be the hero, the world needs washed american drug giant madonna. 6 emergency approval for its cover 19 vaccine for help regulate is a big u.s. in europe. i'm convinced this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. a double blow for donald trump's attempts to overturn his election defeat 2 more states certify, joe biden, as the winner deforestation of the brazilian rain forest hit a 12 year high government figures reveal the scale of destruction. the president johnson. i don't know if he'll be as prime minister dismisses accusations that

civilians were killed in operations against 2 great forces. the 2nd u.s. drugmaker madonna has announced it's asking regulation is there and in the european union for emergency approval for its covered $900.00 vaccine. the data says its final trial results confirm its 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. as gabriel, arizona reports, there are growing concerns of the process. a 2nd coronavirus vaccine now awaiting approval by u.s. regulators, madera announced its vaccine is ready and if approved for emergency use, the company will start rolling out the 1st doses of the vaccine. by late december we worked very closely with a question about speed. and as we said, you know,

we should have a, it's going to be done those. he's a baby on the way, you know. so as soon as we get approval or joke on the news teams are going to get hold of a vaccine. we have and start shipping it in the country is going to vaccinate americans with 24 hours. i'm a pro or moderne is a small pharmaceutical company based in cambridge, massachusetts that has never successfully brought a vaccine to market. it got a big jump on its competitors because it started working aggressively on a covert vaccine back in january. the very day china released the genetic data on the corona virus. that early foresight is now paying off the company saying it hopes to produce as many as $500000000.00 covert vaccine doses next year alone. earlier this month, new york based vaccine maker pfizer and its german partner by and tech announced its vaccine was also being submitted for approval and could roll out $50000000.00 doses this year. distribution of the vaccines could be

a challenge that is fast approaching. the vaccines must be kept in cold temperatures at all times during transport and storage, or face the risk of spoiling and being ineffective. but it doesn't matter how many vaccines are available. if people decide they don't want to take them here in the united states, one poll showed that nearly 40 percent of americans said they have no plans to take the coronavirus vaccine. and within minority communities, particularly blacks and latinos, the distrust runs even deeper. with this same poll showing that nearly half said when it comes to the back scene. no thanks. really dying from coronavirus, almost double the national rate in the us, blacks, latinos, and asian americans are dying from covert at a rate significantly higher than white americans. but even that hasn't broken, the mistrust won back seen trial had to be halted because they didn't use enough

minorities in their trial phases. furthering doubt. on monday, new york governor andrew cuomo said more outreach needs to be done to build trust with minorities to take the vaccine. black start at twice the rate that whites start. brown died one and a half times the rate that whites they are less served by the health care facilities. we need a special outreach effort. federal government has provided no funding to do that. but global health officials say it's a problem around the world. yes, you know, around the world in about parts of the same is growing for other nations. while there is growing anticipation of the vaccine. rollouts, health officials caution it will likely be several more months before distribution is ramped up to meet global demand to truly have a chance to in the pandemic once and for all. gabriel sandow al-jazeera, new york,

the u.s. battleground states, arizona. it was constant, have become the latest to certify joe biden's election victories the trunk campaign and republican party had challenge the hours on a result in court. trump is expected to continue appealing the results. meanwhile, president elect joe biden is moving ahead with his transition to the white house. he's received his 1st daily security briefing and unveiled his picks for several key economic positions. biden has nominated a former federal reserve chair janet yellen to the post of treasury secretary and the animal will be the 1st black to be treasury secretary kristen's. libby has more from wilmington, delaware, the certification process is typically just a formality. but since president has continued to cast doubts on the results in these states, in particular, the announcement that these 2 states,

arizona and wisconsin have certified their winning to joe biden, it just takes on added significance. president trump won both of these states in 2016. now know that he lost to arizona just over 10000 votes and wisconsin was 26000 votes, but again, significant since he won those states in 2016, he and his legal team continue to act as if the results are still under dispute. and we do expect more legal challenges to come in wisconsin. there's already been 2 county wide recounts that were paid for by the trial team and more legal challenges are expected there in arizona. they have 5 days to contest the results, the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, was in the state today meeting with certain republican state lawmakers looking for what they hope to find more evidence of fraud again. so far that hasn't showed up.

and in fact, the republican governor of the state doocy was on hand for the certification announcement today, and he is on the record as saying that there's been no evidence of fraud in arizona . so this is an important step for joe biden and the transition. well, let's bring in edward joseph. he is a professor at johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies, and he joins us from washington. d.c., thank you for your time. so what was once a formality is sort of taken on added significance, right? for the president refusing to accept defeat, what do these certifications mean for trying to overturn the results? for donald trump, apparently they mean nothing. donald trump and his advisers, his lawyers, rudy giuliani and general us and his supporters in some of these states. and indeed in congress, they simply proceed as if these steps,

these certifications didn't happen. and it's quite significant in this state like arizona, for example, as well as in georgia. again, it has to be emphasized. these are republican officials. these are the governor don't do see in arizona republican the officials in georgia as well. have insisted that the republicans, that the operation in the election operation was smooth, no evidence of fraud whatsoever, but this simply does not deter donald trump and his advisers, his lawyers, his backers, from insisting that there was fraud please. so i'm told that you are a full month will make the just 6 of what happens now. where do things go from here with trump's legal challenges? well, legally and i speak air as a lawyer, not as a lawmaker, but well,

he is. he has his legal challenges that he can continue to try to mount. but as has been pointed out, most recently by again, a republican appointee to the federal bench in pennsylvania. not only a republican appointee, a trump appointee, that you have to have actual evidence when you present a claim of fraud and that, and this judge pointed out, actually excoriated the trump lawyers for their failure to present any evidence to support their claims of fraud. so he has legal avenues that he and his team can pursue, but they don't go anywhere because we thankfully still have a rule of law in this country and judges who apply it. so, but we know what the wider game here is. it's not about the legal challenges, the legal challenges are simply an effort to create this narrative. that's what

this is all about. it's creating the narrative for donald trump to say that he rightfully won the election that it was stolen from him in his words. and that he is therefore, unfairly deposed and lost his presidency. that is the aim. and again, this is a very serious problem. and very damaging to our democracy case. my apologies and neuer not no make if we talk about trump's refusal to accept these results and many of his supporters agree with him and agree with what his claim, despite evidence or lack of evidence that it was rigged. how do you think that's being received among america's allies and also perhaps it traditional enemies? well, overseas, we've seen that that he, joe biden, has been acknowledged and received for weeks now for several weeks now. he has received the congratulations of

a number of world leaders. there are some of course, who are still on the trump bandwagon, and who actually inject themselves in american politics. it's really quite surprising and dismaying to see this. there are some world leaders, the prime minister of slovenia young, his young ship, for example, who injects himself in american politics and backs these wild claims about fraud, even though he's a foreign leader. there are others who have not, of lattimer. putin has not congratulated joe biden yet, so the adversaries, those who actually want donald trump, to win like lattimer poodle like you like their orbán in hungary. they continue because in this day in because it suits them in their own politics, their own anti-democratic politics in their countries. but other world leaders of course have welcomed joe biden. i would say with great relief and are actually

elated that donald trump a populist leader, anti-democratic leader like donald trump, has been defeated at the polls. please, thanks so much for your time there. and to joseph a professor at johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies. thank you. brazil's amazon rain forest is disappearing at an alarming rate difference station surging to a 12 year holy official government dart of a 2020 shows the rain forest lost 11000 square kilometers of vegetation. a 10 percent increase on last year. scientists say the amazon has suffered losses at an accelerated rate since jaya both in our became president and 2019. he has encouraged the expansion of agricultural and mining activities in the rain forest. the increase is being blamed on forest fires, used to clear land and farming for farming and logging. the amazon is the world's largest rainforest, turned its billions of trees, store immense amounts of carbon needed to moderate global temperatures. he has more

from bogota and neighboring colombia. but we haven't heard from bear's president yet on these numbers, but we heard from his vice president who presenting these numbers is try to spin them in its favor. essentially saying that the truth is that these numbers are not as bad as they could have been. because the increase as been lower than the previous year when deforestation had risen to 84 percent. and he said that this is the consequences of the fact that this isn't to send the military in to control deforestation in the amazon is starting to bear fruit that this decision came after international outcry on what was happening in the amazon coming in,

particularly from the leaders of many european countries, now environmentalist in brazil, door saying that this is not true and that what has happened in the last couple of years in the amazon is absolutely devastating. that has made it absolutely clear since the beginning of a spray suit in sea that under is watch the amazon was going to be open to baseness and development. paulo sotero is a founding director of the brazil institute at the woodrow wilson center. he says economic development in the amazon and conservation do not have to be in conflict. what works in brazil and has worked for awhile is that you have to develop the region and not only the amazon, but in a way that preserves it's major assets, rich environmental assets,

and innovates. but this is a language that is the 42, mr. most are not of, he does not understand that you cannot allow unregulated exploration of this area. you know, he will have to because they somehow that brazil must in order to claim its sovereignty over them a zone over its territory. it must show today international community, obviously that it can handle it. still ahead on al jazeera, tough life lessons iraqi students back in the classroom. catching up to the pandemic is not the only challenge france's government promises to rewrite the controversial security bill after days of national outrage.

hello, the sunny skies over china disappearing. i'm afraid as the season changes, the temperature has dropped and you might get a spot or 2 of light rain or even snow. and she and a general spread of cloud there, which takes away well, could be considered the brilliance of the day after a cold night, now still cold and frosty in northeastern china, not cold, is coming across the water to give pretty persistent snow for current or temperatures. dropping further south in honshu turkey 10 to 12 sols at 5 degrees, probably in the sunshine, but that too is light disappear. by wednesday, the cold air this northeast monsoon suggests you get regular showers on the east north of taipei and it will enhance the sharpness asked china sea. but the heaviest ones have gone through vietnam. and on their way to the far south of thailand all

peninsula malaysia, the same time we're generating bigger showers, the east and south a loser, all central philippines. otherwise is pretty daily big thunderstorms jakarta could well get a bit of a concentration or if not carter. so the western side of jobs across forecast does give thunderstorms for the next 3 days, in the sudden by a bang, although a tropical depression is trying to what it's so hot head towards for lanka. and tell nadi these it's persians were not an act of war. these nuclear bombs were experiments by the soviet union to the kazakh people who lived in the vicinity. the motives make little difference. rewind, silent. on al-jazeera. the

in the the in store charge. there are a reminder of our top stories this hour. u.s. drug maker dirtier is seeking approval from american in your european regulations for emergency use of its coronavirus. vaccine. cases are rising steadily across the u.s. with 139000. new infections confirmed on sunday the battleground states of our zone at wisconsin are the latest to certify joe biden's election victory. donald trump is expected to continue fighting the results. defrost ation in brazil's amazon region has surged to

a 12 year high area of land destroyed. his shop be increased since president jaya paulson. otto came to power in 2018, relaxed environmental regulations. the u.s. secretary of state has called the ethiopian prime minister to push for an end to fighting in the northern tier a region. i'm going to obviously told ethiopia's parliament federal forces are in full control of the regional capital mechanic. however, the 2 great people's liberation front says, fighting is still going on, rights groups are concerned about the risk of civilian casualties. of the ahmed insists not a single civilian has been hurt. that another thing person to get 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 show this kind of performance. our army is disciplined and victorious.

they said you will destroy mckelway and so on. may kill 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 has more from nairobi in neighboring kenya. 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.l.'s leaders are contradicting these claims. they say that many civilians were killed in government asteroids, 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 mckelway 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 are calling $505.00 missiles at 3 french military camps in northern mali. the basis in the main, arca gowan cattle were hit within hours of each other in a rare coordinated attack. a casualty reported a un base next to the camp. condell was damaged french forces killed the military leader of our kind of north africa wing 3 weeks ago. another 33 people have been buried following a massacre on 2 villages. in northeastern nigeria, a delegation from nigeria's senate has visited borno state where the farm workers

were attacked in rice fields on thursday. the u.n. says at least 110 civilians were killed and many more injured. 43 workers were buried on sunday for karama suspected of being behind the attacks. you need to add a half 1000000. people have been displaced by more than a decade of violence in the region. several people have been injured during a rally in support of uganda's opposition presidential candidate. the wind, demonstrators clashed with police on the outskirts of the capital kampala, earlier police fired tear gas at wine and to supporters as they travelled to the protest. the pop star turned politician is hoping to unseat long time president yoweri museveni. in january's election, wind has accused police of frustrating his campaign. iran's top nuclear scientists has been laid to rest in tehran while saying that there was assassinated on friday . a large funeral service was held in the capital tehran honoring him. iran's leaders are blaming israel for the killing and a valve to retaliate. that you know,

we are all gathered here next to one another before the body of our beloved martyr and valid to him that we will be more cohesive. the result and determination to continue down your path will be stronger. we will continue down the path of advancement of this nation with greatest speed and strength. according to the reuters news agency, saudi arabia has agreed to allow israeli commercial flights to cross its airspace on route to the united arab emirates, white house senior adviser, jared kush that is reported to have brokered the deal while visiting saudi arabia is also expected to travel to come far in the coming days, the trip believed to be aimed at resolving the dispute between the neighboring countries. egypt's public prosecutor is the spending an investigation into the killing of an italian student and 2016 giulio, it again, it was found dead on the outskirts of cairo 4 years ago, but the identity of his murderer remains unknown in response. rick and his family

is urging italy to protest the decision and recall its ambassador to egypt. egyptian authorities say they'll continue. the search. turkey has time to grow the virus restrictions after a record number of deaths for the 8th consecutive day. 188 people have died in the last 24 hours. 4 lockdowns will be imposed on the weekend and curfews will be imposed on weekdays. the turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity and public schools in iraq of reopened their doors after being closed since march. because of the corona virus pandemic, the number of new infections is fall into about $1500.00 cases per day. many students fear that i'll struggle to catch up on lost lessons. some reports 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 have 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 and 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. they have greater 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 in their final year of high school, say that's of little help. there are so that it's only they say there will be although classes, but you want to be successful. the internet is very, but 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. the pandemic risks shattering their hopes for university could be irked. the good universities won't admit us then will 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 cmon a faulty knowledge is era. but that the philippines has extended grow. the virus restrictions in the middle of region until the end of the year, people in the capital and 6 other areas must wear masks and maintain social distancing. president ford records to say, warned against ignoring safety protocols, citing the recent wave of infections in europe and the us secretary has asked filipinos to limit christmas gatherings. croatia's prime minister has tested positive for covered 19, andrea petkovic. she has already been isolating after his wife tested positive at the weekend. croatia is experiencing a surge in corona virus cases or record 74 deaths in the last 24 hours. france's government has dropped a controversial draft law that would restrict the publishing of images of police. the bill sparked a large protest on saturday, fueled by anger over

a video of police beating a black man in paris. critics of that also could prevent such incidents from being exposed. a new version of the bill will be submitted. it has more from paris on the significance of the proposal. 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. and how 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 often do difficult work. but opponents of this clause say that it is an erosion of press freedoms as 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 don't listen very closely say is that the problem is most people who are against it. 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. giant robot has come to life in spectacular fashion in the japanese port city of yokohama. the 18 me to talk about boston's a life size walking representation of a character in the classic 970 s.

children's cartoon of mobile soup called them. it's the centerpiece of a new theme park based on the show, which is still hugely popular in japan. the park will open on december 19th, 2 months behind schedule, as even john robot slant immune to the covert. 19 pandemic. i go to college, there are these the top stories u.s. drug maker, madonna, is seeking approval from american and european regulations for emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine. the u.s. health secretary says if everything goes to plan federal approval for vaccines could be granted in the coming weeks. with pfizer, we have the f.d.a. announced an advisory committee for december, the terms. 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. general purnell, his.