but industrial users worsening access to fresh water come to new cost on al-jazeera the race to rollout a coronavirus vaccine. pfizer seeks european approval in the u.s. officials the side who will be the 1st to be immunized. hello, i'm barbara starr, you're watching al-jazeera life from london also coming up on the program. iranian lawmakers back a motion to boost uranium enrichment just days after the killing of a top nuclear scientist, driven from their homes now living hand to mouth, ethiopian refugees fighting hunger and uncertainty in sudanese refugee camps. and

big oil on trial voile dutch shell is accused of not doing enough to protect people and the planet from climate change. welcome to the program, we begin with the race to roll out a coronavirus vaccine and the u.s. drug from pfizer plus its german partner by your own take say that they hope their vaccine could be launched in europe this month. if it gets the sign off from regulators, they've asked the european union's medicines agency for emergency approval and the review could be completed by december 29th. that could mean at least 2 vaccines approved in europe and the united states by the end of the year. meanwhile, the u.s. centers for disease control is holding an emergency meeting to decide who will get 1st access to a vaccine. an independent advisory team made up of 15 medical and public health

experts began meeting just minutes ago and is expected to vote in the coming hours . states will that have until friday to decide how much of the vaccine they need. the u.s. government wants the vaccines, the spatchcock within 24 hours of approval. or for the latest. let's go live to al-jazeera white house correspondent, kimberly how can really, let's start with this c.d.c. . they're meeting to discuss how the vaccines will be rolled out. what do we actually know? it will we know that it's a high priority of this white house. in fact, so much so that we understand the f.d.a. commissioner steven hahn was summoned here to the white house to speak directly with some of the president's team about what the holdup is now in terms of the hold up, it is a critic celebrated timeline. not only has emergency use authorization been requested by both mcgurn and pfizer, but now the c.d.c. is meeting to discuss the distribution of vaccines that are still in the final

stages of that approval. so what we do know is that the meetings from the f.d.a. da, those hearings will take place, will be december 10th and 17th for her and modernity, respectively. but what we're hearing from mike pence, the vice president, as he held a call with governors on monday, is that he expects these vaccines will almost immediately be rolled out december 14th is what he was telling governors. and what's really notable about all of this is that you have to think about of this were about 10 months into the pen demick. now here in the united states, and this is the 1st distribution plan that really has been put together prior to this. when it came to p.p. and others sort of issues resolved surrounding covert 19, it was really the states left on their own and the federal government giving some direction. but it was really a states kind of dealing with it as they saw fit. this is now going to be more of

a centralized plan, a distribution plan in terms of this distribution. what we know is that the elderly, meaning those living in nursing homes that have been so hard hit or care homes that they're also called, they will be among the 1st to receive as well as the health care workers dealing with cope with 19. and then there will be those that following that will be those with chronic commune conditions are also those who are just in target age groups that are at high risk. so these are kind of the tears of how this will be distributed, but what we know, it's going to be in the 10s of millions distributed, but the population of the united states is $330000000.00 plus. so it's a long way to go. yeah, it really is. and of course, the health issue goes hand in hand with the comic one in congress, is trying to work out a crow novartis relief package worth nearly one trillion dollars. so the question is, will the people who need this money get it any time soon?

it's looking hopeful for the people that need it, what we're hearing and what's a hopeful sign is that things really shut down prior to the election in terms of progress on this issue. and now they've seem to be talking again at least we know that nancy pelosi, the house speaker is meeting with the treasury secretary, steve mission. and of course you need the president to sign this for it to become law. the good thing about some legislation that's been unveiled today that looks like it's going to provide the relief that americans are looking for, is that it's bipartisan in a divided united states. that's a pretty critical word. in other words, it can pass the republican controlled senate can pass the democrat controlled house, which previous packages couldn't do. and very quickly what's inside this that is encouraging. so many people is it's going to provide a lifeline to those that were fearing the moratorium on the vixens would and are fearing that the moratorium on student loan payments would end and people who are looking for an extension on unemployment benefits. it's also going to help the

transportation sector very quickly. the airlines getting a big chunk of that if this becomes law and also some of the subway systems and bus systems in the united states. of course, not getting the riders and the revenue that they were getting before due to the fact that people aren't going to work. they're working from home or they got laid off. so they're trying to prevent further layoffs of those workers. so it's a lifeline, but it's certainly not going to bring this economy back the way it was prior to the decimation due to covert 19 in such a difficult situation can really help that outside the white house. kimberly, as always, thank you. well, it's been a feature of the british high street for nearly 2 and a half centuries, but now that the partner and store chain there, bynum's has become the latest business casualty of the pandemic. 12000 jobs are now at risk with the collapse linked to the potential demise of the arcadia group, threatening another $13000.00 workers kolbein and has more. it's really not the season to be jolly here on the u.k. high street with the u.k.

retail sector in a genuine crisis at the moment in the run up to christmas. and in the midst of this pandemic, the news about especially a surprise, it's been in administration since earlier this year. but the fact that 12000 jobs are now in serious jeopardy, just weeks before christmas is a big blow to the retail sector. people that we've been speaking to here on the high street, lamenting the downfall of a 242 year retail tradition. very, very disappointed about that because i see a lot of online shopping. and they've got 70 different brands in there. so it's one of the stores i shop in very frequently. well, actually work where we're from brighton and i always book stuff from there and i think they were babies. christmas things, things for the house. it's easy. it's really, really sad. news about devon, i'm just 24 hours after the arcadia group, which has such brand names as top shop. talk to selfridge announced that they were

going to potentially lose around $13000.00 jobs as a result of going into administration. again, evidence of the very difficult trading environment for the high street. the factors have not just been about the pandemic. the high street has been under strain for many years. the move to online shopping, the move out of town retail parks as well. but this coronavirus has put the retail sector under enormous strain and so soon before christmas it is a bitter blow for thousands of workers, up and down the u.k. . well before a vaccine is widely available, testing remains the best route to getting many countries operating in any way like normal. now, a u.k. developer says it's of rapid test could provide a result on the spot within 10 minutes. but as general health reports from manchester, economic concerns are still coming up against privacy worries. it's tempting to

think the arrival of a vaccine will mean the end of all this students being tested before returning home for christmas, whole city populations trying to reduce transmission. but it won't, we don't have many long term. we don't know people we need on your back. so there's a lot of things we don't know. so using dying moments and that you know, in the media, is going to be really important. fast accurate testing remains of vital goal. 5 solutions for which it will be much wolf looks at. this is a do it yourself test delivering results in 10 minutes. the mid-east certain 19 test is being trialled in spain. it's u.k. developers safe faster than existing alternatives, using nothing more invasive than a saliva sample. partnered with an app, a unique q.r.

code. there is the potential here for a digital immunity passport system as a timer and allocated to the test that you actually undertaken in terms of days, hours and minutes. and then to view your actual passport of freedom. you have your q.r. code, which has been bonafide from the device. you have a q.r. code that tells you i've had a test. my test is negative, i'm good to go correct and all of that information is then border is put together. once the test result is confirmed, there's much speculation, but the u.k. government insists it's not considering a system of immunity passports to determine where people can go or what they can do, depending on whether they've had a test or taken a dose of the vaccine. it's an idea that offends libertarian sensibilities, but given the uncertainties about the pace and the long term effectiveness of any vaccination program, it may well be a necessary evil. i think you need to be did we think so that we now whether they have back nation where they were

really in the world is holding its breath. expecting an imminent return to normal life of normality may not be quite as we remember it. drawn out al-jazeera, iran's parliament has passed a draft motion to halt, unrestricted access by the international atomic energy agency to its nuclear sites . the motion also allows iran to resume uranium enrichment at levels of 20 percent . another violation of the 2015 nuclear deal reports there from tehran and urgent motion passed during and urgent session in parliament on tuesday. 251 parliamentarians are demanding that the government stop unrestricted access by

inspectors to rein in nuclear sites. this draft bill would also oblige iran's atomic energy organization to take you rein him in richmond to 20 percent. it is now at 4.5 percent. and under the 2015 nuclear agreement, iran should be producing enrich uranium at only 3.67 percent the much least indeed stands the message to the enemies of iran that this one sided game is over. this motion will now have to go to the guardian council for approval, but all the citizens about iran's nuclear program are made by another body as the supreme national security council. but this move by the conservatively controlled parliament, comes at a critical time. on friday, 63 year old nuclear scientists, most and factories are there, was assassinated near to her on when his motorcade came under attack in broad daylight. in a rare move,

the government released these never before seen photos of the receiving the order of service for his role in the 2015 nuclear deal. a fact which was not public, knowledge until now. in 2018, u.s., president dollar, trump withdrew from the deal and imposed a series of crippling economic penalties on iran. as a result, iran reduces commitments to the deal in phases and the access to international atomic energy inspectors is all of what remains. as part of the deal, there is a lot of pressure on the government inside iran to respond to the sas, a nation of one of the country's top nuclear and defense officials. i think it's quiet telling indicating the fact that iran or the when and debates on the j.c.b. your moving to a are for you know, situation and rhetoric, i think will best well have an effect on the future negotiations on the j.c.

. you're right and compliance with the to use this motion allows the government one month to implement these demands of this other after the article $176.00 of the iranian constitution states. it is a matter beyond the 3 branches of government or the legislative body, which is the mag last. no political body or branch power could act beyond that. the latest report which came out in november said that iran now has 12 times more than the permitted amount of 300 kilograms of enrich uranium, putting its stockpile at nearly 4000 kilograms, the killing of most and factories out there. now this motion in parliament are all just adding pressure to their honey administration in the last few months that they have left in office. president summer heidi has already said that iran will avenge the death of the high ranking official. but what's clear now is that he doesn't want to be the remans to do so. for such

a party al-jazeera at least 4 people including a baby, were killed after a car was driven through a pedestrian shopping street in germany. police in the southwestern city of 3 year are questioning a 51 year old suspect, who was arrested at the scene. the car headed down the street for around a kilometer before being forced to a halt by a police car. several people are still being treated in hospital. there is no indication yet of a motive. so to come here on al-jazeera, joe biden unveils the team that he hopes will lead the u.s. out of a coronavirus economic crisis. and the chinese health officials have bungled a coronavirus outbreak leaked documents suggest the public was misled.

well i well 1st of december moxy stoss of the meat. and we've got some wintry weather coming into central parts of here, a big area cloud down across into the other, the continent there across germany that'll continue to sink its way further south, which with some significant snow coming in across the alps. in particular, southern parts of germany using across switzerland, northern areas of italy, somebody nasty weather to go on through the next couple of days to the south of that was a little warmer, of course, into central areas lively downpours coming in here. could see some localized flooding into central parts of italy. heavy rain there across c.a.g. as a kind of it was that western side of grace cold enough across eastern parts minus 2 celsius in the heat of the day with even further west. well, down to single figures, 7 ice there for london and for paris, and must say that colder weather coming back down across northwestern parts. as we had 2 of the latter part of the week. as we will see,

some snow coming into the higher ground of the u.k. as we go on through the coming days. so much of weather there into western parts of france into the sky. more wet weather there into central parts of europe. because see some showers just lapping up to the shores of northern libya, elsewhere, destroy fine and sunny al-jazeera. well, to meet some extraordinary women who are making things happen that way. following their daily struggle to survive for their families, to thrive swimmin street sign that is on al-jazeera the e.u.

the old time. now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera 2 drug firms have applied for european approval for their coronavirus vaccines. the american firm finds her and its german partner biotech, have joined the mater in a task for emergency consent. a decision could come within the months. of the u.s. health watchdog is meeting to the side on who should receive a vaccine 1st when one does become available. the centers for disease control's independent panel is expected to vote in the coming year. u.s. president elect joe biden has formally unveiled the economic team that he says will deal with the crisis caused by the pandemic. he said,

no one is better prepared to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus than janet yellen, his nominee as treasury secretary, another pick from the obama administration. she was a former chair of the federal reserve under the previous president, lost jobs. small businesses struggling to stay a long life were closed for good. so many people struggling to put food on the table in pay bills in rent. it's an american tragedy, and it's essential that we move with urgent sick. ok, salumi joins us live now from wilmington in delaware. janet yellin that was introduced by joe biden will sort of told you think biden was trying to set well, one comment he made really stands out. he said help is on the way. and he was directing that, obviously at all americans, but there was

a real emphasis in his words and his priorities and in the people that he picked for this team on helping low income americans. and in that group disproportionately black americans as well. he talked a lot about his priorities moving forward, janet yellen, as well, talking about the disproportionate impact that this coronavirus pandemic has had on those groups. in particular. we just heard it in her comments there. and so how will they address that? what will their priorities be going forward? joe biden said, of course we want to keep businesses and schools open safely, but he laid out a laundry list of issues that are crucial to working. americans around the country . things like affordable health care, child care, sick, leave, relief from student loans. he also talked about funding cities and towns whose budgets have been hit by the pandemic. something that republicans have been somewhat reluctant to do,

but seem to be moving on all of these things to say that we hear your problems. and you heard an anecdote after anecdote from joe biden himself, from janet yellen stressing her working class roots the need to help these people in order to help the country in the words of janet yellen. she said that any inaction on these areas will be contributing to a downward spiral that investment is needed in order to lift everyone up and lift the country up completely. and we see that again in the people that were selected for this team, who have a history of working on and advocating for strong fiscal policy, incentives to increase employment and to you in particular, raise black unemployment numbers and things like that. they have a history of working for these causes. so clearly the campaign message of joe

biden, now being taken to the next level with his transition team, he promised to as soon as he gets into office, start with introducing his relief plan. and he said, even if there is a short, a stopgap measure passed by congress before the end of the year, that it would be just a star in that he would be ready come january 1st with more presence salumi with the latest from wilmington in delaware, christine thank you. the ethiopian government says a senior to gray and politician has surrendered to federal forces. this comes after prime minister. i've made the claim victory in the months long conflict over the northern region. but the tikrit people's liberation front, which has been in control in the area, says the fighting continues. the claims from both sides are hard to verify because the media blackout continues. well,

tens of thousands of people have fled the fighting in ethiopia for refugee camps in neighboring so than but adjusting to the sudden lifestyle change is proving difficult. mohammed has the details different by hunger, refugees queue for lunch at the camp. the food is prepared and served by relief groups with the help of refugees. but the choices are limited only on looking i've been there. i guess these people have been living on lentil soup with a portion of sorghum par age for 20 days. this type of food doesn't necessarily suit everyone and i thought i had, but i didn't hear all of them. you know, we have only this type of food that you see here. i had it for 14 days. now people are throwing it away. they don't want it anymore. the world food program is the main provider of aid relief in the camps. it says every registered refugee gets enough to eat. this is the main food store of the w.s.p. program inside the camp. they say what is available here is enough to feed $8000.00

people for an entire month and more is coming soon. so according to them, there was no shortage of food in the camp. russians include bread sort of gum lentils, who can go oil or salt and food supplements for newborns and nursing mothers. this is early days hopefully will get all of these people off the porridge as quickly as possible. the key is we get them registered. and then as soon as that's the case, then we will be giving them monthly russians, they'll be able to manage it themselves. 75 year old try to keep barely starts eating when he abandons his meal. then everything but a few in the camp are being creative. this woman was a government accountant in america. she's 6 months pregnant. she has boycotted the porridge and started a little food business of her own. that didn't really never ate this type of food back home. we simply don't know if we can take it since i had

a little bit of cash. i wrote some meat flour to make bread, and so that suits my tastes. little brown makes bread and soup for her family. so what's left over using the money to buy more supplies, supplies, you get demand for food. people here want to eat while aid groups do what they can to manage the humanitarian crisis. via our disease account for ethiopia, the fiji's in sudan. india's farmers have vowed to continue their protests after talks with the government ended without an agreement. tens of thousands of farmers have been blocking of roads into the capital, new delhi, with many travelling large distances for the protests. they're worried that new regulations will put an end to 2 minimum prices for their produce that they were guaranteed from the government. on tuesday, the government and farming unions held talks but failed to end. the blockade.

environmental campaigners in the netherlands are taking one of the giants of are taking on one of the giants of the oil industry. 7 groups including greenpeace, and friends of the earth. say royal dutch shell has known about the damage from climate change for decades. but they want to force it to change track a step vasant reports from the hague the people versus shall. that's how environmental groups called the case. after people donated more than half a 1000000 euros to help fund the court hearings before this legal battle against one of the world's most powerful corporations got on the way more money was being plashed. the same court in the hague ruled last year that a dutch state should protect its citizens against the dangers of climate change. it ordered the nataline's to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for 25 percent compared to $99000.00 by the end of this year. and via mentalists, he did further based on a dutch law as a precedent for the case against royal dutch shell. and dutch lol no company is

allowed to endanger the lives of citizens through its actions. that's a very legal and an ethical. and we're basing our cold case on the friends of the earth, say that more than 30 years ago, chale had secret knowledge about the sea level rise caused by global warming. and as a result, raise the legs of or threat from troll norway by 2 meters. despite this, the group say, the oil giant continued to increase its production and paid international lobbyist to downplay the dangers, shall the client requests to respond on camera. but in its paper sent to the court . the company denies the accusations. we believe the claims in this summons are inappropriate and legally without fung, dacian, for example, they assert that the paras agreement is directly binding on royal dutch shell. and they allege that shell had unique or special knowledge about c o 2 related to climate change. these allegations are not true. this court ruled last year that

failing to reduce global warming is a violation of the right. this type of company, not the state of wild, and by a mantle, and from both the ford and sound bite. we see it from the, from the pulse. i feel it's the little people in people's lives that this would have a major impact on the fight against climate. and via mentalists are not seeking compensation from shell, but want to force the company to change its actions. instead of investing 95 percent in fossil fuels, they want shell to increasingly invest in renewable energy. it makes it easier for the claimants because one very controversial issue in climate change. that equation is the issue of cows ality. can you prove that there is a causal link between it? on the one hand, the behavior of corporations and on the one hand, specific damage incurred by certain individuals. whereas hair does not need to be proven as such. the 2015 paras agreement states that

a temperature rise of more than one and a half to greece will endangered the planet with this case which could take years and via mentalists hope to prove the child's actions are doing just that step. fasten al-jazeera, the hague leaked documents suggest that chinese health officials bungled their initial handling of the pandemic. according to files seen by c.n.n. and verified by 6 experts, the published number of cases in who bay province was lower than what officials knew. it suggests health officials that misled the public for months over the seriousness of the virus. it doesn't appear to suggest officials in intentionally withheld information, but reveals poor testing and mishandling of data. formula one world champion lewis hamilton has gone into isolation after testing positive for covert 19 in bahrain. the british driver reported mild symptoms on monday, but is said to be otherwise fit and well,

hamilton won the bahrain grand prix for c.d.'s on sunday. 2 weeks after clinching a record equalling 7th world title. a replacement driver will take his place in this weekend's sat here grand prix, which is being held in bahrain. reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera to drug firms have applied for european approval for their corona virus vaccine. the american firm, pfizer and its german partner by on take, have joined medina to ask for emergency consent. the european union's medicines agency says it aims to make a decision by the end of the month. the companies say the 1st shots could be administered almost immediately. similar approval has been requested in the u.s. with experts deciding who will get the job 1st. this can really help it.