matter how much they know about a given crisis or issue, a lot of the books looks like this. the smell of day is over. as al-jazeera correspondent stance will be strived to do. american drug company seeks emergency approval for its coronavirus vaccine in the u.s. and europe raising hopes of 2 possible vaccines before christmas. hello, i'm come out. santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera, wisconsin and arizona have certified joe biden's victory. as the president elect picks a diverse economic team with the woman at the helm for the 1st time in a quarter of a 1000000000, people worldwide will need aid in the coming year. and the u.n.

says the pandemics only made it worse and destroying the planet's lungs. deforestation in the brazilian amazon reaches its worst level in 12 years. so some good news on the vaccine front. as a 2nd u.s. drug may come, a turn has asked regulators in the u.s. and the european union for emergency approval for its cover 1000 baxi. but then it says its final trial results confirm it is more than 94 percent effective a week behind pfizer. so it's feeling hopes the u.s. could actually have to approve vaccines by the end of the year and support from gabriel is under a 2nd coronavirus vaccine. now awaiting approval by u.s. regulators 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 have worked very closely with a question about speed. and as we said, you know, we should have, are going to meet on those. he is a baby on the way, you know. so as soon as we get approval order on than these teams are going to get all of us in, we have and stuff shipping in the country is going to vaccinate americans with 24 hours on the 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. with pfizer, we have the f.d.a. announced an advisory committee for december, the town. 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. madonna is basically one week behind that 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. on monday,

new york governor andrew cuomo said more outreach needs to be done to build trust with minorities to take the vaccine. blacks died at twice the rate that whites died . brown died one and a half times the rate that whites died. they are less served by their 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. you have seen around the world in general, and about comic books in particular, of this scene is growing for out there. but 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 end the pandemic once. and for all gabriel sandow al-jazeera new york

will have more coverage use later. but just one other story want to bring you want to donald trump's coronavirus advisor scott atlas has resigned after a controversial 4 months in the job at the subpoena. they downplay the importance of masts, describe the lockdowns as an epic failure, and was criticized by the infectious diseases expert dr. anthony fauci, who accused atlas of providing the president with misleading or false information on the pandemic, will stay in the u.s. in 2 battleground, states have officially certified their election results in favor of joe biden, dealing another blow to u.s. president donald trump. and his attempts to hold on to power and support from christian salumi. the governor of arizona, a republican, makes it official signing off on election results, declaring democrat joe biden, the winner in his state. by just over 10000 votes, arizona's secretary of state assured voters the election was conducted by the book

can't guarantee accuracy and fairness in accordance with arizona's laws and elections procedures. despite numerous unfounded claims to the contrary. those claims coming from none other than president donald trump and his personal attorney, rudy giuliani, who met with some arizona state republicans still looking for evidence of fraud that is yet to materialize. while the president's supporters gathered outside 4 out of 5 legal challenges waged by republicans in arizona have been dismissed by the courts. in wisconsin. the president's campaign paid $3000000.00 for recounts in 2 counties, but that only turned up more votes for biden. and that state too, has now officially been certified for the democrat. a recount is essentially an audit of the process that verifies the accuracy of the balloting process. that takes place on election day. i promise that this would be

a transparent fair process, and it was both wisconsin and arizona where one by trump, in 2016. this makes joe biden the 1st democrat to win a presidential election in arizona since 1996 president trump has 5 days to contest the results. there and in wisconsin, which he is expected to do. christen salumi al jazeera of wilmington, delaware, and joe biden is moving ahead with his transition to the white house he's received . finally, his 1st daily intelligence briefing and officially unveiled his economic team. it is seen as the most diverse in history. biden's picks the former federal reserve chair janet yellen to head the treasury department if confirmed by the senate. she, will be the 1st woman to serve as u.s., treasury secretary and also on the team is one of the yellow who will be the 1st black deputy treasury secretary, just weeks before inauguration biden's already facing his 1st major foreign policy

challenge. that is iran and israel, a senior iranian security officials accused israel of using remote controlled weapons to kill its top nuclear scientist wilson was assassinated in an ambush on friday. the european union, qatar and the u.a.e. have all condemned the killing while tehran is vowing revenge. this report and also jabari a state farewell for one of the most important figures in iran's defense ministry. mohsen factory, who is 63 years old, was remembered at a small ceremony in the grounds of the ministry on monday. this 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 factories that was killed. the scientists convoy of vehicles came under attack in opposite just east of tehran. on friday. he

was taken to hospital where he died. factories that 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. mo-o., mundra know yet quote, we will pursue the criminals to the end of 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 the nuclear scientists. 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 that they 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 khomeini. to decide on how to proceed, and this is the 2nd time, the fear that the country has been mourning the death of a high ranking official. the death of major general, both inside the mine in january and now on friday. make it very clear that the road ahead continues to be a tumultuous one, but i want you. there are such

a party out is there. a saudi arabia has agreed to allow israeli commercial flights heading to the u.a.e. to cross and space. this is according to reuters, has the white house senior adviser, jared cohen is reported to have brokered that deal while visiting saudi arabia is then expected to travel on to qatar in the coming days. a trip believed to be aimed at resolving the dispute between the neighboring countries because there is a lot of tension in the region following the killing of an iranian nuclear scientist and only weeks left in the trump administration. and about 30 arms control and rights groups have signed a letter to congress opposing the sale of $23000000000.00 worth of weapons to the united arab emirates, they say will only worsen humanitarian crises created by conflicts in yemen and libya. 3 u.s. senators, a proposed legislation to stop the sale, which includes missiles, drones and f. $35.00 fighter jets. it was approved following a u.s. brokered agreement in september, where the u.a.e.

agreed to normalize its relations with israel. the u.s. 2nd, same icon payors called on ethiopia's prime minister to end the fighting in the northern region told ethiopia's parliament that federal forces are in control of the regional capital. but the, to great people's liberation front says, fighting is ongoing. rights groups are concerned about the risk to civilians. thousands of calls fled to neighboring sudan since this conflict began nearly a month ago. that another important part of 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. today said you will destroy mckelway and so on. a 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. and we'll have more on that story in a moment. as aid groups try to bring normality to the lives of children who have fled, that conflict, a report coming up from a refugee camp in sudan, also iraqi students back in the classroom. but catching up on schoolwork lost during the pandemic, isn't the only challenge for follow the driving force so that the recent fairly heavy rains dissipates up. here somewhere is hard to identify, but the tail is still there and that still generating showers or thunderstorms from iran, dancer's saudi arabia to bahrain, possibly darkhawk. and then that was the mountains, a southwestern, saudi,

and western yemen. that lines going to exist if anything, go north woods and generate more significant rain in some parts of iraq, a tale that takes you back to the mediterranean as well, with thunderstorms, be wandering around recently. for the most part, it's quiet weather, but the coast of yemen is also looking potentially sherry at the moment for the northeast monsoon setting in. and that might also translate to some more rain the whole of africa, which is creeping down towards mortgage issue. this isn't a particularly heavy, the tropical showers are well as you might expect, just south of the tropics, so towns near back to the rift valley and beyond daily. you get these big showers drifting out of the of legged torrid westwards and they generate by day. so you're afternoon showers into denver for example, but proper rain and welcome rain. i think he's on this band. the cloud here, which is tipping of the sea into mozambique zimbabwe and malawi. this is a dry time of year. be nice to see it wet and it's going that way.

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here with al jazeera, these are the top stories this hour u.s. drug make him a donor, is seeking approval from american and european regulators for emergency use of its coronavirus. vaccine cases are rising steadily across the united states. 139000 new infections confirmed on sunday the battleground states of arizona and wisconsin of the latest to certify joe biden's election victory. donald trump is expected to continue fighting the results. and the u.s. secretary of state is urging ethiopia's prime minister to end the fighting in the north and take a region told parliament federal forces now control the regional capital nicolay, the leaders say the fighting is still going on. all that fighting techs are told doesn't it? especially on the region's children. many are now sheltering in neighboring sudan. they are unaccompanied. minors met some at a camp and gather if sudan, near the border with ethiopia. such, there was no blackboard or chalk,

or notebooks. but there was a sparkle of hope in the eyes of these young children, refugees trying to start a new life amid the toughest of conditions. the makeshift school at the camp is sponsored by the norwegian refugees council. one of the things we're trying to do is to give them a sense of normalcy, but a sense of stability. by setting up some temporary learning, splay says they have some classes every day, something to do, but also something to learn from. in this really chaotic period of their life so far we set up 10 classes. 2 shifts a day. we hope that is about a 100 children that we can help in the 1st instance. there's probably going to be a few 1000 children already. there's an estimated 3000 children in this camp. many of them had their education disrupted when fighting broke out between the each open federal army and that ukraine people's liberation front. a few weeks

ago, they were forced to flee with their families, relief agencies speak of a number of unaccompanied children in need of special care. some are showing signs of trauma. others are barely coping with the sudden change in their lives. some have had it even worse, the letter sultan hasn't been able to find any trace of his wife and 2 young daughters since the 1st raids on the to grain town of ramallah by the sudanese border a few weeks ago. a little, i'm a little thin animal. i just couldn't find them. they could be dead or alive, but there's no idea what happened to them. i was not home when the attack took place. people fled in every direction. they could. my family is gone. we're still at the camp and yes, suddenly it looks like an old place where some of the old it's europeans here. it's, history repeating itself. because back in the 1980 s., this building served as a school for some of them asked child refugees. in the 1980 s.

fuji's came here, fleeing a famine that coincided with and resulted from years of fighting between 2 great rebels and the central government of former communist dictator, mengistu, haile mariam. the only music that conflict had created still lingers. today, here in the camp degrees are teaching their children in english not which is the main official language of the federal republic. a sign of the mum of the task ahead for prime minister in his effort to restore national unity or morocco. but if we leave the sudanese border, as about john has moved forces into the last territory handed over by armenia. under a russian brokered cease fire deal the agreement followed 6 weeks of fighting over the disputed nagorno-karabakh region. russian troops have been deployed for the next 5 years to oversee the implementation. al qaeda linked fighters are fired

missiles at 3 french military camps in northern mali. the bases in were hit within hours of each other. in a rare coordinated attack, no casualties reported but a united nations base next to the camp and was damaged french forces killed the military leader of north africa when 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 their rice fields on saturday. the un says at least $110.00 civilians were killed and many more injured and it is boko haram suspected of being behind the attacks. several people also injured during a rally in support of uganda's opposition. presidential candidate bobby wine. demonstrators fought with police on the outskirts of the capital, kampala, earlier police fired tear gas at wine and his supporters as they travelled to the protest. the pop star turned politician is hoping to unseat president yoweri

museveni. in january's election, egypt's public prosecutor is suspending an investigation into the killing of an italian student back in 216 giulio to genie was found dead on the outskirts of cairo 4 years ago. but the identity of his murderer remains unknown. but jennie's family is urging italy to protest against the decision. and to recall that some best of the 2 egypt gyptian authorities say they will continue to search. in france, the government's dropped a controversial draft law that would restrict the publishing of images of police. the bill sponsor large protests on saturday, fueled by anger over a video of police beating a black man in paris. critics of the law say could prevent such incidents from being exposed. and your version of the bill will now be submitted. turkey is tightening its coronavirus restrictions after a record number of deaths for the 8th consecutive day for lockdowns will be imposed

on the weekend and curfews. on weekdays, the turkish medical association says hospitals are stretched to capacity. the world health organization's director general says mexico is in bad shape as coronavirus infections and deaths. surge headdress are the norm that the government to take serious action to stop the spread of mexico, not the 4th country to have more than 100000. people die from covert 19 the philippines has extended coronavirus restrictions in the manila region until the end of the year. people in the capital and 6 other areas must wear masks and maintain their social distancing. on a top fashion retailer has become one of the u.k.'s biggest corporate casualties of the pandemic. the arcadia group that owns dozens of fashion brands has filed for bankruptcy store closures and layoffs have not been announced yet. what public schools in iraq of reopened, after being closed since march, because of the pandemic, the number of new infections has fallen to about 1500 cases a day,

but many students fear they will struggle to catch up on their last lessons. simona 14 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. finally, it was supposed to start earlier, but they delayed it because of the large number of infections. yes, the malls and 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. for sure, there's been

a negative effect of the pandemic is delayed school attendance. and in addition to that too, the budget is basically private schools have better health measures than government schools. and also the number of students in smaller communities. 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. they say there will be online classes, but it won't 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 paid 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 well, the united nations is warning that a record 235000000 people will require humanitarian aid over the coming year. the need for food and other assistance has only grown because of the pandemic. as a diplomatic editor, james bates, reports around the world. more people are suffering hardship. the never before. every year it seems, when the u.n. announces the money needs to deal with humanitarian emergencies across the globe.

the figures get bigger and bigger. the u.n. estimates that because of code $19235000000.00, people will need humanitarian assistance, an increase of 40 percent over the figure last year. it's appealing for $34000000000.00 to meet the need and as the darkest and bleak guests, i've ever seen him on 35 years into his work. and what's happened is we've had the accumulation of many years of conflict and climate change. and now on top of that, we've got there, if you like a triple whammy of hope it because it has got a 40 percent increase. biggest increase in the number of people in my notes and i next year without help and assistance to 200000000 people. yemen is still the worst humanitarian emergency in the world. the u.n. has identified 56 countries, the most need assistance. what's worrying them is that many of those have

a deteriorating situation, and there are new places being added to the list this year. ethiopia, nagorno-karabakh, and mozambique. james al-jazeera of the united nations, want to look at brazil's amazon rain forest now, which is disappearing at an alarming rate. deforestation, and surged to a 12 year high. scientists say it suffered losses that accelerated right. ever since john bolton, our became president and weakened environmental protections from p.r.t. has our report from the sky large swaths of brazil's amazon are increasingly looking like this, with long patches of rain forest destroyed by fires and logging, and it's getting worse. new government data shows the level of destruction is rose almost 10 percent this year to more than 11000 square kilometers, equivalent to 7 times the size of london. it's the highest level in 12 years. and

monday, brazil's vice president promised to fight at the struction point 6 percent is not a number to celebrate. on the contrary, as i said here, i desire is not to have illegal deploring station at all inside. this is what we're fighting for. but environmentalists believe the government is to blame since taking office 2 years ago, president made it clear down there is watch. the amazon was opening to business and development. he weakened the country's environmental and force agency and called for more farming and mining in protected areas, which critics say has emboldened illegal ranchers in miners to clear the forest from that have built in brazil over. but we have that existence of

a growing international outcry led by european countries are supposed to send the military into the region to fight the forestation, a little has changed. now critics hope the election of joe biden as u.s., president willing crease the pressure given the strong stance on climate change. but just days ago took an indirect swipe at biden, in its policy in the rain forest. i recently heard a presidential from a country say that if i don't put out the fire in the amazon, he's going to reste trade batteries against brazil. how do we deal with all of that? diplomacy is not enough. when there is no more saliva, then there must be gunpowder. but they have to know that the amazon is ours. that's for the world is like nobody has, but we have it will be difficult to convince to defy impulse or natter to

change course. but with the effects of climate change looming, many believe it's a fight on which the health of the entire world depends. i listen with impunity. civil defense authorities in indonesia have expanded the safety zone around a volcano that erupted on sunday, or than 4000 people now evacuated from around the volcano. the government says it's currently at its 2nd highest level of activity. so how fast they are, we will take you through the headlines and u.s. drug maker. madonna is seeking approval from american and european regulators for emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine. the u.s. health secretary says if everything goes to plan then federal approval could be granted in the coming weeks with pfizer, with the.