somethin's and the official line we all decided agree need to tell our story we don't want to rely on the authority and its media village post on al-jazeera. the u.k. becomes the 1st country to approve a pfizer biotech coronavirus vaccine it's been cleared for emergency use and will roll out from next week. i'm more intent of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. this may be the most important speech i've ever made donald trump's 46 minute outburst the u.s. president outlines why you believe the election was stolen. after months of deadlock says finally progress in efforts to restart peace talks between the afghan

government and the taliban. and 3 prominent hong kong activists are jailed for their role in last year's pro-democracy protests. a new beginning 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 dishes developed by pfizer and biotech as early as next week or 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 the need to receive a shot twice it will also be difficult to rollout

a vaccine was 95 percent effective in trials stored at minus 70 degrees celsius close to temperatures in antarctica the world health organization is reviewing the vaccine for a possible emergency listing which is a benchmark for other countries to authorize national use or brand and begins our coverage 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. 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 and livy 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 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 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 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. the u.s. as well britain's decision to roll out the coronavirus vaccine as american regulators prepared to ground their own approvals tree alex are says the u.k.'s move should be reassuring to americans regulators in the us e.u. and canada are also betting the pfizer vaccine along with a shot made by madonna and of the 2624 deaths were reported in the u.s. on tuesday raising the death toll above 270000 since the pandemic began and the february we would have potentially immunize the 100000000 people which is really moralists the size of the significant at risk population the elderly the

health care workers the 1st line workers russia's president has ordered officials to begin mask over $1000.00 vaccinations next week resume putin says $2000000.00 doses of sputnik vaccine will be ready within the next few days but it will 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 more than 2300000 infections under new coronavirus restrictions italians will not be able to attend midnight mass or move between regions over the christmas period it is been reporting more daily virus fatalities than any other european nation in recent weeks new cases and hospital admissions are slowly dropping but the government is worried about gatherings over the festive season house officials say christmas eve mass must end in time for people to return home for a 10 pm curfew. in

the past hour u.s. president donald trump has released a speech on social media labeling it may be the most important speech he's ever delivered the 46 minute presentation outlined again why he believes the presidential election was stolen from him and fissures following events in washington d.c. for us as well and what do we make of this. well 1st of all it's incredible that the president of the united states has to go on to facebook to make a speech that he describes as the most important speech he'll ever make vasa got to put it in context that 24 hours ago we were talking about how the attorney general william barr had given an interview to the associated press and he said they had no see no evidence of widespread fraud and yet here is donald trump saying that there was indeed widespread fraud in swing states and the election was stolen from him you've also got to put it in the context of just

a couple of hours ago in the briefing room here at the white house press secretary said that the president was focused on covert because of the numbers rising across the country when it turns out that the president was actually helping to write and record a 46 minute video which essentially just gather together all the complaints he's been putting out on twitter or the last 3 weeks he said they had significant evidence of voter fraud in key states like wisconsin pennsylvania and in michigan of course a lot of these theories have been tested in court and they've been thrown by judges in fact one trump judge in pennsylvania last week said that the court can't really take on cases that presents new evidence to change the decisions that the electors had made that has been a recurring theme and many of the cases that have gone to court they have been thrown out and you hear from donald trump during this 46 minute speech that his intention is that he wants this to end at the supreme court and we've been talking

about that for a number of weeks particularly since him equally but it was put on the court to give the conservative majority 63 advantage and of course 3 of those 6 word justices that were appointed by donald trump he said that in many of the cases the media simply won't report them and the judges won't accept them and that is absolutely right he said that because of what he's saying he will be demeaned and disparaged. just looking at social media many people are already saying that what he's saying is simply full of lies are gathering together as i said of conspiracy theories and he's also as they've also pointed out that many of his cases in court brought by someone like rudy giuliani in pennsylvania has actually stood up and said this isn't a case of widespread fraud and then add to that the head of the cyber security unit who said that this was the most secure election in history one of donald trump's

big bugbears is the fact that on election night he said he was ahead in many states and then suddenly he was way behind and that's what happens when you have mail in voting and of course you remember that the president before the election was saying that mail in voting was bad it was right for fraud but the democrats because of what was happening with covered said this is the right thing to do so the votes that were cast on the day were counted giving donald trump a lead and then the mail in vote votes were counted giving joe biden a lead and that's what happened in many states that's how elections walk but it's clear this president is not about to accept that he lost the election he's not a boat to walk away and he's not a boat to concede to joe biden and many people in social media are saying that this is a dangerous moment for american democracy when donald trump is speaking in such stark terms of having an election stolen and then what was cited to be a democrat response. the democrats will just dismiss it what is going to be much

more interesting of course is going to be what the republicans say there are many people who say that over the last 2 weeks the republicans really needed to step up and say tell the president he lost the election for the benefit of american democracy he's got to move on and then we had from ron johnson a wisconsin senator who is regarded as one of donald trump's biggest allies in the senate he was recorded by a republican saying that he knew always that joe biden won the election but he can't come out and say that because that would be political suicide donald trump would sensually just one another and make life very difficult so he wasn't about to turn round and tell the president that joe biden had won and that is going to direct a lot of republicans over the next 24 hours or so the fear of losing donald trump's support and the fear that his band of supporters will target on them and essentially end their political career so don't expect much from the republicans

over the next 24 hours but as i say this is going to be one of those moments in years to come political historians will look at and they will ask what was the president thinking and what did he hope to achieve by delivering a 46 minute speech on facebook and fresh thank you very much neal. a spate of 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 again holding talks for months to determine how peace talks should go forward that ended area as a member of the afghan peace negotiation team in doha he says discussions are progressing despite the ongoing violence. there is no doubt the people of afghanistan are fed up with this double violence would continue that tack on our institution and public infrastructure of innocent lives that are being taken through attacks curried 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 discussions 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 a discussion about the citizens by our people partners is a sovereign decision of them but as long as much as it depends on our side that the public of us than is committed both to defend and protect our people and our 'd constitution but all thought commit that fully genuinely with good faith to reach a peaceful settlement in this war. so to come on out there. how can we come back in this state. if i'm as if

a rig steadily explosion and 4 months on and then no closer to returning has. china's phrase been fading virus fear traces of kind of 19 found. we got more searing heat into parts of australia but we've also got a few showers as well we've got high pressure in charge just around the bike just pushing towards south australia then maturing in the winds from a cooler a southerly direction but it's a light wind because of the high will see want to see on shoal showers to new south wales maybe punching a little further inland up towards the great dividing range wanted to show us to they'd see west central parts of queensland but otherwise this warm sunshine for the most part let me go with a 23 in melbourne 28 in adelaide but we're up into the high thirty's there for

alice springs warm enough in perth as well it's around 29 degrees celsius little cooler here on friday but warmer for alice 41 a night as the world just started to edge way back doubts will se a cold low that will be a few showers there once again just to the north of sydney not seep out and they say don't want to showers into the south but settled and dry for the most part that is settle in try to say for the most part into japan a little bit of cloud just sliding across the sea of japan will introduce a few showers into that western side of honshu this will push me maybe wintry for tightness laci druthers you go when it's a friday dry but cool for much of china. 2950 s. the disputed election force believe he is 1st indigenous president into exile as evel morale is considered his future and hope to return his party rallied behind new

candidates with a tense new election drawing close in late 2020 people in power went behind the scenes to see if the indigenous movement could pull off a remarkable comeback to live year exile will return on al-jazeera. amount of top stories here as they are 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. u.s.

president donald trump has delivered a 46 minute speech from the white house outlining why it believes the election was stolen from him the presentation was recorded and played out on social media. and there's 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 the negotiations to begin. 3 prominent hong kong democracy activists have been jailed for their role in last year's protests joshua one agnes chow and ivan lamb were found guilty of unlawful assembly asian brown has more from hong kong and a warning his report contains flash photography. it's become an end of the day ritual outside west quaalude magistrates court a crowd chants defiant slogans as prison bands take away those convicted on trial over last years on rest 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 year joshua won't agnes char and ivan avoided a heavy a sentence after pleading guilty last week the trio's detractors celebrated with champagne in spite of tightened covert 19 restrictions banning public gatherings of more than 2 people for the activists supporters though it was another blow and this is a choice our off law. yeah for we are very disappointed but. we are at all here where all they are not right to use one of their own homes are writers to govern the law 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 late siege to the police headquarters marking the start of months of unrest agnes chao 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 the show is judah 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 is yet to be charged nixie lamb is a former local politician and a supporter of that law there are a lot of people some that has such as joshua was and his child was actively. trying to promote in the home going to penzance and that is a fight i know some of them what she's trying to say well we didn't ask for it but look at the facts and look at the evidence hong kong's leader kerry lamb says she's restored order after last year's unrest 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 has warned half a 1000000 children in the can a fast so just one step away from famine ongoing violence that has not displaced all the 1000000 people is that us hakon will. tired and hungry hubby was sore and her 3 young children are desperate to reach a u.n. clinic at nearly 2 years old her son hussein weighs as much as a newborn once they arrive you are nursed provides them with small sachets of peanut paste the only meal the family will have on this day she says all she wants is to return home sore fled her village and burkina faso after it was attacked by armed groups linked to al qaeda and the local affiliate of eisel she says the men were set aside and shot dead and it is needed time to see what if everything is different now from what it was in the village just to have the bare minimum to

survive it's very hard we don't eat enough and we have nothing to live from like we used to in the village for sore and her children this is now home but these makeshift camps deep in the hells region provide no shelter from hunger the u.n. estimates more than 7000000 people are suffering from acute malnutrition in this a health warning of a looming food crisis with children most at risk. but not their problem they make you saw some of the women here have been psychologically affected by the violence and its hacks so how can a woman who is psychologically affected get her child out of a cycle of malnutrition so we have this kind of situation which is not easy to deal with the other day i was pulling too much on this woman and i asked her why she was always sick either with her child why why she said because my father in law eats the child rations not enough food too many people hungry and yet this summer's

rainy season brought the heaviest downpours in years farmers say the conditions are perfect for growing crops and feeding cattle if only they could reach them in november brooke you know fast as president mock up will be one a 2nd mandate with a promise for a safer future but the fighting with armed groups is intensifying and spreading making it difficult for farmers to return to their land and caught in the middle are mothers like hubby was sore who can no longer feed their children nicholas hawke al-jazeera. france's president has warned that the lebanese government must enact reforms if it wants international help in one year michael is hosting a virtual aid 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 and families of victims fear the high ranking officials want to skate blame it's a harder folks. who are in the front line of the explosion and from 4 months ago

nobody to help us on august for a powerful explosion believed to be caused by ammonium nitrate that caught fire rips through beirut 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 states 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

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. 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 memory of to richard 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 that it could there be 2 and a state of the planet is broken and humanity is waging war on nature that's the warning from the u.n. secretary general who says human activity is having a dire impact on the environment and turning over tears spoke at a forum on 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

a sextant general says his central objective next year will be to build a global coalition for carbon neutrality. the state of the planet is broken the friends humanity is waging war on nature the zs 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 because systems are these appearing before our eyes there's are spreading wetlands are being lost every year we lose $10000000.00 ector's of forests oceans are overfished and choking with us the quest the carbon dioxide they absorb is specifying the sea coral reefs are bullish than buying air and water pollution are killing 9000000 people annually more than 6 times the

current call of the pandemic the former french president validations counter star has died at the age of 94 he was france's leader 49742981 and had recently been hospitalized he was known for steering a more nice ation of french society during his presidency including allowing divorce by mutual consent and legalizing abortion and was one of the architects of european integration. china is cracking down on imported frozen meat after traces of code 19 was found on packaging in more than 10 cities authorities say the virus may have contaminated imports from brazil india germany and several other countries between e.u. has more. lacey hall used to run a thriving imported meat and food business but the pandemic has changed that the chinese government says an increasing amount of furs and food being sent to china carries traces of coronavirus and its placed heavy restrictions on many of the

products you sells to are imported the meat and the seafood now must pass our staff and customers a worry about the 50 dart of a chinese authorities say traces of the virus have been found on furs and chicken beef and seafood from nearly 2 dozen countries nearly 3000000 people were tested in the port city of tianjin after 2 warehouse workers reportedly contracted carbon 19 after handling german pork last month the findings have resulted in new screening measures and some imports being banned the government crackdown has affected vendors and wholesalers nationwide this used to be a busy hub and may just a lot of the city's imported frozen sees it now this area has been completely shut down and closed experts say it's possible for current virus to be transmitted via cold chain products that are unlikely. to read.

in english. and most important. thing and actually. the foreign ministry says frozen fruit transmission suggest the corona virus may not have originated in china do you want to work over there china was the 1st to report cases it doesn't necessarily mean that the virus originated in china tracing the origin of the virus is a complicated scientific issue. the world health organization says it's highly speculative to argue the disease did not come from china the agency is conducting an investigation into han the original epicenter of the outbreak but will be given limited independent access to official records germany and you zealand are among

several governments who have criticized china's crackdown on imported for years and food saying new restrictions amount to unfair trade that areas the chinese government has frozen packaging can be contaminated by the coronavirus there have been no cases of people be affected by consuming imported foods. beaching. or one of the top stories there 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 there's over the age of 80 the world health organization is reviewing the vaccine for a possible emergency listing a benchmark for all the cars.