f.y.r. there is not a family in britain. i believe that has not been touched by empire studio b. unscripted on al-jazeera. a surgeon covered 1000 cases overwhelm hospitals across america. modern becomes the 2nd u.s. drug maker to seek emergency approval for its vaccine. and president elect joe biden unveils the team. he wants to help him lead the u.s. out of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. hello there, barbara starr, you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. ethiopia's prime minister tells parliament the military didn't kill a single civilian in almost 4 weeks of fighting in the northern tikrit region.

iran's top nuclear scientist is buried in tehran, the made accusations that israel killed him using a remote controlled machine gun. and after mass protests, the french government says it will rewrite a bill that curb the right to fill police officers in a villa . thank you for joining us. a 2nd to u.s. drug maker. modern a has announced it's asking american and european regulators for emergency approval for its coated 1000 vaccine. on monday, this s. coronavirus cases continue to rise steadily across the u.s. . modernise says its final trial results confirm that it's more than 94 percent effective. it's a week behind pfizer fueling hopes the u.s. could have to approve vaccines by the end of the year. but public health experts

say the country should be preparing for a surge in cases after thanksgiving weekend. a rise that's coming too soon for either vaccine to slow. nearly 131000, new infections were confirmed on sunday and 826 deaths. well, the u.s. health secretary says if everything goes to plan a federal approval for vaccines could be granted in the coming weeks. with pfizer, with the f.d.a. announced an advisory committee for december the 10th. and if everything is on track, everything proves out what, what it appears to be. we could be looking at approval within days after that midair nose, basically one week behind that. and general perna, his from operation works speed that will ship within 24 hours of f.d.a. authorization. so we could be seeing both of these vaccines out and getting into people's arms before christmas school after a white house correspondent, kimberly, how could it? kimberly, undeniably good news,

that at least no potentially to vaccines might be available and we were hearing alex as our say, even before christmas we could be seeing the vaccine into people's arms. but how many arms are we talking about realistically, in the 1st wave of vaccines? how many people will be getting it? well, you know, that is still been left. unclear is really no that it will be 1st responders. we know that will be the most vulnerable but 1st, the vaccines have to be approved and then made and the production takes time. and then of course, in order to know that the society can go back to the way it was, you need millions of americans to be vaccinated. so the timeline, even though we are hearing that the 1st vaccines could be given by the end of the year, doesn't mean suddenly that come 2021. everything will be back to normal far from it . this is going to take quite a bit of time and so that's why you have the u.s. president again on monday tweeting that he needs this f.d.a. approval as soon as possible. he's urging that you reference that in terms of the

hearings that were taken place for modernity as well as pfizer in mid december. so it seems very unlikely that as alex a.s.r.s. promised, there the health and human services secretary that by christmas just a week later, people could be getting those vaccine still. they've been pushing and they've been breaking the, the records in terms of approval. so they are optimistic, but that by the end of the year that people could be receiving these lifesaving vaccines. i guess optimism is always good because just how bad is the covert situation in the u.s. right now? it's bad because we've just had a major holiday. the thanksgiving holiday, it's the biggest travel holiday of the year in the united states. and even though 1000000 stayed home millions more did not. and as a result, public health officials are bracing for what they expect will be a pretty dire situation. because already right now, hospitalizations are up there also in factions that are out setting some new

records and the fear is that come 14 days from now. given the fact that people have kind of traveled throughout the 50 united states, they're going to see hot spots all across the country. so the experts are saying try to mitigate, in terms of getting tested, staying at home. so the things will spread further, but already the fear is that hospitals could be overwhelmed. come 2 weeks from now . kimberly healthcare with the latest, from just outside the white house. kimberly, as always, thank you. now he may be hobbling after fracturing his foot, but u.s. president elect joe biden is moving full steam ahead with the transition to his administration. on monday, he receives this 1st daily security briefing and he unveiled his picks for 5 key economic positions. it's being described as the most diverse white house economic team in history. biden has nominated former federal reserve chair janet yellen to the post of treasury secretary. and while the other yemo will be the 1st black

deputy treasury secretary, rumors of yellen appointment, contributed to the dow jones, reaching a record high of 30000 last week. so who exactly is janet yellen? while the former federal reserve chair made history as the 1st woman to lead the u.s. central bank, she took over in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, and unemployment fell steadily during her tenure. if confirmed, she also be the 1st woman to lead the treasury department in its 231 year history. the 74 year old is respected on both sides of the political aisle and on wall street. stocks rallied last week on reports that yellen would be tapped as biden's treasury secretary, investors see her as someone likely to increase spending to lift the country out of its coronavirus induced recession. well, chris is louis joins us live now from wilmington,

delaware. what do you think that this economic team says about what biden's approach is likely to be in the coming years? well, it certainly shows his commitment to diversity with 4 women being appointed, including janet yellen, for treasury, secretary and wildly out of her deputy treasury secretary as the 1st black man to hold that position. the group he described as a crisis, tested group of detail trailblazers, in fact, they do come with experience under the obama administration. both of those officials i just mentioned as for approach, yellen has talked about restoring the american dream for all americans. with the emphasis on the word all, but she will have her work cut out for her because the economic outlook in the united states right now is particularly grim. there are millions of americans out

of work. job growth has slowed. it was starting to rebound a bit over the summer months. but given the resurgence of corona virus infections throughout the country and millions of americans do to lose their unemployment benefits by the end of the year. things are looking particularly graham. and unlike when janet yellen was the head of the federal reserve under president obama in 2008 during the financial crisis, she will be taking her position with a divided congress. in 2008, democrats swept both the house and the senate. democrats currently hold the house, they have a chance of picking up the senate and the special election in january. but even if they do, the majority, there will be very small. and this is a very divided time in the u.s. congress. right now, republicans and democrats have not seen eye to eye on the way forward with the

stimulus bill, and that will be a very tough divide to bridge. and janet yellen will have to walk right into that. it's not going to be easy and kristin in the mean, while i resume now has just become the latest state to certify results in the presidential election. so warded the electoral college votes to joe biden. so obviously the transition has already begun, but technically president trump hasn't conceded so where are we at when it comes to the hechsher election results? well, you know, inch by inch, getting closer to being a certainty for joe biden. and this certainly seals the deal or would appear to seal the deal for him in arizona when and it's 11 electoral college votes. the certification process that happened today is typically just a formality, but given the president hasn't conceded there, it took on added significance. but the governor was on hand for that. he's

republican. he said that he hasn't seen any fraud. the secretary of state said it was the smoothest election in history in recent history for arizona. all of that said, of course the president does have 5 days to contest the results he lost by less than $11000.00 votes, and he is expected to do just that. salumi with the latest from wilmington, delaware, christine, thank you. the u.s. secretary of state has urged ethiopia's prime minister to bring a complete end to the fighting in the northern region in a phone call. my comp aoe urged it to hold a constructive dialogue with the to grains to resolve the crisis. have you ordered a military offensive on the northern region more than 3 weeks ago, accusing t. gray's leaders of attacking federal forces. earlier he told ethiopia's parliament

that government forces have not killed a single civilian during the conflict, and he insists that the army will not destroy the regional capital makelele after capturing it on saturday. but the tikrit people's liberation front say that there are still fighting government soldiers near the city. hundreds of people have died and up to 1000000 have been displaced by the fighting. that the other person to get with the not the most important, every target has been signed and approved. the house can see that every missile launched is backed by a signature of authority. 99 percent of them hit their targets and 99 percent of them didn't have collateral. no country's army can shield this kind of performance . our army is disciplined and victorious. you will destroy mckelway and so on. of the regular is ours. it was build with our own resources, we are not going to destroy it. not even a single person was affected by the operation. on the base following events from

nairobi, he says the claims and counterclaims are difficult to verify because communications in the region have been cut off for weeks. the government has said that its forces of control will live to grey region ever since it took the regional capital city of may. kelly on saturday, prime minister ahmed has told members of parliament that the government forces didn't kill a single civilian in their operations. on the t.v. or less leaders are contradicting these claims. they say that many civilians were killed in government airstrikes, something that the government denies. and the t p l. s. leaders have also said that they shot down one of those military planes that they've taken back one of the towns within the vicinity of macquarie and also that they're fighting on all fronts . the prime minister spoke 1st and refuted these claims as delusional. but without journalists or humanitarian workers having much access to the region,

athol and with the phone lines in the internet, cut off very difficult to verify any of these claims. but the red cross has said that in the city of macquarie, about 80 percent of the people in the hospitals have trauma injuries. they didn't say how the people got those injuries. but they did say that there's a serious shortage of medical supplies needed to treat them a little. so a shortage of body bags more than 40000. refugees have a skate the fighting in tigray, crossing the border into sudan for some. it's the 2nd time they've made this, journey. after fleeing ethiopia's famine in the 1980 s., this man has found himself back in the same camp. yes. you know, the reason i ask this time is the war when i decided to come here, they were shooting heavy fire all over the village. that's when i decided to escape because of rb armored. we weren't allowed to live in peace in our village because he sent his troops all over where i lived. i feel bad to have witnessed this.

i'm really upset at rb for saying they don't want any to graham's in ethiopia, because of abby and the every trained post in thais. oh yes. the people of te grey have been killed. so nobody is able to see is, or if it's the united nations or the countries we were alone. and i feel bad seeing t. grains being killed in front of my eyes. and i will to do nothing about it. and i desire as they made a plan on how to destroy the great, that plan is about to happen. the attack is about to be accomplished, basically to graze being destroyed. and the united nations kept quiet. there was no help. we just alone. still to come in this half hour, pupils are finally allowed back to school in iraq for the 1st time since march plus the chinese government should be totally ashamed. australia demands an apology after a senior chinese official posts, a fake image depicting

a last rally and soldier, killing an afghan child. the stormy weather in the eastern med, as you can see in the satellite picture is slowly subsided again, drifting eastwards through cypress to us, leventon, east and south turkey as a bit of a talking of northerly wind, dance through central europe. this is choose days forecast. the wind is strong, but of course it's pushing with the cloud, rain and some snipes at the, for the alps. now west of that and circulating off the coast of portugal, that's finally gone offshore, taking it rain with it. so we can almost forget about it. the majority of europe, eastern europe, is seeing a slight improvement from the overcast foggy conditions, a bit of sunshine showing strew. now focus wise geneva represents what's happening

in switzerland. so sunny or some snow showers seem likely be he's turning back to gloom, but how to get to thursday, which is the norm, to be honest. in kiev snow is falling, but again, the end result is cloudy and cold weather. once that cold meets the military, again, we're generating on wednesday a circulation which would be storms all the way. probably from the north of our jarius through italy, snow on the epidural and snow on the alps, a significant snow, but quite likely flash floods again from these slow moving thunderstorms in italy from fossil fuels to modern day renewable. as societies develop, the energy demands increase, requiring innovative solutions to meet such demand as a global power developing to the basement, complete nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the state. we

provide business growth, promote social economic benefits, and provide innovative, safe and it viral mental imagery, solutions for future generation, the brush fire nearing future of the back. here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. . frog maker more garner says it's filing for approval from american and european regulators for emergency use of its corona virus vaccine cases. meanwhile, continue to search across the u.s. with 139000. new infections confirmed on sunday. former federal reserve chair janet

yellen has been nominated as the next u.s. treasury secretary, president elect joe biden's. chances choices for his economic team make it the most diverse in white house history. and the c.e.o. piece. prime minister says his forces have not killed a single civilian during the conflict in t. . great. it has been urged to engage in constructive dialogue with to great leaders during a phone call with the u.s. secretary of state. turkey is going to impose full coronavirus lockdowns on the weekends and then 4 enforce curfews on weekdays. as the country has experienced the week of record increases in new cases and deaths. the turkish medical association warns hospitals have reached capacity with new 30000 cases every day. and could impose nationwide, we can curfews in mid november restrictions, the opposition says, turned out to be insufficient. 8 prisoners in a straight line can jail have died after guards opened fire to stop a riot over

a rise in corona virus infections. and that the 71 inmates and 2 guards were injured at the facility on the outskirts of colombo unrest in sri lanka's overcrowded prisons as been fuelled by the pandemic. inmates at several prisons have staged protests in recent weeks. after more than 1200 prisoners and guards tested positive for the virus across the country, public schools in iraq have reopened their doors after being closed since march because of the coronavirus pandemic. the number of infections in the country has now fallen to about 1500 new cases. a day, but many students fear they will struggle to catch up on lost schooling. so when a fault in reports now from baghdad, the 1st day of school in times of coronavirus, these 6 year olds waited for more than 2 months to start their education. the iraqi government lifted the lockdown in september,

but public schools only reopened this week. it was supposed to start earlier, but they delayed it because of the large number of infections. yes, the malls in the shops reopened earlier, but the number of infections was very high. now the numbers of started to go down, hopefully the pandemic will go away soon, and we will try to catch up on schooling. the pandemic has spurred a wide and preexisting disparities in education. private schools catering to wealthy students have largely stuck to the academic calendar. while public schools like these stopped teaching for 8 months, budget cuts due to declining oil prices have made matters worse. on the authority. for sure there's been a negative effect of the pandemic is delayed school attendance. and in addition to that, to the budget is basically 0. private schools have better health measures than government schools, and also the number of students is smaller financial capabilities. even though public schools are back in session, many parents will continue to play a big part in their children's education. students will attend class only one day

and have to study at home on the remaining school days. but compared to many other countries, iraq lacks the telecommunications infrastructure to support the learning. the education ministry says it will launch applications to facilitate online classes. but while many wait for such plans to materialize are met and i am and in their final year of high school say that's of little help. so there is a little, they say there will be a lot of classes, but you want to be successful. the internet is very bad. we cannot study like this . our only choice is to take private tutoring classes. we can't depend on the government schools. they already missed school during much of last year, when classes were canceled due to widespread anti-government protests. now the pandemic risks shattering their hopes for university. the good universities won't admit us, then we'll have to go to private college and the millions of iraqi dinars. we can't afford that. iraq's financial and health crises have cast uncertainty over the

country's future. but at least for now, this new generation of students are enjoying a return to a routine that resembles normal life. simona faulty knowledge is era, but that despite decades of progress, deaths caused by malaria are now on the rise there even expected to exceed those caused by covert 19 in sub-saharan africa. this year, last year, more than 409000, people died from the disease, and the world health organization warns of there could be an excess of up 210-0000 malaria deaths in 2020. the pandemic has disrupted treatment of the disease and global funding has shifted towards the feeding of the coronavirus. most fatalities are among young children. a senior iranian security official has accused israel of using remote controlled weapons to kill its top nuclear scientist. most in the factories are there died in hospital on friday after his car was ambushed at his

funeral. iran's security chief also blamed on the rayney an opposition group. unfortunately, due to the very complicated assassination, was carried out remotely of electronic devices and no one was present at a scene. but there are some clues we realize the person who apparently sesame, of course, the national council, which is much broader on have a large part. and of course, the criminal part of this incident is designed his regime and must several countries have condemned the assassination while iran is vowing revenge factor is that there was laid to rest at a state funeral in the capital. as for such a bahrain now reports a state farewell for one of the most important figures in iran's defense ministry. mohsen factories are the who is 63 years old. was remembered at a small ceremony in the grounds of the ministry on monday. factories others, funeral was attended by some of iran's highest ranking officials,

including the head of the country's atomic energy organization, the head of the revolutionary guards. and this man, the intelligence minister, who now has the job of finding out how fast was that it was killed. the scientists convoy of vehicles came under attack in up a sart, just east of tehran. on friday. he was taken to hospital where he died. factories that they had been on the u.n. security council list of sanctioned individuals. iran had never allowed him to be interviewed by the international atomic agency. his whereabouts were always kept secret, and he has survived a previous assassination attempt. president hassan rouhani was not at the funeral, but he has blamed israel for the assassination. a charge. israel denies. iran's defense minister says justice will be done more had one general yet caught, we will pursue the criminals to the end and the perpetrators of this crime will be punished. the foreign governments and international organizations who refused to

condemn this act of terrorism will see the consequences of their crimes. the father of 3 was gunned down in front of his wife, and the attackers have not yet been caught. this fascination is seen as an alarming security breach inside iran, and there is debate within the country as to what the response should be. iran's allies are urging restraint. it's not the 1st time iranian nuclear scientists have been targeted, but it is the 1st in the past 8 years and factories out. it wasn't just a nuclear scientist. he was also the head of research and innovation at the defense ministry, which means he played a crucial role in iran's ballistic missile program. many here believe that the death of factories or that could play a crucial role in how iran might deal with the incoming biden administration, united states in the coming weeks. while the conservative voices in the country are demanding a tough response, it is ultimately up to the country's supreme leader,

ayatollah become an e to decide and how to proceed. and this is the 2nd time this year that the country has been mourning the death of a high ranking official, the death of major general patton salomon in january. i now make it very clear that the road ahead continues to be a mulch with one foot on your door. such a party out there. france's government has dropped a controversial draft law the would restrict the publishing of images of police. the bill sparked large protests on saturday, fueled by anger over a video of police beating a black man in paris. clare needed stitches after officers attacked them in the his own music studio. critics of the law say it could prevent such incidents from being exposed. a new version of the bill will go on, supported on the there is in paris and says it's not clear if the move will appease protesters. it's clear, the government has been forced to make

a concession because m.p.'s have said that they are going to rewrite the controversial clause in their planned new security law. now this clause is controversial because what it does is it would crack down on people's ability to publish air broadcast, images of police officers on duty. the government says that that would help protect the identity of police officers who have to do difficult work. but opponents of this clause say that it is an erosion of press freedoms that is an erosion of the right to inform of people's right of expression. and that without images of police officers on duty, police will not be able to be accountable for their actions at a time where we're seeing several officers being accused of police brutality, especially over the past few days. now the government of course, forced to make a concession, i can say that, but on the other hand, i think it's really important to keep it in perspective. because over the last few

days the government has indicated it might rewrite the article of this clause. but what does rewrite mean? no one has actually made that very clear. and i think what many people who are watching this very closely say isn't the problem, is that most people who are against the many politicians on all sides of the spectrum really. and protesters, tens of thousands of them who are in the streets on saturday. what they want is the government to just withdraw this article altogether. china's foreign ministry has rejected calls to apologize after its spokesman and showered lesia and tweeted a fake image of an australian soldier. the image depicts the soldier holding a bloody knife to the throat of an afghan child. it follows a recent report which accused australian special forces of unlawfully killing dozens of civilians in afghanistan, australia's prime minister called the tweet repugnant. it is utterly righteous

and it cannot be justified on any vices whatsoever. the chinese government should be totally ashamed of this post. it diminishes them in the world on its own might couple of points about this striving is seeking an apology from the ministry of foreign from the chinese government. for this outrageous post, we are also seeking its removal immediately and have also contacted twitter to take it down immediately. all relations between the countries have the terrier rated since australia called for an inquiry into the origins of the corona virus pandemic . china's foreign ministry spokeswoman was dismissive of morrison's condemnation economies around our paschal to which i'm feeling. i feel ashamed. you mentioned

the prime minister scott morrison says china should feel ashamed. is it not these jillion government's decision to send us trillions troops to afghanistan? since the stiliyan soldiers have committed such atrocious crimes, shouldn't this chilean government feel ashamed for their soldiers killing innocent civilians in afghanistan? a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera, a 2nd u.s. drugmaker, madonna has announced it's asking american and european regulators for emergency approval for its covert vaccine on monday. but there are says its final trial results results confirm that it's more than 94 percent effective. it's a week behind pfizer fueling hopes the u.s. could have to approve vaccines by the end of the year. but public health experts say the country should be preparing for a surge in cases.