent protests over the weekend. hundreds of people stormed the congress building on saturday, setting parts of it on fire. there is widespread anger at the 13 $1000000000.00 budget, which critics say supports big business without actually addressing poverty or they coronavirus pandemics. greek island of us the polya is experimenting with renewable energy to see if it can be used to transport. the

german comic a volkswagen and the greek government say if it's successful, it could help your revolutionize transport and reduce carbon emissions. don't stop us reports. me here. yes, but in your view says he works 365 days a year. and so does his car carrying feed corn and water to his goats spread across many hillsides? to do this, he spends at least $7000.00 a year on diesel. so the idea of an electric car that costs less to run appeals to him. if something is good for this island, not that it should happen. if it doesn't bother the goats and the grazing grounds and it's good for the island that it should happen. german comic a volkswagen. it will sell people as that trick cars and factory prices, which the greek government will further subsidize charging stations will be installed in the islands parking lots. the idea is to eventually make all transport electric and to create a system of mobility on demand, whereby people can book

a ride on a publicly owned car or scooter through a mobile phone app. there's no need for everybody to own a car to do 5 kilometers, having 3 kilometers there. the point of this whole experiment is to see whether we can have fewer privately owned cars and less energy spent on transport. the man who wants to go further, like most islands, is powered by diesel generators during peak demand in the summer. they burn up to 7000 liters of fuel a day. it's an expensive way to produce electricity and electric mobility would further raise demand. so the mayor is seeking an investor to build a wind and solar power plant, going back to a nubile energy tradition because of its isolation. has always been self-reliant just like greece's ancient city states. it produces most of its own food and has dam to this lake for water. the petrol economy made it dependent on fuel imports

for its energy and transport. now it has to revert to the self-sufficiency. it has always known. this is not music to everyone's ears. lease rents cars that run on petrol, and 3 years ago he built a petrol station. and then of course, national visa for the betterment. this frightens us a bit. it happened very suddenly, we weren't informed this decision came from the government and the mayor seems to have gone along with it. our island is unspoiled and our businesses are small. we worry that an enormous corporation could upset that for the next 5 years, electric cars will be so cheap here, though, undercut conventional ones. but it marks the beginning of the end of the road for the fossil fuel economy. and if the experiment works in the us, the gala, it could spread rapidly across europe, jumps out opal us al-jazeera us to buy that. there is anger in brazil after a black man was beaten to death by 2 white security guards at a supermarket last week. the government's response to the killing is spot to wave

of demonstrations on are you not have reports from rio de janeiro that the order came shortly before lunchtime walk the gates and keep protesters out. one by 13 carrefour supermarkets in rio de janeiro closed doors. the stores were heavily guarded, but crowds outside promised the siege would be long. today, tomorrow and the day after we will continue to show up at their stores and show them that we will not tolerate racism. the protests began last thursday, after a black man was dragged out of a care for supermarket in the city of the naked in the south of brazil. he was beaten to death by 2 white security guards. a new video shows the moment you will bear to see him get a free was pleading for his life. i'm dying, he said, was great this death is being compared to george floyd's in the united states.

protesters accused carrefour of murder, but they also blame the government for not acknowledging and finding racism in this protest. not only about the death of one man out of 10 killed by the police, the brazilian vice president, a mill to morrow, said that contrary to what happens in united states, there is no racism universal laws on the right here. in brazil there is no racism. this is something they want to import, says morons. a statement is proof that there is, racism was racism because one black person in brazil every 12 minutes. by the time we finish today's protest, many will have died. black police officers are also more likely to die than their white colleagues according to the brazilian forum of public security. mainly because the occupy lower positions during a pause in the protests boy says,

poignant, tells the policeman that they should all be on the same side with the people you were fighting for my black skin, your black skin, children's black skin. we must show brazilians the black lives matter. they parted with a handshake and a silent promise of meeting again at the next protest, meineke an i.q. of one just 0. rio de janeiro. funny, china has launched a mission to the moon to bring back the lunar rocks the 1st such attempt by any nation in more than 40 years. there's an unmanned spacecraft blasting off from the wind chime center in southern china, beijing spending billions of dollars on its military space program. it hopes to launch a manned mission to the moon before the year 2030. beijing years to train you with more on china's space ambitions for the goal of this rover is to land on the moon.

explore a bit that region and to pick up one to 2 kilograms of lunar rocks to take back to china for tonnage to better understand the moon's surface. now, what's different about this mission compared to say, previous missions to pick up samples by the russians? is that the way it's coming back is a bit more complex. it's not coming directly back to, it's going to go back up, go into a nother module and then be transferred again to another capsule before returning to earth. and the reason is that china is testing out a pathway to send up its own chinese astronauts to the moon, which it plans to do in the next 10 to 15 years in the long term plan is to have a permanent chinese presence there or colony there going forward, but it hasn't all been smooth sailing. china did test its long march rocket out at least 3 times this year. and each and every time it had been tested, there were some failures. so there has been quite a long road to to get to this point. china has made nor secret of the fact that it wants to join the elite ranks of space exploration nations. and it's not just the

government invested in this. there are at least $2.00 to $3.00 commercial companies akin to sort of the u.s. space x. program, which are also invested in space exploration. and this is not the only feat that china has made so far. it also had a very impressive mission to meet the moon in general, 2019. china became the 1st country to send its own rover to the far side of the moon and up the tree almost 2 years later, it's still there, exploring that region past the hour. these are the headlines, the u.s. government office that oversees the transfer of power in the white house has told joe biden, his transition can formally begin. it means the president elect's team can now have access to government, money, and resources. donald trump has accepted the decision but still hasn't conceded the election. trump said in a tweet, he's told us team to cooperate.