and examine the possible global solutions december on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm sam is a than this is the news hour live from doha coming up the next 60 minutes. we are expecting several 1000000 doses of the prize will be on tech vaccine before the end of the year we will be rolling it out as fast as we possibly can the u.k. becomes the 1st country in the world to approve pfizer and beyond takes care of with 19 vaccine for widespread use. hong kong's pro-democracy activists jailed for their

role in last year's anti-government protests nearly 4 months after beirut's catastrophic ports explosion little faith remains for accountability. and drilling into the moon scientists could have their 1st new samples of balloon iraq since the 1970s. and inspire we are going to it could be said early exit from the european champions league a 2 nil defeat against the tarp has put in a deans a dance man in danger of elimination. now the united kingdom has become the 1st country in the world to approve the pfizer and biotech covert 19 vaccine for public use the 1st immunizations the set to begin next week 50 hospitals across england are ready and waiting for. the vaccine to

arrive large banks and nation centers are also being set up $800000.00 doses are expected in the 1st delivery the health secretary says the most vulnerable groups including the elderly and people in care homes will be given priority what it means for people is that from next week we'll be able to start rolling this out we'll start with those who are most vulnerable to corona virus and it will you need 2 jobs so 21 days apart so and after that we will start protecting people as this protection comes with these these these 2 jobs and it will help save lives and then once we've started to. protect the most vulnerable it will help us all get back to normal and and and back to all the things that we love the pfizer biotech vaccine needs to be shipped and stored and

i'll try cold temperatures that makes distribution challenging prime minister boss johnson says people shouldn't get their hopes up too soon about the speed of delivery he says covert 19 restrictions are still crucial we are expecting to remove a dose is of the pfizer beyond tech that before the end of the year we will then be rolling it out as fast as and as we possibly can but that's why i put so much emphasis mr speaker on the can pin you in the importance of the tearing system of mass community testing at the same time as we go forward through these tough winter months to go live now to need barclays in the british capital for us navy 5 the biotech got quick approval how. yes they get very quick approval and the british government is very keen to show

that the country is the 1st in the world to give this green light to the fires set by and by intact vaccine there is a perhaps a political edge to it as well the british government keen to show that now that it has left the european union its regulator can act more nimbly on the data than by haps the european union can the e.u. have said that they're looking into it and will possibly give a green light to the vaccine pretty soon as well but let's not forget that this approval is an emergency approval what the regulator here in the u.k. is done is both way up the the risks against the benefits and has decided to push ahead with this on the basis that it is in the public interest and the health of the health of the nation is at stake here and thus this a vaccine should be rolled out as quickly as possible we know that an order was already placed for 40000000 doses that could treat 20000000 people in the coming

months but the initial batch will start next week a small batch of 800000 doses that could be used to treat 400000 people because as we heard there from the health secretary matt hancock you need 2 injections $21.00 days apart we now also know the order in which the vaccine would be distributed across the country the most vulnerable would be those people in care homes and care workers who are there to assist them national health service staff and other vulnerable members of society particularly older members of society 1st and then the vaccine will slowly reach those who are least at risk from suffering the severe effects of covert 19 a huge endeavor is about to begin you've clearly got a friend behind you neva has got some other issues to bring to people's attention other than just coven talking about challenges though. it's quickly as possible is not the same thing as quick though is it take us through some of the logistical

challenges in getting this vaccine out when it comes to storage and distribution. yeah it is going to be a huge huge challenge and of course that isn't the only challenge on the government's plate as you can see breaks it talks are still rumbling on but of course the british government wants to focus the attention on some positives which is how quickly they can get this vaccine out to the general population it is manufactured in brussels in belgium rather and the vaccine itself needs to be kept very very low temperatures minus 70 minus 80 degree centigrade it's called a cold chain vaccine which means at every point in its journey from manufacturing to the place in which it will be stored it needs to be kept at those extreme temperatures we believe that it can go into a normal refrigerator for a few days before it's actually injected to people but of course huge demands on

how it's kept to maintain that means of course that there are certain locations namely hospitals that are better poised than others to be able to help distribute this vaccine and of course also because it is an emergency rollout checks and balances will need to be made before this distribution takes place so at the factory before it heads out lastly any point there are any signs the vaccine is having a negative effect on people the whole process can be potentially stopped or let's thank neve barker there so much for that day let's continue this though with dominic kane these live for us in berlin and dominic you may have heard there knievel was saying a moment ago he was talking about the u.k. getting ahead of the e.u. regulators when it comes to approval for vaccines where do the e.u. regulators stand now then let's start with that one. well 1st things 1st the e.u. has the e.u.'s health ministers have been holding a meeting

a digital meeting in these days of corona of which all the health ministers or representatives from the health ministers have been speaking to each other precisely about corona and vaccines and the minister who presided over again on the german health health minister in a impromptu press conference after that meeting addressed this issue about countries potentially going forward 1st as it were and saying that the e.u.'s approach is basically that all 27 countries should get the vaccine at the same time and that therefore being 1st is not necessarily the most important thing what's important is that in a show of european solidarity everybody gets the or every country gets the vaccine at the same time and crucially here is that i mean he talks about it when it when it's a certified vaccine when it's guaranteed to be safe when whatever side effects may come from vaccines because remember all vaccines may have tensional side effects but any side effects are manageable and that the return from the vaccine as it were

is immunization certainly that's the view coming from the e.u. ministers who've been meeting digitally as i say today all right thanks so much dominic kane there in berlin on our studios mosses a molecular northumbria université explains how the vaccine was approved so quickly in the u.k. . the review process right now has not being a classical approval process has been stated by many media this is what's known as the imagine seat yourself right sation and an emergency use of horizon nation house certain. facilitations shall we say. the risk benefit proposition in this particular instance is looked out and the need for society and the economy is put up with safety however it's critical to point out thought

and emergency use of the right situation does not mean that the votes it's going to be out there and everything's fine it means that the every single bunch of the blacks in it will be tested to confront it's of the same quality not quantity and composition there will be a fairly strict monitoring system put in place to ensure that even the slightest of a curse about it is recorded and if there is anything untoward 'd the a match or a sold out to the media and decisions are going to be taken very very fast probably faster than it has taken to review the vaccine for much its usual raise issues whether to stop oxygenating will continue just to highlight what i mean by this you will recall that early in the summer we had an incident with another vaccine which had an adverse event in brazil and for that reason vaccination stopped with it for a few days worldwide so this kind of monitoring and this kind of safety comes 1st

approach will be put in place. blame all still ahead on the news hour including political drama in israel find out why the alternative prime the old to the prime minister is threatening to break off his alliance with by the i mean that's a reality. we speak to one ethiopian university student who's struggling in a refugee camp. and in sports we hear from one of basketball's biggest stars ahead of his long awaited return. 3 of hong kong's well known pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to prison joshua one will spend around 13 months in jail agnes child was given 10 months for her role in last year's protests another activist ivan lam was sentenced to 7

months so why have the activists been jailed well officially it's because of their involvement in a rally held in june last year thousands surrounded the police headquarters to protest against what they saw as the heavy handed tactics by police officers have beaten gassed and arrested protesters spoke out against the law which would allow people charged with crimes to be extradited to mainland china but critics say the protest is just an excuse to charge the activists and say it's the beijing government once again flexing its control of the region and silencing critics adrian brown has more from hong kong on those charges. joshua one received 13 and a half months for organizing and inciting an unlawful assembly agnus chow received 10 months for organizing and participating in an illegal assembly and of course ivan lamb received 7 months now the reason why their sentences were not as high as

might have been expected they were facing the prospect of 3 years in jail is of course a week ago they pleaded guilty the magistrate said on wednesday that only an immediate jail sentence was the appropriate option now of course this is not the 1st time the joshua one has been to jail he has served 3 terms before he's been arrested 10 times when the sentence was read out in court agnes child who's 24 on thursday burst into tears joshua one was in characteristically defiant mood he said the days ahead will be tough but we will pull through now in the past 18 months or so since the protests began more than 10000 people have been arrested a 1000 of those people were under the age of 18 and there have been almost 2300 prosecution so the courts here in hong kong really are getting clogged up with

cases stemming from those protests which are now of course largely died out. hundreds of people are protesting in thailand after the prime minister was acquitted of an ethics violation and allowed to keep his job the opposition had challenge the former gentle leader's decision to continue living in a military residence despite being a civilian leader sees power in 2014 and ended his career as an army chief to become prime minister protests calling for his resignation started in july and have since grown into calls for reforms of thailand's powerful monarchy scott has more from bangkok. they said that because he is still serving the country and he's a retired senior member of the military that it's ok for him to be living on that property which is technically on a military base but they say also that this little house that he lives in is there for gas for v.i.p.'s so that they say was not

a violation of any of these ethics codes as stipulated in the constitution obviously you've got this protest movement that is really kind of swelled since july and 1 of the main goals of the protest movement movement is to see prime minister pro tentative go they obviously were hoping for a different verdict today they're holding a protest just a little bit from here the constitutional court they wanted to come here during this hearing today but they were barred by authorities so they're holding a protest nearby again they say after this verdict came out they say they're going to continue on they're going to continue with the fight to have him resign and for the reform of the monarchy and they have a new constitution drafted so you might see it as a setback for them but they say they're going to continue with the fight the united nations says it signed the deal with ethiopia's government to get on restricted humanitarian access to the t. gray region the agreement would allow aid workers to access federally controlled areas more than a 1000000 people have thought to have been displaced by fighting which began nearly

a month ago. oh tens of thousands of those the spice of life the country fleeing across the border through sudan al jazeera spoke to one university student who said he had no option but to leave home. my full name is the cost in q do our guy. 25 cities or world i came from to grab a 1000 or more a. i was happy when i was there with my family and i was helping my family i was playing with my friends i was playing with my brother even my mother you know when you are far away from your family you know. you maybe you become unhappy it becomes time i pray to god to see my family when i go to church i pray to god for this are my family and i feel sad when i think of the future of this all people as well because. there are so many people there is that

a family like father like my that is like the star bradley i mean there are some. people as there was on good life like civil servants in the house salary payments they can make their lives good but this wire it becomes bring to the bad life the sake of this one special the sake of this one so many people as they go to the refrigerator. their become hopeless i have said to 10 days but when i look over now that i have observed this oil company there is not good food. still now some of them they sleep on the ground some of them this little. plastic even. this is not good still the 1000 to any particular people is a bad you know all the i don't remember family in my life. bad you know for the future out of the signal existence become pool. even died on the drugs

why because there is not any sort of. by the doc the condition or the season was. harvesting season. if you look at the start again if you look at the system. not have as. you know is there you know people 8 percent they live on the agriculture. for harvesting like. they like to swim you know. if they cannot have a how they can live on idea i don't to go back to 0 because. if there is not freedom if there is not peace. i cannot go and if there is freedom wherever that's my country or as frank and mohammed vile his life for us from dallas in neighboring sudan and so mohammed as i'm sure you've heard there's a deal between the u.n. and the sea open authorities to allow access for aid workers to the tigger

a region does this now mean that aid is actually getting in what are you hearing. yes. there is. an announcement by the un about this ethiopian government hasn't yet commented so we don't have all the details yet the u.n. is saying that's probably by wednesday there will be a fest mission there to do some assessment within the 3 regions that the government has allowed access to those are. adjacent to to carry so it's understandable that they could be a should be included in this because some of the people affected by this conflict might half or so to those 2 regions this is also good news for those who are still probably stuck within ukraine because somebody poor student during the last few days that the access the crossing points to sudan have been blocked

by paramilitaries on militias and and also by the. me we can't verify that allegation but we have not used to come down of the numbers of people coming from each opiah understandably also it is probably because the war has somehow subsided but this is good news not only for humanitarian organizations but also for the g.o.p. is themselves within the conflict zone understandably aid will be coming soon there are some formalities to be followed of course when it comes to the u.n. and other organizations i think it's going to take days before aid reaches that region yeah. or i will leave it there thanks so much mohammed val the prime minister. formerly known as swaziland has been transferred to hospital after testing positive for cope with 19 weeks ago a government statement released on social media says ambrose many will be taken to

a medical facility in neighboring south africa it says he's responding well to treatment. nigerian m.p.'s have summoned president mohamed of the harlot of parliament to answer questions about last week's mass killings in borno state at least 67 people were killed by boko haram fighters on saturday senators criticized biharis government for failing to stop the attacks they want security chiefs to be sacked the president's spokesman calls the anger after blaming farmers putting themselves in danger israel's ultimate prime minister benny gantz says his party will back an opposition bill in favor of dissolve parliament the preliminary vote on the issue is just passed 61 to 54 can says he's lost patients with benyamin netanyahu and is ready to break their alliance with a long overdue budget isn't passed immediately the move could force israel's 4th

election less than 2 years lawyerly assure you that because surely i had no illusions in regard to netanyahu i knew his record as a serial promise violator but i thought that the citizens of israel are more important than any leader and that netanyahu will rise to the occasion it didn't happen netanyahu promised unity he promised netanyahu said there will be no tricks he promised responsible management of the corona crisis and the public is paying the price he didn't lie to me he lied to you herefore says joins us now live from west jerusalem sorry this looks like palm is going to approve this bill. it just has yes $61.00 to $54.00 at least on a preliminary reading that doesn't mean that parliament immediately dissolves itself 1st it has to go to committee there is likely to be

a fair bit of horse trading potentially some attempts to resolve some of the splinters within the coalition although that is a pretty risky bet at the moment if you're betting on that to happen given what you just heard from benny gantz so we're probably looking at a couple more weeks at least before the next 3 readings that are required 3 votes before this becomes law and the israeli parliament the knesset dissolves itself taking us towards 4th elections for benny gantz he was put in this position by essentially by the opposition which brought this bill and also by his own increasingly. difficult chances of taking the premiership himself under the coalition deal that he made with benjamin netanyahu in may the 2 are supposed to rotate the premiership we've got supposedly taking over in november next year but for that to happen there has to be a state budget for 2 years that was part of the deal and so far netanyahu has

continually put that off there was an extension on agreeing to that budget which has given a deadline of december the 23rd for that to take place or elections are automatically triggered anyway so this is a way that netanyahu could take what he wanted from that coalition deal i becoming prime minister again after the most recent round of elections and as many predicted without actually handing of the power to benny gantz himself all right harry for senate voting from west jerusalem. iran's top governing body is sent back to parliament new legislation which would have stopped nuclear watchdog small during iran's facilities the iranian parliament passed a draft motion on tuesday urging the government to hold unrestricted access by the international atomic energy agency the proposed changes also call for the resumption of higher levels of uranium enrichment but president hassan rouhani says

the law would hurt the country's diplomacy. i was really interested in the parliament solution to address people in the parliament hearing that i didn't attend in order to respect the instructions by the national krone task force we all have to appoint both them it is not true that i didn't go to the postman because of yesterday's bill the government of course doesn't agree with that lucas lotion and sees it to be harmful to diplomatic activities and it's time for some whether his everton. hello there we got yet another tropical cyclone are running across southern india right warnings in force a see that massive cloud and here we go this systems continuing to intensify 110 kilometers per hour at least it is moving quickly so once it does punch its way through sri lanka into southern india the heavy rains should not last for too long it will cause flooding it will cause mudslides as you can see we could see in excess of 200 millimeters of rain so that's certainly something to keep an eye on

them of those heavy downpours across the far north korean issue here we go through thursday into friday it will start spreading big and heavy downpours across a good part of town will not do and eventually it will roll its way across carol as we go on it's friday and saturday quite a splash of rain coming in behind southern parts of under professionals as seeing some of that wetter weather as we go on through friday and on into saturday then it will east out into the open waters of the arabian sea but still quite a legacy of showers behind certainly going to see widespread disruption here on the other side of the arabian sea a little bit of disruption here as well we've got some cloud there across central parts of saudi arabia maybe pushing towards the gulf we have seen flooding here recently those heavy downpours continue this weekend. still ahead on al jazeera setting a new legal precedents the story of one mothers 55 daughters official cause of death. running for their lives we hear from people in indonesia forced to flee from

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told that's why they have increased testing in areas with a high infection rate with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports people here tell us they are desperate they're hungry and hope al-jazeera has teams on the ground what kind of love to impart this 2nd lockdown with power to bring you move would winning documentaries and light news. route. you're. welcome back you're watching out to 0 time to recap our headlines government has approved the fine take over $1000.00 vaccine to be brought rolled out next week the committee says it's expecting to start inoculating those most at risk for getting

health workers and care home residents. 3 of hong kong's well known pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to prison joshua wong will spend around 13 months in jail in this challenge ivan lam received short sentences hundreds of people are protesting in thailand after the prime minister was acquitted of an ethics violation of allowed to keep his job for mom in chief is still in military housing despite resigning from his army post 6 years ago. nearly 4 months after the beirut port blast investigators have almost completed their task but the families of victims survivors and human rights groups fear high ranking officials will escape blame so in a hole the reports we're on the frontline of the explosion and from 4 months ago nobody's help us on august who are a powerful explosion believed to be caused by nitrate that caught fire ripped

through port its impact was felt kilometers away 200 people were killed thousands were wounded and tens of thousands made homeless. pierre gemayel is extended family used to live in this 8 story building still displaced how can we come back in the state i didn't believe thousands of lebanese have been struggling to rebuild their homes the cash strapped government has largely been absent and geos can only do so much piers family didn't just lose their homes they lost a brother jacob what's happening grief is now compounded with anger towards a political class that acknowledged knowing about potentially explosive material and safely stored for years they destroy not only this city not only in my houses and my brother houses and our building we lost everything we lost any hope survivors and victims' families and human rights groups believe high

ranking officials including the president should be held to account so far the investigation has focused on port and customs employees like other explosions and assassinations were not locally tried and therefore we called for an international investigation there is little faith of lebanon's judiciary long accused the big politicized there's also little faith in the political class accused of decades of corruption and negligence now some accuse officials of wanting to bury the past by demolishing structures at the port that have come to symbolize what happened to beirut and its people the state says the grain silos risk collapse an assessment dismissed by some experts who say the structures should be kept as a memorial there is a similar situation that happened in hiroshima. when the hiroshima bomb

explodes just organized a sort of memory park to recall the the memory of the thread judy in lebanon we used to raise order with the memorial to reach the grain silos are credited for absorbing the brunt of the explosion and limiting the damage to the western half of the city there also evidence of a crime many fear may go unpunished in a country with a legacy of impunity. talk more now designing the whole though she is live for us in beirut and i think we can see behind you looks like people are trying to rebuild their homes and lives that they are holding out much hope at this point. well lebanese need to urgent assistance like you mentioned repair work rebuilding efforts it's been 4 months since that explosion at beirut's port destroyed and damaged thousands and thousands of homes and so people are not able to rebuild

their lives without any assistance most of the work that is being done on the ground is by n.g.o.s the government this cash strapped they have had no real initiative to help people rebuild their homes you can see some people are living in their homes even though repair work continues a lot of these people are poor the country is in deep economic recession which was before the beirut port explosion after that explosion a lot of people lost their livelihoods people lost their jobs and the situation is quite desperate so they are hoping that more money will be pledged to be able to rebuild what was the story but very few of these people really have any faith in the lebanese government so that what they're calling on the international community don't funnel that money through the government funnel it through n.g.o.s. and france of course is hosting this virtual conference to try and deal with the crisis . this in lebanon but why they seems they're not just focused on trying to raise

money but more particularly how money's to be spent. this conference is about emergency assistance this conference is not about bailing out the government it's not about rescuing the economy an economy which is so close to near collapse that 12 happened the international community has made that very very clear until politicians agree to reform so until politicians who have been governing this country for decades agree to fight corruption to for example form a government a reform minded government able and willing to carry out those structural changes that is not happening and france has been pushing for this initiative for some time now but because the situation is so desperate what france is trying to do is give this emergency fund to help these people for that for the time being but those in power really have lost a lot of legitimacy and credibility in the eyes of the international community.

thanks so much zona holder. is head of middle east advocacy the norwegian refugee council joins us now from good to have you with us so what's your assessment 1st of all of how much assistance people have received since this tragedy happened the sentiment you hear from people in the street is one of abandonment. at the moment hitting crisis point in lebanon what we hearing from people. will send communities that we help assist in that anonymous that these are desperate desperate times waiting for months now the day to last an explosion devastated the city and 4 months later the international funding appeal is less than hall. and that's really atrocious because right after the crisis we saw an outpouring of

solidarity and support from the international community that was very much welcome but unfortunately the one thing that was pledged has not hit the ground running and has not been discussed in the numbers and the levels that we meet at the moment lebanon 2 is facing multiple crises it's facing of course the aftermath of the beirut explosion with shelter needs and homelessness rising it's facing a refugee crisis as well for many many years now of course that went on has been generous enough to host syrian refugees for years but that requires more international assistance and of course all of this is coming in the middle of this pandemic where we're seeing not only the health impacts of code that devastate septa's in that saddam but also the knock on effects of coronavirus in various sectors leading to job losses and the loss of livelihoods across the

country so the lebanese communities that where interacting with refugee communities that we're helping assist desperately need the international community to step up being particularly as we hit winter where we're seeing these needs even wes and across the board is it an easy message to get. how though when there's such a crisis of trust in the political class in that country not only are foreign. donors weary of the perceived corruption there but there's a lack of trust from the people themselves. there's no doubt that the country is facing political paralysis and there have been clear calls structural reform from the biddies communities and families and people on the ground people want to

see change they want to see reforms in various sectors reforms to electricity good security so livelihoods and jobs and these need to be addressed i think the government needs to take heed the boyce's and these calls for reforms but i think there's also a humanitarian crisis as well that the international community need to address organizations like like mine to trying to roll out assistance so that we can assist those who are most vulnerable including lebanese affected by the beit blast we want to be sure that shelter needs are met as we hit winter we want to ensure that refugee communities are receiving the assistance they need so of course levanon needs a long term assistance and structural reforms and they need to go hand in hand. right thank you for your analysis psalm 100 done.

after months of deadlock there's been a breakthrough in efforts to restart peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban representatives from the 2 sides say they've agreed on a framework for negotiations to begin been holding talks since september for peace in afghanistan but the framework agreement only covers procedural protocols both sides have agreed to begin discussing the agenda for a comprehensive dialogue which would include a cease fire agreement for more visits to control fully in carmel's so what broke the stalemate. you know if this is the 1st for the 1st time there is some good news that has reached kabul and it comes at a time when the afghan capital as you can see has been so dark and so cold.

literally and metaphorically this breakthrough is something that a lot of people have been waiting for for quite a while it has been welcomed already by several embassies by the international community and also dr abdullah who's the head of the national reconciliation council he just tweeted a while ago and he said i welcome they michel major steps taken in doha today agreeing to the procedural framework that paves the way for discussions about the peace agenda and if there's anything that we should keep in mind about this breakthrough it's is that this is just a nation will step in what will be a very long way this talks to decide just about the procedures took over 2 and a half months now it will take a long long time for the 2 sides to start talking about the major issues like what kind of a country will there be after those talks about human rights about women's rights and like you mentioned what everybody wants and hopes for will happen will be that

cease fire comprehensive cease fire because this war has been claiming so many lives here and that's what most people afghans here hope will come out as this peace talks to peace talks progress back to you feel your control. let's take you now to the u.k. health secretary who is addressing the house of commons on the approval of those vaccines and now our task is to make use of the fruits of this scientific endeavor to save lives mr speaker we've spent months preparing for this day so that as soon as we've got the green light we will be ready to go we were the 1st country in the world to preorder supplies of this successful vaccine and we have $40000000.00 doses pre ordered for delivery over the coming months enough for $20000000.00 people because 2 jobs are required for each following authorization the next stage is to tax test each batch of the vaccine for safety and i can confirm that batch

testing has been completed this morning for the 1st deployment of 800000 doses of the vaccine these doses of the whole united kingdom this morning i chaired a meeting of health ministers from the devolved administrations to ensure the rollout was coordinated nationwide this will be one of the biggest civilian the jist of the efforts that we faced as a nation it will be difficult there will be challenges and complications but i know that the n.h.s. is equal to the task rolling out the vaccine free at the point of delivery according to clinical need not ability to pay is in the finest tradition of our national health service and i'm delighted to confirm that the n.h.s. will be able to start parks and eating from early next week the whole purpose of the vaccine is to protect people from coded so we can get lives back to normal so we will prioritize the groups who are at greatest risk. this morning the joint

committee on vaccination and immunization has published its advice setting out the order of priority according to back to nicol need and this includes the care home residents and their carers the over eighty's the frontline health and social care workers and we will deliver according to clinical prioritization and operational necessity because of the need to hold the vaccine at minus 70 to make it makes this vaccine particularly challenging to deploy and while we begin that sedation next week the bulk of the vaccinations will be in the new year but i would urge anyone called forward for vaccination by the n.h.s. to respond quickly to protect themselves their loved ones and their community mr speaker over the next few months we will see vaccines delivered in 3 different ways 1st we will begin vaccinations in hospital hops 2nd will deploy through local community services including g.p.'s and biju course pharmacies to and 3rd will

stand up vaccination centers in conference centers and sports venues for example to vaccinate large numbers of people as more vaccines come on stream this is an important step but we are not there yet and so i want to stress that we must all keep playing our part keep following the new rules that the house approved overwhelmingly yesterday and remember the basics like hands face space and get a test that we know from experience are so important in keeping the virus under control before i finish mr speaker i also update the house on another bit of good news from today i'm absolutely thrilled to say that we can safely allowed visits in care homes of those who tax code 90 coronaviruses denied so many people the simple pleasure of seeing a loved one which is so precious to so many especially in our care. holmes this is

only possible because of the success we've had in building one of the biggest testing capacities in europe and working with local and national teams working together side by side something we've often discussed right across this house we work hard on testing we work hard on the vaccine our strategy of suppressing the virus until our vaccine can make us safe that strategy is working and i'm delighted that we'll be able to see families and friends come together and head of christmas thanks for this improvement mr speaker this is a day to remember frankly in a year to forget we can see the way out this but we're not there yet so let's keep our resolve keep doing our bit to keep people safe until science can make us free shudder schecter through. thank you misspeak an it always. an important step forward but we're not very yet the comments there of the u.k.

health secretary addressing parliament on of course the important news that the u.k. has approved. by on tag vaccine for rollout he said for 1st batch testing was completed this morning for the 1st deployment of 800000 vaccines the nation would begin he said early next week the bulk of them taking place over the new year but he cautioned against people getting to relax too quickly saying everyone needed to continue to play their role in combating the virus. let's go live now to neve barker in london so a knave clearly a very positive message from the u.k. health secretary how's that going down. yeah hancock are very keen to show that the only is this a medical triumph or

a triumph on behalf of britain's regulator the 1st country in the industrialized capitalist western world to be able to green stamp this vaccine but is also something of a of a political triumph for the british government as well but the proof i think all really be seen in how quickly and how organized the british government is in actually getting this vaccine developed of course by german scientists with the backing of a us pharmaceutical giant how far the british government is in getting this vaccine out to the people that need it most so we know of course from monday from early next week 8 100000 doses will arrive in the u.k. 400000 people will be able to be treated we know that those most. to risk people in cat homes will get sick 1st and that's it will gradually go down the ages and go

down the list of people most vulnerable to cope at 19 before eventually a bulk of the population house the vaccine by that point though we get some sense that we may well have all the vaccines available as well the maternal vaccine for instance so pressure on the governments this is just the start of a long journey in trying of course to add improve the nation's health health a huge operation the biggest public help of operation for the british government in modern times all right thanks so much need fox. said ahead of al-jazeera and small the world champion footballers score a major win off the field details now just a moment. business leaders is both to by no brass power.

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a chinese spacecraft has begun collecting rocks on the moon the chinese 5 touched down on tuesday if it gets the samples back to earth successfully china will become only the 3rd nation to do so an important step in a much more 'd ambitious space program under schapelle explains shortly after touching down on the ocean of storms a volcanic plane on the near side of the moon china's state television showed pictures of yet another homegrown technological breakthrough in space. or long march 5 is on a historic mission to bring back rock and soil samples from the moon the 1st such

mission in more than 40 years to a delusional mental this movement is the 1st step it's steadily landed on the surface very steady and very good playing a very important foundation for the next steps if you don't think the lander has a number of instruments to make this happen including a camera as well as scoop and drill capabilities to. turn to the next is the drilling and collecting of samples on the surface and folding the national flag and making preparations for taking off so if all goes to plan 2 kilograms of rock and soil samples will be brought to earth later this month with hopes of learning more about the moon's origins formation and volcanic activity. but 1st another historic feat an unmanned meeting and docking with the return craft in lunar orbit 380000 kilometers away from earth is the though we've done the landing twice before this mission the lander is heavier than the jade rabbit rover so it's harder to control and requires more precision than i only on that mission last year landed

a rover on the dark side of the moon which has never been done before it's still roaming around exploring the surface and sending back images like these billions of dollars are being poured into china's military run space program which has ambitious plans in store including building a moon base in the coming years and a space station with a permanent crew the mission is expected to wrap up when the spacecraft returns with its samples likely to land in inner mongolia later this month after schapelle al-jazeera. arrives time to catch up with all those holes and thank you very much samuel real madrid the head goes in it is a that says he's not going to resign after his side's shock the champions league defeat against dr weil the 13 time european champions are in danger of elimination after the 2 nail away loss on tuesday their fate is still in their own hands however rio can guarantee progress to the knockout rounds by beating bruce morton bloodbath and their final game. where they beat you to

a no i'm not going to resign at all and move keep going in the 1st half we were good but we couldn't get the 1st goal that would have changed a lot because the goals did a lot of damage we played well at the home and personally with the ball we had 2 or 3 chances and hit the post then it got complicated. all by munis raechel of winning streak has ended the reigning champions that were held to 11 draw but let it go by and have already made it to the last 16 was led to the point next week to seal their place in the next round. well liverpool have booked their spot in the last 16 with a victory over i accept atlanta also won on tuesday they face i x. next with both sides and with the chance of advancing well into still have a slim chance to progress after their win over much and glad busked a man city were held to goalless draw by portal but have secured top spot in their

group last is a runners up a. comment to see united in the pivotal game on wednesday the french side needed to win at old trafford to make sure they'll have their fate in their own hands for the final round of the matches currently level on 6 points who would like to sit in group h. united in need just one point from their remaining 2 games it's a guarantee their progress in ited states women's football team have won the battle to have equal working conditions as their male counterparts they've reached a settlement with the u.s. soccer federation relating to areas such as hotel accommodation venue selection and professional staff support now that this agreement that has been made the reigning world champions that can move forward with their appeal for equal pay judge had ruled against them on the matter in may. formula one driver on mon

gars on has was all smiles as he was discharged from hospital just 3 days after his horror crash at the beheading of the frenchman scaped with his cost flitting into and catching fire after hitting a barrier walked away with just minor burns to his hands and said 4 year old will remain in the gulf country for a few days to complete his treatment. you know mick schumacher son of former world champion michael is set to race in formula one next season 21 year old that has been signed by has seen junior is leading the formula to championship which is heading into the final round a behind the german who will get to his 1st taste of f one action when he drives or has during the 1st practice session at the final races of the season and i would not be. really looking forward to 2 next year's challenge and next year's work it's really been a dream that i've always dreamed about and now it's finally come true some really

really happy and just emotionally exploding really so i'm really looking forward to that and thank you take you 24 for the great messages and very support. but people star kevin durant's says he cannot wait to make his highly anticipated return from injury the 2 time n.b.a. champion raptured to his accolades tendon 18 months ago and hasn't played since the 2019 n.b.a. finals at that time he was hit with the golden state warriors and has since moved to the brooklyn nets in new n.b.a. season will begin in december 22nd. just looking forward to have some new energy source for. the all to play with on his team especially the . look forward to. talking about experiences that i would do honestly and hopefully kind of shapes bookstand as they

go to work this league so i'm just looking forward to step in its position in this room. you know i'm excited about taking the. and some good news for boxing fans 1000 spectators will be allowed to attend anthony josh was upcoming well heavyweight title defense against that put if in london the fight was meant to happen in june but was the spawn due to the pandemic the ballot on december 12th follows an easing of the strictures on crowds that live sports events in the u.k. it will be the 1st time boxing fans of will be present at a fight in the u.k. since march. and that's a small for me and a richardson we'll have more for you later on but for now i hand you back to some who say that thank you so much that's it for this news hour but i'm back in a couple of minutes with another cold bullets of course there is also i was there a dot com keep you posted with all the day's news stay with us here on al-jazeera.

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scenes to see if the indigenous movement could pull off a remarkable comeback to live here exile will return on al-jazeera. 'd the u.k. becomes the 1st country in the world to approve pfizer and beyond tax covert 19 banks vaccine for widespread use. follow i'm sam is a this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up hong kong's pro-democracy activists are jailed for their role in last year's anti-government protests another election on the horizon for a women are a vote on the solving parliament has just passed in israel. and drilling into the moon.