20 people in power went behind me to see if the indigenous need names could pull off a remarkable comeback in living in exile will return on al-jazeera. the u.k. becomes the 1st country in the world to approve pfizer and beyond tax code with 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 eliminate vote on dissolving parliament has just passed in israel. and drilling into the moon scientists could have their 1st new samples

of lunar ranks since the 1970 s. . the u.k. has become the 1st country to approve the tech curve with 19 vaccine for public use it will start to be administered to high priority groups within days it's a major breakthrough in the effort to tackle a disease that's killed nearly one and a half 1000000 people around the world paul brennan reports from london. the approval of a vaccine almost exactly a year since coded 901st emerged in china is a triumph for science the final trial data for the pfizer buy on tech vaccine was only submitted to the u.k. regulator the m h r a a week ago but as a result of a process of rolling approval examining data even as the trials were taking place the regulator has been able to move swiftly and confidently to declare it effective

and safe the safety of the vaccine has been scrutinized independently by our commission on human medicines and no stone has been left unturned so absolute confidence in the safety effectiveness and quality of the pfizer violent tech vaccine britain has bought 40000000 doses of the pfizer biotech jab and the 1st 800000 doses will be available in the u.k. next week 10000000 doses will be delivered this year and the remainder will arrive during 2021. this is a monumental step forward it's no longer if there's going to be a vaccine when in our battle against the virus help is on its way there are still challenges this specific vaccine needs to be kept within minus 70 celsius and minus 80 celsius meaning that hospitals will almost certainly have to be the main hubs for distribution but it can be kept for up to 5 days at normal fridge temperature

between 2 degrees and 8 degrees celsius individuals need to japs 21 days apart for full protection and in the u.k. a committee called the j c v i says elderly care home residents and their carers will be 1st in line you know order to protect the most vulnerable we have prioritized the most vulnerable individuals 1st the other element is protection of the n.h.s. the health and social care system because by protecting the n.h.s. we protect lives the challenge now will be to manufacture and distribute the quantities required to meet what will inevitably be extraordinary demand britain has a head start but the united states has ordered 100000000 doses of the pfizer biotech jab and the european union 200000000 to be that her chin is a member sunset of our hope they'll be rolled out everywhere in the world as soon as possible because we really need it what england does and why i'm not sure i hope

it comes to italy soon know they're not there if they don't know if they carried out the 2 tests and their results are the real results and not approximate ones then it's welcome anyway the english are not stupid they have a brain there are several other vaccines undergoing final stage trials and vaccine candidates by modern oxford astra zeneca have been submitted to regulators with the u.k.'s approval pfizer bio on tac are leading the field the options for tackling this global pandemic are likely to get even wider within a matter of weeks paul brennan al-jazeera london. who needs barclays life for us in london so we just heard from the u.k. health secretary a short while ago putting a positive spin on how the government has handled this vaccine. yes but hancock said that this was 1st and foremost a triumph for science as well but he was also very keen to sing the government's praises even though it is the regulator at the end of the day that is the one that

has worked very very quickly to if they survived seen the green light to nurse sooners the regulator responsible for doing that do that the government immediately pounced on it and now we know that a mass rollout will begin from the start of next week and it will be an incremental rollout starting with just a small smallish group of of around $800000.00. samples that will be available being able to treat about 400000 people because of course you need 2 doses 21 days apart the british government very very keen to show that now it's not in the european union that it's regulated cannot nimbly rapidly when it comes to interpret the data and going through all the rigorous checks and balances necessary to be able to mean that this vaccine is available for public use but let's not forget the german scientists are behind us pharmaceuticals giant.

most importantly back to it's the real test for the british government will be to show whether or not logistically it will be a triumph as well or what they're saying is that they're trying to put all the necessary mechanisms in place to make sure that the most vulnerable get it quickly so elderly in care homes will be at the top of the list and it will gradually go down different age groups and people of different vulnerabilities until eventually a bulk of the population house some resistance to covert 19. all right thanks so much needs barker let's go over the dominic kane is live in berlin for us and dominic how about the e.u. regulators how fast are they getting through with the approval for vaccines. the interesting thing from the e.u.'s perspective we sort today there has been a meeting of the $27.00 health ministers plus the european commission in

a virtual meeting that is because of the corona virus restrictions on movement and that sort of thing and the person presiding over this meeting was the german health minister yen xan and in and in print to news conference after the summit meeting of ministers was speaking about the difference of approach that can be seen between the united kingdom's health ministry and the e.u. health ministries prospectus for mr sean what he said was what all health ministers agrees was that it was best not to have 27 different approaches to vaccine releases for the $27.00 member states but to go with one simple one agreement all countries get the vaccination at the same time he said it wasn't what mattered was not to be 1st but to be fast safely and there's another way of looking at this which is to say that the e.u.

says mr shawn has not put to use his phrases all its eggs in one basket i.e. concentrated on just one specific vaccine rather he says that the e.u. has gone with a series of defy the different vaccines that are out there and that as soon as they are proven to be safe and with the sorts of side effects it all vaccines have in a manageable way then they can be released so very much from the german government and indeed from the e.u. institutional perspective the watchword is going to be fast we're not bothered about being 1st we want to be fast safely that is the difference of approach mr sharon is underlining between the e.u.'s perspective and what he considers to be the british perspective all right and that was done when it came from berlin. oksana physick is a global health advisor specializing in outbreaks of infectious diseases she says they approval is a significant step but distributing vaccine will be challenging to any chair

a day our regulatory body here in the u.k. has done through the data has done months of rigorous analysis and is now happy and confident to put forward that it is ready for the populations that this is a crucial independent step for the mh her a review and to say that it is as safe and the claims by find there are verified all of this is is fantastic because it means that we can move forward one step closer to words the end of the pandemic. we know that pfizer says they can only really have $1300000000.00 doses within the next year so that's definitely not going to vaccinate the world but we are taking that 1st crucial step which is which is exciting all of the steps in any clinical trial that we would have had normally went ahead no steps were skipped there were no corners cut and any cherries

job is to review all the protocol all the data and to verify that yes that it meets all of the safety standards so. in that essence the timeline yes has been fast but also we need to think about these unique contacts that we are in i mean we have over 200 companies that have been focusing on one thing which is developing this vaccine and they've had unlimited resources unlike and for before and all of the world's talent has been focused on this problem so it just shows when the urgency is there when the finances are there what type of scientific innovation is possible. now 3 prominent hong kong democracy activists have been jailed for their own in last year's protests joshua wang agnes chalo and ivan lamb was found guilty of unlawful assembly one receives a 13 and a half month sentence while challen lamb were jailed for 10 and 7 months respectively adrian brown has more from hong kong. it's become an end of the day

ritual outside west magistrates court a crowd chants defiant slogans as prison vans take away those convicted on trial over last year's unrest but the throng was bigger on wednesday so it was impossible to see which of the vehicles contained the 3 high profile activists among the more than 2000 people prosecuted since last you joshua one agnes char and ivan lamb avoided a heavier sentence after pleading guilty last week the trio's detractors celebrated with champagne in spite of titan covert 19 restrictions banning public gatherings of more than 2 people for the activists supporters though it was another blow and this is their choice our off law. we are very disappointed but we are at all be aware or they are not rightist one of the one who

is our writers the governor was one is no stranger to prison he's already served 3 jail terms the activists were convicted of offenses that took place last june when protesters laid siege to the police headquarters marking the start of months of unrest agnus child who turns 24 on thursday burst into tears as the sentence was read out joshua long was in characteristically defiant mood shouting tough days are ahead but we will hang in there. is due to return to court next year she was arrested in august under a harsh new national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers but has yet to be charged. nixie lamb is a former local politician and a supporter of that law there all a lot of people some much of it such as joshua was a nice child was actively. trying to promote independently independence and that is

a fight i know some of them which they were trying to say well we didn't ask for it but look at the look at the facts and look at the evidence hong kong's leader kerry says she's restored order after last year's on rest part of that process the almost weekly prosecutions of young protesters including now its best known ones adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. still ahead on al-jazeera anger in thailand after the prime minister is acquitted of an ethics violation related to where he lives setting a new legal precedent the story of one mother's find for her daughter's official cause of death.

the skies are gray across the good parts of china but it is large the dry and that dry weather stretching across the korean peninsula as well for japan a different story we have got that northwesterly breeze feeding across the waters here bringing some showers into that western side of hunchy maybe some wintry flower is still in play there for colorado for a time before it brightens up sunny and settled as we go on into the weekend as is the case across the korean peninsula process guys coming back in the states and china generally dry fine and sunny all of that we wanted to wintry showers i was with the western side of the country on the other hand we have got some showers feed again across taiwan play a showers meanwhile longer spells of writing to southern parts of the bingle not a little system this one this is the latest cyclamen has developed suggests to to the south west of the region that's running across the northern parts of sri lanka seeing the worst of the conditions as this system rolls through and it will bring some very heavy rain into it go on through thursday come into friday and you'll see

that system punch its way from the west was still grassy pushing across into a good parts of carolina north of that it is generally fine and dry but a few showers around the foothills of the himalayas. the latest news while not all of those displaced have witnessed be attacks others recount they say this there is they heard from family members and relatives were enough to make them come here rather than think that detail coverage challenge the government faces is aware that it can persuade people to keep abiding by restrictions when they need to work to feed their families from around the world the so-called swedish model may be under some pressure but a full lockdown is unlikely and perhaps even impossible.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap headlines now a government has approved the pfizer owned by own take over $900.00 vaccines to be rolled out the committee says it's expects to start inoculating those most at risk including health workers and care home residents from next week 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 challen ivan lamb received shorter sentences. antigovernment protesters of rally than tylenol for the prime minister was acquitted of an ethics violation and allowed to keep his job that activists say they'll continue fighting for reform school hiding reports from bangkok. a

16 year old patch was raised by his activist grandmother and he didn't hesitate in joining the student protest movement when it began earlier this year this week he took part in an act of civil disobedience organized by the group bad students many refused to wear official school uniforms to class this was to highlight inequality and the copper reforms in thailand's education system patch had a black uniform made and displayed rubber ducks which has now become a symbol for the protests after being questioned for 3 hours by teachers he was sent home he's not only about the uniform rules head coach moves it's about party rights the expression of political opinions an education system and subjects need to be reformed these would be victims for as protesters were out in big numbers on wednesday after the constitutional court unanimously acquitted prime minister. of violating ethics standards ruling that it was not illegal for the prime minister

a former army chief of staff to live in a house on an army base while the protesters who would have welcomed a guilty verdict for the prime minister if now to carry on their fight to see that their demands are filled and that is that the prime minister resign there's a new draft of the constitution and if there's one for you in the modern. technology m.m. knocking the how what she wrote on corner has been the focus of more rallies this week 1st targeting his estimated $30000000000.00 fortune thousands gathered at the headquarters of one of the biggest banks in thailand the king is the largest shareholder personally owning 23 percent and then a protest was held in front of the world guard's barracks demanding that the king give up his command of 2 army regiments he took over when he ascended to the throne 2 years ago at the same time he also shifted the crown's wealth to him personally for the 1st time in 2 years officials issued warrants to protest leaders under article 11 to harsh defamation laws designed to protect the monarchy. charged multiple times under that law but never convicted sue locke see what luck has

criticised action taken against protesters he has met with the king in the past and says that it's key for him to engage with the protesters his position is not as secure as he thought and he tried to be popular but so far he has not managed. to control and or. supports to be against it and i fear that if he would be reading 2 . 100 or so who declared himself to be again a monarchy i think that would help people but so far the king has not taken that advice well he has been making public appearances they've only been with those who support him and the monarchy and there's been no official palace statement on the protests scott either al jazeera bangkok his trail could be heading towards its 4th general election in less than 2 years after lawmakers passed a preliminary bill to dissolve parliament one of the people backing it is alternate

prime minister benny gantz he says he's lost patience with his coalition partner benjamin netanyahu and is ready to break their alliance if a long overdue budget isn't passed immediately the bill needs to pass another 3 votes before it becomes law herefore said has more from west jerusalem. $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 thing is 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 with gantt 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.e. becoming prime minister again after the most recent round of elections and as many predicted without actually having of the power to benny gantz himself. now after

months of deadlock there's been a breakthrough in efforts to restart peace talks between the afghan government and taliban representatives from both sides say they've agreed on a framework for negotiations although the greenman only covers for a c.d.o. both sides say they will begin discussing the agenda for talks which include a cease fire agreement filio control is in kabul so where do they go to from here. you know there's so many people here who have been waiting for this breakthrough for so long and as you can imagine it is something that has been already welcomed by the international community by afghan president of the need by dr abdullah and most of them they described it as a 1st but major step towards what will follow next and this is what we have to keep

in mind and remember that this is only the 1st step of what will be a very long road it took the 2 sides over 2 and a half months to agree just on the procedural rules on how those talks will progress and now it's the time when the difficult part begins when the 2 sides will have to start discussing the hard issues like what kind of afghanistan will there be what will happen with women's rights like all those issues that they will have to agree and again we also have to see one of the big questions here is how will this breakthrough translate on the situation on the ground because of vanstone has been seeing unprecedented levels of violence with dozens of afghans being killed every day and whether this breakthrough will ultimately lead to what everybody wants here which is a comprehensive cease fire and everybody is hoping now that the winter is slowly setting in here and traditionally the fighting slows down it will give the 2 sides

enough time to take full advantage of the actual talks that will begin now so finally peace talks can really start progressing somee all right thanks so much for you. nigerian m.p.'s have summoned president mohammed of bihari to 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 have criticised biharis government for failing to stop the attacks they want security chiefs to be sacked the president's spokesman calls to anger after blaming farmers for putting themselves in danger the prime minister of the need formerly known as swaziland has been transferred to hospital after testing positive for cope with 19 weeks ago the government statement released on social media says ambrose meany will

be taken to a medical facility in neighboring south africa it says he is responding well to treatment. the mother of a 9 year old girl from south london who died after a severe asthma attack is trying to make legal history she is fighting for air pollution to be recorded as the cause of death something that's never happened before and has no name barbara for its strong evidence to support her. deborah was a key swimmer dancer and cyclist by the age of 9 she had the reading age of a teenager but she never made it to her 10th birthday over a 3 year period she suffered numerous seizures going into hospital 27 times with breathing problems an inquest in 2014 found ella died of acute respiratory failure after a severe asthma attack but that was quashed when new evidence emerged about local air pollution her mother wants air pollution recorded as the cause of death something that's never happened before in the u.k. for the 6 years of her life there is no warning of how everything was going to and

hopefully from this case we would learn a lot more about the impacts on health and governments everywhere would take action so no children will have to go through what my late daughter went through the new inquest is also considering what steps were taken to reduce air pollution and to inform the public experts say pollution levels are monitoring station hearing cat food near relatives home consistently exceeded legal limits in the years up to. most developers half hour walk to school was along this highly congested road 2 years after she died an expert report concluded there was a direct link between her condition and levels of nitrogen dioxide and airborne particles in this area the inquest could set a precedent helping people hold local and central government to account for the air they bring. rosamond q.c. deborah was never told about the risks of air pollution to her daughter but clean

air campaign is say there's now plenty of evidence it's cutting short thousands of lives across the u.k. it's. makes a whole host of diseases from asthma heart attacks to cardiovascular disease to dementia and we know that it impacts the hardest as well so that's children of people on low incomes the local authority where rosamond lives has admitted it should have treated pollution levels as a public health emergency she's hoping the inquest into whether his death can make everybody think about its impact and take action to save lives near 0 london a chinese spacecraft started collecting rocks on the moon. 5 touchdown 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 ambitious space program under chapelle 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 so you are 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 for. the lander has a number of instruments to make this happen including a camera as well as scoop and drill capabilities. to ensure that next is the drilling and collecting of samples on the surface and folding the national flag and making preparations for taking off. 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 although 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 and are shipped home al-jazeera. the giant radio telescope in puerto rico is suffered major damage that i'm 100 ton receiver platform fell 140 meters smashing

into the radio dish below after cables holding it up snapped it was the largest dish in the world when it was built nearly 60 years ago. an international sand art festival is giving indian artists a chance to shine it normally shows off the world's best sand sculptures but this year foreign artists could join the festival artists from across india have crafted seaside works based on the corona virus in climate change. and let's take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera now the u.k. government has approved the pfizer and biotech over $1000.00 vaccine to be rolled out a committee says it expects to start inoculating those most at risk including health workers and care.