of the find in latin america seen on al-jazeera. iran holds an extraordinary session of parliament debating changes to its nuclear commitments. hello, i'm adrian fit again. this is a 0 live from though also coming up. 2 more states certify the president elect's victory joe biden also unveils his team to tackle the u.s. economy. almost a quarter of a 1000000000 people worldwide will need some form of aid in the next year. the effects of the pandemic exacerbating the really dire situation of destroying the planet's lungs, alarming level of deforestation in the brazilian. honestly,

iran's parliament has been debating significant changes to rules governing its nuclear program. politicians have just passed a draft motion to halt unrestricted access by the international atomic energy agency to its nuclear sites. let's get straight to assad. baig, who's in teheran for us, said, what does this ratification by iran's parliament mean? well the parliament sauce for 2 things in this motion, one is to stop i.a.e.a. inspectors inspecting iran's nuclear sites. now iran has been signatory to this something called the additional protocol since 2015. and what that does is allow inspectors unrestricted access without notice to iran's nuclear sites. that this motion is calling on the government to stop that. the 2nd thing is the

parliamentarians of calling on the government to enrich the uranium to 20 percent. now, according to the 2015 nuclear deal, that limits are set to around 3.6 percent. iran has increased that to just over 4.5 percent. now this is calling on the government to increase it to 20 percent. that's concerning because once you get to 20 percent, it doesn't take much more effort to get to 80 percent, which is great. but iran has always maintained that don't want nuclear weapons. what's more concerning for the world is if specters from inspecting these sites, then the world goes blind. if they don't know what exactly iran is doing, this is the 1st response. the conservatives parliamentarians have given to the assassination of iranian scientists, most in fact they, they believe that there needs to be a response and their position is that we have negotiated. we have dialogue with the west. what did we get from the sanctions? the united states putting out of that deal, the cessation of general customs of the money and the scientists, and for them that's the last straw. but there's also accusations from the

conservatives that the i.a.e.a. inspectors are spies and they passing on intelligence. now the reformists headed by president hassan rouhani have rejected that. they say that actually it's been the cia behind the intelligence that's behind these assassinations. so what happens next? well, this is, there's a clause in this motion that gives a 2 month timeframe. so that gives president elect joe biden. if this is agreed by the guardian council, because this motion has to go to the guardian council, and if the supreme national security council agree on that, then it gives 2 months for president elect joe biden. he gives him time to get into office and issue those executive orders to undo what donald trump has done. but there is differences within iran. now we've just had the foreign ministry spokesman say that they don't agree with this, that this is neither helpful or necessary. and that follows on from the head of the, i.a.e.a. grossly saying that this is not helpful. and the world needs us. surance is that

iran's nuclear program isn't being diverted for military use. and iran's role is rejected that the nuclear program isn't being diverted. so there is a difference between the reformists here in iran, headed by president has and ronnie and the conservatives who have a majority in parliament. so this motion will go to the guardian council. and if they agree, if the supreme national can supreme national security council agree, then it will pass and it gives the united states and europe around 2 months. so president joe biden to get into office and to see if he's going to do anything about the situation. lift those sanctions on the oil and banking sector. if it doesn't, then this comes into place. specters will be blocked and uranium will be start, start to be enrich to 20 percent reporting live from tehran. i said many thanks. indeed a 2nd, u.s. drug maker, madonna has announced that it's asking regulators there. the european union for emergency approval for its covert 19 vaccine, but says that its final trial results confirm that it's more than 94 percent

effective. it's a week behind pfizer fueling hopes that the u.s. could have to approve vaccines by the end of the year. but it's not a serious gave elizondo reports. now there are also growing concerns about the approval process. a 2nd coronavirus vaccine now awaiting approval by u.s. regulators. moderna 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 a, it's going to be done. those is a baby on the way, you know. so as soon as we get approval or these teams are going to get all of a vaccine, we have and stop shipping it in the country is going to vaccinate americans within 24 hours on the pro 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 coated 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 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. 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 vaccine. 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 blackstar to twice the rate that whites start. brown died one and a half times the rate that whites died. 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 general and about a common box you hear of this scene is growing for everybody, but 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's sandow, al-jazeera new york, u.s. president, donald trump's coronavirus advisor scott atlas has resigned after 4 months in the post atlas repeatedly downplayed the importance of mosques and described lockdowns as an epic failure. he was criticized by infectious diseases expert anthony fauci, who accused us of giving the president, misleading, or false information on the pandemic. the final 2 contested states, wisconsin and arizona,

have certified their election results in favor of joe biden. the process is normally a formality but took on an added significance as president trump continues his baseless claims of electoral fraud. on tuesday with kristen salumi reports 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 and can see accuracy and fairness in accordance with arizona's law 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 has 5 days to contest the results there. and in wisconsin, which he is expected to do. christen salumi al jazeera wilmington, delaware. the united nations is warning of a dramatic increase in policy as

a result of the pandemic. it says that 235000000 people around the world will need some form of humanitarian aid next year, and that's a record. high number of claims for assistance has increased by 40 percent from one in every $45.00 people to one in 33. this year. donors gave a record $17000000000.00 to fund aid operation that reached 70 percent of those in need. but for next year, the u.n. says that it needs $35000000000.00 to help people in the world's poorest countries . diplomatic editor james bays, 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 $35000000000.00 to me and we as the darkest embley guests, i've ever seen him on 35 years. it in this kind of 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 over it. because it has got a 40 percent increase. the biggest increase in the number of people in minus of 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 that 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 jamesburg al-jazeera of the united nations',

barely 30 arms control and rights groups have signed a letter to the u.s. congress opposing the sale of $23000000000.00 worth of weapons to the united arab emirates. they say that it will make humanitarian crises in yemen of libya, even worse. 3 senators proposed legislation to prevent the sale that includes missiles, drones, and f. $35.00 fighter jets. the deal was approved after a u.s. brokered agreement in september, in which the u.a.e. agreed to normalize relations with israel. saudi arabia has agreed to allow israeli commercial flights heading to the united arab across its airspace according to the reuters news agency. white house senior adviser, jared kirshner, is reported to brokered the deal while visiting saudi arabia. he's also expected to travel to karzai in the coming days. a trip believed to be aimed at resolving the dispute between the neighboring countries. the leader of

ethiopia's tikrit region is warning that the conflict between his forces and the national army is not over. prime minister ahmed claimed victory over the great people's liberation front on saturday. but the p.l.f. leaders say that fighting is continuing quote on every front that are accusing abby of trying to deceive the international community. thousands of people are thought to have been killed since early november, and tens of thousands fled to neighboring sudan. a weather update next here on out is there and then we'll get the latest from india as farmers continue to protest against new laws that they say could cost them develop their livelihoods. and scientists solve a 15 year mystery with the help of artificial intelligence could lead to new treatments for disease.

the start of the name month brings a stop to some wintry weather into parts of central europe. a band of cloud here, just sinking further south was that will introduce a fair bit of snow. some of these inch central areas as we go on through the next couple of days, further east where we've got a line of wintry weather that is coming is that western side of russia there were celsius. there foremost, a temperature struggling to get any when they have freezing some a value there for kiev. and we go with our wintry mix into southern parts of germany, the southeast of france, down to ward see outs see some wet or whether they're coming into northern parts of italy in a really gathers as we go on into awareness day, a fair bit of snow coming through here some heavy rain is to central parts of italy and also into the balkans, maybe to western parts of greece as well. see some wet weather, some heavy showers for some thunder, rumbling away across western parts of the mediterranean. so saudia and corsican looking too clever, either single figures for many subzero over tools at least the side of here. and if

we're lucky to make it as a double figures for madrid, so they go cold enough over the next few days, want to see a shot was also lapping on to the shores of northern egypt's, northern parts of libya. also seeing some of that said the weather channel. so some wet weather coming, it's morocco, as you go through the next couple of days. south of that is generally quiet. jump into the stream and julian on global community bio diversity is bio security. is that essential for our species to survive? be part of the debate. i know you have i.d.'s and he can be part of this conversation. when no topic is off the table, the police are not neutral and all of these cases here is to terrorize. here's the other part of this. there's no consequence. this stream on out is the

color again, this is al-jazeera. that's for much of the main news this hour. iran's parliament has approved changes to rules governing its nuclear program. politicians a pass to draft motion to hold unrestricted access to its nuclear sites by the international atomic energy agency. us to make up what is seeking approval from american and european regulators for emergency use of its corona virus vaccine. it says the final trial results confirm that it's more than 94 percent effective, but is the 2nd companies to file for such approval. 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 is growing more urgent. a widespread due to the and india's government has invited farmers unions for talks, following major protests over new laws that could affect produce prices. tens of thousands of people have been taking part in rallies in new delhi. many have travelled from outside the city from a say, the new laws will put an end to minimum prices that they've been guaranteed. and that will allow private buyers to, to determine the cost of crops. this couple is just from the series, elizabeth, poor on a who's, who is another day of protests, bring us up to speed with always just about a prince. hello, adrian. so we've just heard from one of the commons unions, and they have told us that they are going to attend these talks with the government, with the agriculture minister bought because of promised him that in 3 more days. words on monday that these are good goal is that they're in the interest of farmers

. they're not expecting a breakthrough and that they're going to continue blocking key highways going into the indian capital. we are at one of them, one of the 2 highways that's completely completely closed to traffic because tens of thousands of farm as a kept out here in their vehicles behind me. they're making speeches saying that this is the time to fight these laws and ahead. hundreds of police and power military personnel, and via game monitoring the situation very closely. because there are so many different pharmacies unions. there was a difference of opinion on whether to engage with the government given the last round of talks in november. good, successful farmers there. that's because the government just didn't listen to them that they didn't give the assurances guarantees about a minimum price for their projects. and again, because of the prime minister that in 3 more days, words that these laws are going to give farmers brace the access to markets that there are good farmers don't have a lot of expectations. and that's also it perhaps why we've had another meeting

between the president of the countries governing body the age of the party with the ministers of home agriculture and defense, to try to figure out how to handle the situation that we have on these highways. given the homicide causing so much disruption to daily life in the capital, how much public sympathy do they have is the public with them? they do have a lot of public support and sympathy when we went to the ground that the government had designated to the pharmacy for protests 4 days ago. we went there and we were meant to or the organizations on jobby organizations who had come with trucks full of food and water to feed farmers. and they were telling us that farmers feed the country. and so they were doing their bit for farmers around the hof of india's 1300000000, people work in the, at home to sector. and these laws will impact a lot of people. and the reason why i will 2nd largest population is food

security is because of the rice and wheat that these farmers have brought in, staples, which the indian government asked them to grow in large quantities. decades ago with assurances of a minimum prize and pharma say it's those assurances which these new laws will remove zeros. elizabeth warren, i'm reporting live from single many thanks. indeed, liz. several people have been injured during a rally in support of uganda's opposition. presidential candidate bobby wyman, demonstrators clashed with police on the outskirts of the capital, kampala, earlier posts, 5, tear gas of wine, and his supporters as they travel to the rally. the pop star turned politician is hoping to unseat long time president, 70 in january as election. the amazon rain forest is shrinking and an alarming rate with deforestation. now at a 12 year high, scientists say the rate of clearing has accelerated since jaya boss in our became

president of brazil. and we can do environmental protections over some of the m.p.'s. he reports now from august are in colombia 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 deforestation at all. inside the amazon, this is what we're fighting for. but environmentalists believe the government is to blame since taking office 2 years ago, president jacques made it clear down there is watch. the amazon was opening to

business and development. he weakened the country's environmental and forced agency and called for more farming in 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 exist of climate change. 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 this policy in the rain forest. i recently heard a presidential and it from a country say that if i don't put out the fire in the amazon, he's going to resist trade barriers 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 what we have. it will be difficult to convince a defiant bull scenario 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 listened to. the last coronavirus testing is 2nd place of universities across the u.k. . thousands of students are being checked before they go home for their winter break. a hole has been one of the university testing centers in leicester

prolific virus spreaders. in the autumn students across england and wales are now being tested on mass before heading home for christmas. in september, when students return from the summer break, tens of thousands were forced to isolate, often in cramped halls of residence. learning went online and many questioned what they were paying fees for pure anxiety. like throughout the whole situation because we were so unaware of what was going on. so it's nice that we can now regularly check whether we're all like a war i had fainted at. and i'm going to have 1st breath of a thought for every measure character and just say, i don't spread it. and if i blow back off their face to face before the problem, to montfort university in leicester is one of more than 130 taking part in mass testing 1st, the self administered swab test, then a lateral flow test, and a result within an hour students are asked to take a 2nd test, 3 days later with positive cases forced to isolate,

while others head home to their families. there are concerns about the reliability of these tests. the government has admitted as much in fact, in these non lab conditions or makeshift testing center. as many as one in 5 cases may be inaccurate. clinicians are keen to emphasise that a negative test isn't a green light, and that is the message that we have really keen to get across that this is not a free pass when students go haim. at christmas they will be mixing with their relatives mixing with friends from different universities, possibly save their ability to spread the virus if they are not following their government's guidelines is quite large. and of course there's the hope that an end is in sight. it's quite likely we will have to have something like this to enable them to return to university also in security. when we get to the next round and round the easter period a lot. and on the progress of the virus,

things might be with the rollout of the vaccine. a vaccine may take many months to roll out across the population. in the meantime, an imperfect system of this perhaps. but an important one, john, how al-jazeera at leicester, the world health organization as director general says that mexico is in quote, bad shape for the scourge of virus infections and deaths rise. there is calling for serious action to stop the spread of mexico is the 4th country to have more than 100000. people die from cove it 19 formula. one driver lewis hamilton has gone into isolation after testing positive for covert 19 in bahrain. the 7 time world champion 1st reported mild symptoms on monday, but is said to be otherwise fish and well and will from one of the bahrain forward a one called prion sunday. replacement driver will take his spot for this weekend's saki. a grand prix. biologists have used the us official intelligence to discover

a new way to fight disease. deep mind. a london based a lab says that it could now predict within days how proteins fold into 3 dimensional shapes. that have baffled scientists for 50 years. proteins, the chains of amino acids that twist and bend into a variety of shapes. understanding a predictive in their structure could determine how they affect cells. the discovery is seen as a breakthrough in the fight against diseases including cancer dementia and even covert 19. is it on college, the experts at care and therapeutics. he says that he's optimistic about its potential uses. there are over $40000.00. so these are all normal scale sequences of the media houses as you sit at the very floppy and there we tried to several times before they start forming the scalpel. that's couple of the store in the

region structure, which you call the restructure it needs. now we know how they look like and we know of that interacts with other proteins in a cell. because we know that we can actually question of their function in this role. also, we can actually question how many of the other potential chemicals drugs can bind to them can attach themselves to them. and one of these of touch meant what would be the consequence of the function of these proteins. this will allow us to move even faster for drug discovery against many diseases because now we care know all of these boots. you can look like what though the shades in matter of days. you have to remember that there are so many diseases that we couldn't call you couldn't win the war against them because we didn't have an insight on how the disease

truthy in themselves look like to be able to find a drug against them. and finally, as i say, all the best chance programs such as robot has come to life in the japanese city of yokohama. the 18 metre, tall machine is a life size walking representation of a character from a 1970, s. children's cartoon gunderman. it's the centerpiece of a new theme park based on the show, the park is to open december 19th. it is good to have you with us. hello, adrian figure here in doha. the headlines announces the iran's parliament has approved changes to rules governing its nuclear program. politicians and draw off past a draft motion to hold unrestricted access to its nuclear sites by the international atomic energy agency. i was there, as i said, begun to run says.