the way. following their daily struggle to survive. for their families to thrive. egypt's women street sellers on al-jazeera 'd. approved for use the u.k. is the 1st country to greenlight pfizer's coronavirus vaccine mass inoculation could begin as early as next week. and taylor says hours are a live from london also coming up after months of deadlock a positive step in efforts to restart peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban. 3 prominent hong kong activists and jailed for their role in last

year's pro-democracy protests. and more than a 1000000 people displaced but what about those left behind dramatic tearing workers are granted access to ethiopia is a region. begin here in london where the u.k. has become the 1st western country to grant emergency approval to a coronavirus vaccine europe's worst affected country will start rolling out the doses developed by pfizer and biotech as early as next week while the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on people's lives and the world's economy 1st in line will be those most at risk including care home residents health care workers and those over the age of 80. the u.k. has ordered 40000000 doses that's enough for 20000000 people just under a 3rd of the national population as they'll need to receive

a shot twice it will also be difficult to roll out a vaccine that was 95 percent effective in trials this way stored at minus 70 degrees celsius close to temperatures in antarctica and world health organization is reviewing the vaccine for a possible emergency listing which is a benchmark for other countries to authorize national use forenent begins our coverage from london the approval of a vaccine almost exactly a year since coated 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 by own tech vaccine. brussels airport has been demonstrating its refrigerated cargo facilities in expectation of a major role in distributing the belgian made vaccine britain has bought 40000000 doses of the pfizer buy on tech job in the 1st 800000 doses will be shipped to the u.k. within days we're packing vials of vaccine as we speak a movie shipping in the next 2448 hours the 1st batches to the u.k. $10000000.00 doses will be delivered by the end of the year and the remainder will arrive during 2021 we're no longer resting on the mere hope that we can return to normal next year. in the spring but rather the sure and certain knowledge that we will succeed and together reclaim our lives and all the things about our lives that we love 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 a 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 in 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 osu protect lives the challenge now is 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 there are several other vaccines undergoing

final stage trials and vaccine candidates by madonna and 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 want us out of their house barney parker joins me in the studio say optimism need about the vaccine but an edge of caution from the government about how long this will take you know there are huge but a factoring in distribution challenges of course that the vaccine itself is manufactured and belgium it needs to be checked before it shipped over here to the u.k. as we've heard it's kept very very low temperatures between 70 and 80 degrees celsius so that require specialist equipment all along the supply chain and we know that some of the best kids out places to be able to receive the vaccine are of course hospitals we know that 50 hospitals have been earmarked to act as distribution hubs

so those vulnerable those in need of getting the vaccine 1st will go to the centers we know also when the the vaccine actually arrives here in the u.k. comes in packs of 975 of the cording to the british regulator contact surely be broken up and distributed widely to doctors' surgeries around the country so a huge logistical problem really that needs to be solved by the british government which is precisely why boys johnson the prime minister has urged caution more discipline urged people to follow the rules and regulations and not to run them out not run away with ourselves too soon before a significant section of population is vaccinated and how does the u.k.'s approach differ from that of the european union was much faster quite simply the u.k. may be leading the way when it comes to regulating and given the green light to this to this vaccine whether or not it can continue leading logistically and

rolling it out is a different story altogether what we've heard from the european regulator is a word of caution that's slightly worried about the british regulator going ahead with things a little bit too fast the european regulator believes that it's slower way of looking at things and and checking all the the details to do with it safety is the best way of dealing with things but of course this history here brace. briefly the the european regulator for the e.u. used to be based here in london post breaks it it's now moved to. the british regulator keen to prove that they're able to do this alone without having to be part of the european union there's definitely a political side to this story as well as a medical want to thank you very much. the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention has now instead relaxed quarantine measures as the country inches closer to the rollout of an approved vaccine wellness said let's go live to our series white house correspondent kimberly halkett to enter kimberly u.s.

officials hoping to capitalize on the u.k.'s approval. yeah there's no question about it the certainly bolsters the case in advance of hearings will take place in mid december for pfizer mcgurn and they will be seeking and are seeking emergency authorization but already we know from the health and human services secretary alex is are that in fact the production of these vaccines is already underway and white house press secretary caylee mcenaney just wrapping up her press briefing saying that the trumpet ministration expects that there will be in excess of $40000000.00 doses by the end of the year now in terms of who will get these doses well the c.d.c. or centers for disease control has put forward recommendations to the states that will ultimately be distributing and deciding but those recommendations include front line health care workers and also workers or those residents in elderly or care homes retirement homes as many people call them that really comprises when it

comes to those frontline health care workers about 21000000 americans and 3000000 when you're talking about the care homes and we do know that here in the united states care homes were hit particularly hard by coping 1000 fact comprise 39 percent of the deaths in the united states so this is a top priority in terms of distribution but we know that these could be going out as early as mid december in other words as soon as they're approved they could be hitting the road and getting into the hands of the providers so this is something that people are looking forward to and of course that being bolstered by the news coming out of the u.k. committee how can i thank you very much. russia's president has ordered officials to begin maskaev of 900 stations next week but to me putin says 2000000 doses of the sputnik of 5 vaccine will be ready within the next few days but it won't be mandatory the dose is reported to be 92 percent effective against the virus the russian health minister says more than 100000 people have already been vaccinated

russia has detected within 2300000 infections john mr alexander good why has more from russia's capital moscow. first in line to receive russian vaccine sport because we are to be doctors nurses and teachers said the russian president vladimir putin gave an official start to a massive vaccination of russian population now he gave officially greenlighted to a process that has already quietly started we know from the minister of health of russia that some 100000 russians have already been vaccinated russian minister of defense said that the vaccination has already started in the army video with the idea to vaccinate inoculates some 400000 members of the russian army some hospitals have been offered to be vaccinated their medical personnel same goes with some state owned companies when it comes to the capacity of the production of you could

be vaccine russian officials are saying that they will have $2000000.00 doses by the end of this year with this production increasing rapidly from february some are saying it's going to be 3 to $6000000.00 those as per year but the russian direct investment fund in charge of this vaccine is saying that it's going to be more likely $60.00 to $80000000.00 those is per year with the this said it is estimated that the whole of russian population can be vaccinated by the end of 2021 now what actions are saying that they are vaccines we has effectiveness of 92 percent but one has to know that the 3rd phase of clinical trials is not yet finished they have some 22000 participants so far in this 3rd phase this vaccine is similar to some other vaccines that uses the common cold wires as a vector carrier of the coronavirus thus provoking the immune system response

and immunity from a corona virus. has been a breakthrough in efforts to revive peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban representatives from both sides say they've agreed on a framework for negotiations to begin they've been holding talks for months to determine how peace talks should go forward now donna daddy is a member of the afghan peace negotiation team in doha he says discussions are moving forward despite the ongoing violence. there is no doubt the people of afghanistan are fed up with the level of violence would continue that tack on our institution and public infrastructure of innocent lives that are being taken through attacks that occurred out more intensely in the past few months but the very fact that they are with violence makes it more necessary to engage more.

into peace discussion our primary the people of i'm very month inst to silence the gun to reach to a cease fire and that's what we are committed to achieve there is no discussion about the citizens by our key partners it is a sovereign decision of them but as long as much as it depends on our side atlanta public of us than is committed both to defend and protect our people and our constitution but all 'd thought commit that fully genuinely with good faith to reach a peaceful settlement in this war still to come when i was there. how can we come back in the state of. the anger survive as a favorite steadily explosion for months on and then no closer to returning home. a broken planet and humanity waging war on nature and the u.n.

forces became viral mental out of. we got a real mixed bag in the weather across europe at the moment some very thundery showers across central parts of the med it's right in some nasty weather rolling through here choppy seas as well as some very strong winds but some really heavy rain to boot up towards an old west is looking pretty unsettled as well the areas of low pressure sliding through here wet and windy and increasingly wintry weather piling in cross the northwest as we go on through the next couple of days is going to cloud and rain across parts of france into the by of biscay you can see some snow that just pushing towards the outs as that western weather across central parts of the mediterranean edging its way towards greasy adriatic see some heavy

showers into the balkans and a line of snowy weather up towards portugal lasso making its way slowly but surely further east which is because through the next couple days look at the temperatures in glasgow and london well down into single figures for london to the top which is a 5 celsius little snow he makes a fair bit of that could see a meter or 2 snow over the alps and then more heavy showers right across the mediterranean pretty unsettled and that onset of weather just lapping onto the coastal shoals of beach in e.c.n. northeastern algeria much of north africa is fondant dry but the showers that into the gulf of guinea. in the light of the open seas hides that dunc secret. men forced to work without paying in slaved for years but it glimmers of hope remains for the faculty and fisherman as a group of activists delve deep into the illegal fishing industry demanding justice

. and freedom. go straight out witness documentary on al-jazeera. the. amount of the top stories here are just 0 the u.k. has become the 1st western country to grant emergency approval to a coronavirus vaccine europe's worst affected country will start rolling out the doses developed by pfizer and biotech as early as next week. russia's president has ordered officials to begin mascot 19 vaccinations next week at a mere putin says 2000000 doses of these put nick the vaccine will be ready within

the next few days but it won't be mandatory. and there's been a breakthrough in efforts to revive peace talks between the afghan afghan government and the taliban representatives from both sides say they've been agreed on a framework for negotiations to begin. 3 prominent hong kong democracy activists have been jailed for their role in last year's protests joshua one agnes child and ivan lamb were found guilty of unlawful assembly adrian brown has more from hong kong. it's 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 heavy a sentence after peter guilty last week the trio's detractors celebrated with champagne in spite of titan covert 1000 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. yaphet we have very disappointed but we are at all here where they are not right is one of the one who is our right as 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 chao 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. leeks is a former local politician and a supporter of the law they're all lot of people some but such as joshua was a nice child was actively. trying to promote in the home going to penzance and that is a fight i know some of them are just about trying to say we didn't ask for it but look at the look at the facts and look at the evidence hong kong's leader carrier 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 the united nations says it signed

a deal with his government to get unrestricted humanitarian access to the region the agreement to allow aid workers into federally controlled areas more than a 1000000 people are thought to have been displaced by fighting that began almost a month ago and glenda is the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he says there are considerable safety concerns of humanitarian workers and citizens and he very. we're desperate because for a month now we haven't really had contact even with their own staff aid workers on the ground there's been no communications or networks have been cut conflicting reports about who's doing what to whom including what's happening to the $100000.00 every tree and refugees that fled or a trailer they thought that a safe haven into grey and now they were engulfed in the fighting so it's it is a golden principle of humanitarian work that we are always allowed to come to the

vulnerable in their hour of greatest need and integrate we have been prevented from such access we need to have it now i would also appeal for the border to be kept open between at the opiah and sudan so that those who need to seek shelter here can still come here iran is a premier legislation that would allow the resumption of high levels of uranium enrichment the bill which was passed by parliament on tuesday was signed into law after approval by iran's top decision making body it will also stop unrestricted site access by the international atomic energy agency legislation is seen as a show of defiance after the killing of a top iranian nuclear scientist on friday france's president has warned that the devaney's government must enact reforms if it wants international help menu item at home is hosting a virtual aids conference in paris as lebanon struggles to recover from the

devastating blast in beirut port 4 months ago inside the country investigators have almost completed their task but families of victims fear high ranking officials will escape blame so how to report. we're in the front line of the explosion and from 4 months ago nobody's help us on august for a powerful explosion believed to be caused by ammonium nitrate that caught fire rips through a wood port its impact was felt kilometers away 200 people were killed thousands were wounded and tens of thousands made homeless peers meals 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 associations 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. organized a sort of memory park to recall the the memory of the tragedy in lebanon we used to raise all the way 'd to 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 are also evidence of a crime many fear may go unpunished in a country with a legacy of impunity. is in beirut for us and as international donors meet the peak need for people in lebanon could not be greater.

more than half the population now for the beirut blasts it happened last august but before that the economy was already collapsing 40 percent of the population unemployed businesses are closing this was once a vibrant commercial district as you can see behind me it is so quiet many of the shops here have now closed so people really are struggling now this aid conference is about emergency assistance this is what the french president made clear time and time again that this is for recovery efforts to help the people who are affected by the beirut blast and no way is this aid conference about bailing out the authorities a political class that has lost legitimacy and credibility in the eyes of many lebanese as well as the international community the french president saying that there will be no international bailout from the i.m.f.

or international donors unless the political class and act reforms reforms like fighting corruption and state institutions and if they don't do that that lebanon will not be able to unlock billions of dollars in aid in order to kick start the economy and that is what is needed to kick start the economy to create jobs people have started to leave the country many are warning this country is becoming a failed state but the political paralysis this political crisis is the rival political factions are not agreeing on a new government they're not agreeing to loosen their grip or their hold on power the world bank issued a very damning report saying that the country is sinking into a deliberate depression and he pointing the fingers at the authorities saying it's because of their in action the economy is collapsing and the state is close to bankruptcy so this aid conference is about emergency assistance. since many people

here feel here that they're mad that this isn't about going to reach them they fear that the empty o's will have to work through the government and the government their kids the government of being corrupt so it's a very difficult long road ahead for the people of this country dealing with multiple crises so you know what i thank you very much indeed. israeli politicians have passed a preliminary proposal to dissolve parliament a move that could force the country into its 4th national election in less than 2 years the proposal was passed just 7 months after a coalition led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu and defense minister benny gantz was agreed since the coalition was formed to try to tackle the coronavirus pandemic the relationship between the men has deteriorated with fighting between their parties the vote gave preliminary approval to ending the alliance and education now heads to a committee before parliament. the e.u.'s chief negotiator michel

barnier says talks are reaching a make or break moment ministers warn there's a risk of serious destruction and delay at the border when the u.k.'s transition period ends on december 31st but britain's finance chief says he's optimistic both sides can still reach a trade deal if negotiators take a constructive approach. a state of the planet is broken and humanity is waging war nature that's the warning from the u.n. secretary general who says human activity is having a dire impact on the environment and turn your terrors spoke to form or nature and climate change at columbia university in new york he wants to put tackling climate change at the heart of the un's global mission the 2nd general says his central objective next year will be to build a global coalition for carbon neutrality 2020 has been one of the top 3 hottest years on record the states of the planet is broken.

the friends humanity is waging war on nature this is suicidal nature always strikes back and it is already doing so with growing force and fury biodiversity is collapsing when 1000000 species are at risk of extinction eco systems are these appearing before our eyes deserts are spreading wetlands are being lost every year we lose $10000000.00 actives of forests oceans are overfished and choking with plastic waste the carbon dioxide they absorb the specifying the seas coral reefs are bullish than buying air and water pollution are killing 9000000 people annually more than 6 times the current all of the pandemic. boeing this best selling and most controversial jet has held its 1st public flight since march last year the 77 max flew journalists from texas to oklahoma ahead of the

planes returned to commercial flights later this month the aircraft has been cleared by the u.s. aviation administration after 2 deadly crashes forced it to be grounded in march 29 teen a total of $346.00 people were killed in the ethiopian airlines and lion air accidents boeing says it's made changes to the plane software to assure its safety. plenty more for you at any time on our website the address for that is 0 dot com. among the top stories are under 0 the u.k. has become the 1st western country to grant emergency approval to a coronavirus vaccine europe's worst affected country will start rolling out the doses developed by pfizer and biotech as early as next week 1st in line will be those most at risk including care home residents health care workers and those over

the age of 80 the world health organization is reviewing the vaccine for a possible emergency listing a benchmark for other countries to authorize national use.