on al-jazeera. and untold stories from asia and pacific on how to see if. we face the human tragedy and the public house humanitarian and development images a year into the corona virus pandemic some hope with vaccine development but still a long way to go according to the u.n. . hello there i'm alomar here the and this is al jazeera mike from doha also coming up battling misinformation facebook and instagram will begin removing false posts

about covert 19 vaccines. fears for rangar refugees who are being moved to an island that aids groups say is dangerous. and an urgent crisis in syria as the cold of winter puts millions of people at risk. but we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world's the picture is getting the worse the cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic there have been more than $64000000.00 confirmed cases of the virus and nearly one and a half 1000000 people have died at the u.n. general assembly is holding a special session on the pandemic in his opening statements actually general and.

tariffs and for size governments must be united in their response for the 1st time since $145.00 entire world is confronted by a common senate got a list of nationality at ni-cd or face the world us organization provides factual information and scientific guidance that should have been the basis for a quote of the global response unfortunately many of these recommendations were not followed and in some situations there was a rejection effects and and ignored those of the united nations and when countries go in their own direction the vitals goes in everyone action as it promotes a good state james bases that the united nations he says the tone of the speech was a notable departure for good terrorists the secretary general who is known as job to be very diplomatic was not very diplomatic in that speech calling out some of

the richest nations on earth saying that the the help for developing countries with regard to covert 19 was totally insufficient for the scale of the crisis and in particular he called out that group in the g 20 which only met a couple of weeks ago he had called at the g. 20 meeting for very specific measures for a lot more money $28000000000.00 to get the vaccine to absolutely everyone and for them to increase debt relief to the poorest countries on earth they're already doing that but to extend it for longer and also to extend that to some of the middle income countries that are in desperate need that hasn't happened and the secretary general believes that is a mistake and he's made it quite clear in this speech for the special session of the general assembly which is under way. let's take a look at some of the countries that we've been following us the coronavirus cases continue to claim russia has reported more than 28000 new infections on thursday

that's the highest increase and yet its 2nd largest city of st petersburg has announced restrictions around the new year holiday. to indonesia where they're seeing rajar record rise daily cases reports in with an 8300 on thursday there indonesia has the highest number of infections and deaths in southeast asia several officials there have recently tested positive for corona virus in hungary they've just recorded 182 deaths that is their highest daily death toll partial lot sam's introduced 3 weeks ago with a curfew in force in lebanon the health minister is warning there will not be enough hospital beds to cope with the increase in case loads the country's already dealing with a major financial and economic crisis and is still struggling after the beirut port explosion in august and iran has now passed 1000000 confirmed cases over

coronavirus over 1000 has killed nearly 50000 people there but the health minister says the actual number of deaths is probably much higher as had begun in iran he explains the discrepancy in the fatality rates. many people weren't tested and some people died before takeover tests could be carried out now figures are coming down slowly slowly since the country introduced this partial lockdown so with the new infections daily new infections are around 13000 down from 14000 and the daily death toll come down to mid 300 to what it was last month the highest there had ever seen over 400 now these new restrictions mean that non-essential businesses are closed that restaurants and cafes are serving takeaways only and private vehicles are banned from the roads from 9 pm till 4 am in the morning if they're found to be out on the streets they face

a financial penalty but also mosques and religious places have been closed and that's quite significant because iran is an islamic republic facemasks a compulsory both inside and outside in public spaces and government offices have either closed or working with minimum staff now this partial lockdown is set to expire on friday night some places could be extended or some restrictions depending on what category they fall into now iran has blamed us sanctions for stopping them and restricting their fight against the pandemic also at the start of this pandemic around march this year iran wanted billions of dollars from the international monetary fund that was refused again iran blamed the united states in fact today foreign minister divides the reef has been speaking and he said the united states has reached an economic war against iran that's cost many lives and they were able to purchase medicines to deal with patients. well the us is still the worst

affected country by far but whedon state reports its highest daily death toll since april according to johns hopkins university there were more than 2800 deaths recorded in a single day in for the 1st time daily hospital missions across the us top 100 thousands in a day 200000 new infections were also reported neither the heads of the u.s. census for disease control warns that by february another 200000 people could die from the corona virus so we're in that range potentially now of starting to see if seen 100 to 2000 to 2500 deaths a day. from this far so you know that mortality concerns are real. and i do think unfortunately before we see february we could be close to foreign 50000 americans have died from this virus let's get reaction now from the u.s.

the white house correspondent kimberly how kemba they got another grim warning there from the c.d.c. and the numbers really back up the seriousness of the situation. yeah the public health officials in this country saying that the next 3 months in the united states could be among the most difficult in public health history in the u.s. there is a lot of concern about these records that the united states keeps breaking as you mentioned 200000 new cases on wednesday alone 100000 hospitalizations these are the kinds of records that americans simply don't want to be breaking and yet it continues and the fear is because of that thanksgiving holiday that just passed with so many americans traveling and ignoring a lot of the public health warnings to stay home that this infection rate is only going to continue to climb so a lot of people now heeding the warnings to stay home and wear face masks and

social distance but it might be too little too late at this point given the numbers that we're seeing that's what many people looking to the vaccine and the approval emergency authorization expected in mid december but even still we know that there were only be about 40000000 doses and a population of 330000000 that is really just a drop in the bucket. and kimberly we're also hearing reports. that there are there is the vaccine on the way but the supply chain for transportation old baxi has been. more key talents. yeah so this is apparently emerging in september but now the department of homeland security as well as i.b.m. sending out alerts to customers involved in to and also executives involved in the what's called the vaccine cold chain this means those people that are involved in

the transportation and supply of the vaccines and keeping it at extremely cold temperatures which we know is essential and somewhat unique for these vaccines what we understand is that phishing emails have been sent to people in volved in this chain and what we're hearing is that these cyber spies seem to have an intimate knowledge of the vaccine cold chain in fact the security experts saying that this has all the hallmarks of a nation state so they are putting out this alert keeping people aware but at the same time this is only adding to the anxiety in the united states as so many americans are not only worried about the vaccine but questioning in some cases the safety of it in fact that's prompted former presidents barack obama bill clinton and even george w. bush to all say when it's their turn to get the vaccine they're going to get it on camera to reassure the public ok kimberly how praying is the very latest from the white house thank you kimberly face food because announced it will start from

moving posts from facebook and instagram that have false claims about coronavirus func see it says misinformation that poses a risk over imminent harm will be taken time social media company will label and reduce distribution of other claims which contradict health experts in the early couple bianco is say director of health the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he says the best way to reduce the spread of fake news on vaccines is tease evidence to back the information. we are very worried about the me seem formation that he circulate the particularly on all social media these it's been going on for months and he's intensifying right now with the arrival of vaccines a lot of rumors going around that colby may not be there that colby may not affect africans that if you get a vaccination you may be sterilized or if you use garlic you may fight probably

1000 all these claims are not based on evidence and are very very risky. to produce is that we are all trying to stop this terrible and i think a lot of people in social media and outside like a direct cross are christians are working very much hard to to to to combat misinformation to put forward to the right information we think we really believe that is the priority is to bring in the right type of information at all levels of media politicians researchers and organizations like like the red cross and then you can also try to to to ban the the the wrong information but i can also backfire so what is absolutely critical piece to improve the amount of evidence based information that he's brought to the communities those ones that are connected by remembering also the fact that are many communities that do not have access to social media where is the person to person interaction that actually vital information on how to prevent the transmission of the virus. still to come

here on al-jazeera why a court in central african republic has rejected former president francois d.'s it was these ads that run the in the upcoming elections plus home comb through democracy activists and media mogul jimmy line said i bail as he faces charges of. how the weather looks decidedly disturbed across a good part of the middle east at the moment still a fair amount of play out just around the black sea the caspian sea said through the event we got some showers in the forecast here just some cloud to just coming down into saudi arabia through kuwait just to the north of us here in qatar will see the showers continue across central parts of saudi arabia want to see showers

to up towards the north of iran and showers just pushing into that eastern side of the mediterranean over the next day or 2 becoming a little more extensive as we go through saturday so sliding across jordan more than past saudi arabia try to push a little further southwards that the is going to make too much progress for us here in qatar but come the early part of next week this may well flick through not much rain on it but it will freshen things up temperatures struggling to get to maybe $24.00 or $25.00 degrees for the south africa fun and dry cross the whole of africa plenty of showers into the heart of africa and you see across central and southern parts there but a wet weather on the cards over the next day or so lively showers there through the rift valley just pushing down towards zimbabwe botswana zambia seeing some heavy showers and if showers to just extending into central and southern parts of mississippi.

frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people and in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines. inside story on al-jazeera. with tiny hidden cameras criminals are illegally filming and sharing people's most intimate moments going to an east investigate south korea spy camp the demi on al-jazeera. the the end of the. this is al-jazeera a quick reminder of the headlines for you now multiple countries are racing to

approve covert 19 vaccines the more than 64000000 confirmed cases around the world and nearly one and a half 1000000 people have died it's the u.n. secretary general is calling for unity the approach to tackle the fire rests really bond stops 1000000 confirms coronavirus cases in the hardest hit country in the middle east in the 50000 people have died from covert 19 but officials say that number could be much higher. than face because honest it will start removing files from face we can instagram that of false claims about corona virus vaccines and says misinformation that poses a risk of imminent harm will be taken down. in the 1st lawmakers from libya's rival administrations of the right for their 1st joint sessions 6 years with 90 members of the house of representatives around the city of adama's still be joined by those from the internationally recognized government in tripoli for the meeting

on monday highly anticipated debate follows talks in iraq over the rivals agreed on a framework to end the year's long divisions atop courts in the central african republic has rejected the candidacy of former president say he had planned to run against the current president in elections at the end of this month nicolas sarkozy following the story from dakar in senegal. the judges of the constitutional court say he's in breach of article $103.00 of the constitution which says that in order to be candidate for this election you have to have good morals and you have to have a clean criminal record judges believe that he has neither of course he is wanted by the government of bunk who says that he incited hatred funded armed groups as well as accusing him of torture during the 2013 crisis where we saw christian and christian militia groups close also known as close to france were

busy fighting against the what is known as the. armed groups and so not only that the united nations security council have also put him on a list because they believe they accuse him of funding armed groups now he is not supposed to be in the country the government bank you were looking for him and he mysteriously appeared just weeks before the presidential elections so this this this announcement that he is not legible for this election comes as no surprise and of course it paves the way for president who does the favorite for this election to really make his way forward for a 2nd mandate. good ion's will be able to vote for a woman to help run the country for the 1st time on monday nama of koku argument is the 1st woman on the ticket as vice president she is running alongside former

presidents john muhammad hoping to defeat the incumbent presidents not a call for though he's struggling to control the flagging commie heart hits by the pandemic. from hong kong politician and pro-democracy campaigner ted hoy has announced he's seeking exile in the u.k. he's facing multiple charges relating to the last years anti-government protests that says media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate jimmy line has become the latest high profile figure to be taken in city police custody give you a good pal and reports now from hong kong a news room that's once again at the center of the day's news as the apple daily goes to press the detention of the tabloids founder will be making the headlines on thursday jimmy lyon 2 of his media companies executives appeared in court to face charges of the illegal use of an office space in the paper's headquarters the court ruled that jimmy lie was a flight risk and denied bail he could remain behind bars until the next hearing in

april the 73 year old is one of hong kong's most high profile democracy activists a businessman with a net worth of around a $1000000000.00 he has 6 cases against him mostly related to his support for anti-government protests with his close ties to the united states he has lobbied for support for hong kong's pro-democracy movement prompting beijing to label him a traitor. in august lie was arrested for collusion with foreign forces a violation of the national security law which was imposed by beijing just a month before around $200.00 police stormed his next digital media complex the raid on the apple daily news room live streamed across the city the apple daily is hong kong's biggest pro-democracy newspaper it reported widely on last year's anti-government protests and despite coming under pressure it has continued to be critical of not only hong kong's government but also of bating life detention came

just a day after 3 pro-democracy activist joshua long agnus chauhan ivan lamb started jail terms of 1310 and 7 months respectively more than 10000 people have been arrested for protest related activities since last year there is traces on the streets of loyalists. people are now keeping their cell very worried about these developments former legislative counselor ted hurry is the latest to go into exile on thursday while on a business trip to denmark he faces 9 criminal charges including offenses related to last year's protests the apple daily newspaper has called it one of the saddest days in the 25 year history but sent out a statement of vowing to continue to monitor the government and keep up the fight for democracy even in the absence of their boss they've got talent our desire our hong kong. bangladesh's become transferring hundreds of bring the refugees to the

island over charge which the u.n. warns is prone to cycling's and flooding at least. 1500 people left the camp. in 1000000 have been living in school at camps and scientists bangladesh violence in myanmar but they are refusing to return without guarantees for their safety and rights. has more now from coaxes bazaar. thought only take 100000 people to isolated island which is 50 kilometer coast of bangladesh which is prone to cycle on tidal wave the government will say we spent 218000000 we've built embarkment there's clusters of villages around shelters and hospitals although their school me thing which is one of the primary. reasons the rowing a record year they're really concerned about because there's no education either in the camp or in that island now talking to

a lot of their own many of them said they're really not interested despite having all the infrastructure facilities the government so they'll be farming they'll be domesticated animals that could be the livestock farming they could go fishing and other stuff that they feel comfortable here because they can visit camp to camp their extended families here close to their homeland you can think of several kilometers away behind me there's a sense of belonging here even the regional people here speak their dialogue they can communicate more or less in the same language so that times of belonging a psychological factor they don't want to be isolated far away in a coastal island which they don't know nothing about but the government is determined they're going to take probably will take months to relocate the 100000 people in that island. if european television has released footage from within the northern tea gray region it appears to be from the military shows life seemingly returning to normal because of

a media blackout al-jazeera is unable to verify these pictures united nations says the conflict has displaced around a 1000000 people tens of thousands of people have fled across the border to sudan mohammed valas the hash up a refugee camp in sudan near the border that ethiopia hundreds of refugees here they have lost contact with their loved ones they don't know well about so moms and fathers and sisters and sons and daughters that's the most traumatic aspect of what's going on here inside the camps with regards to the situation the other aspects of the situation you can see behind me is being distributed on a daily basis across the camps we are in now closer to the border with ethiopia and this composts about $15000.00 each opens but this is not going to be a permanent camp this if you look behind me you can see those small houses this is

a village that has been built by the sudanese government to holst. those villages who have been displaced and moved from there from their areas because of the dam that has been built here the city the lake of the encroached on their homes so that there were some of them were still waiting to be handed their homes so that the war happened just when they were about to be moved here and those refugees came they were given a priority by the sudanese government and the gross asians are going on between the 2 sides between the owners of the homes the the to be owners of the homes and the government to convince them to wait until the situation can be improved and more of the refugees can be moved to permanent camps. yes media reporting that saudi arabia is close to reopening a serious face and blunt boards or a cutter the gulf nation has been under a land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e.

and egypt since june 27th seen present time senior adviser jared cushion or was in doha on whedon's stay in this report states of also visited saudi arabia bloomberg and then yon time suggest the tense of deal it's been brokered by kuwait that does not include the u.a.e. and egypt's al-jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashar explains what reconciliation with saudi arabia with mean for qatar i think for qatar the important player is saudi arabia and the important neighbor and the and that country that which they care to have an immediate. solution with or you know open relations with would probably be saudi arabia the other ones are not that important i'm not sure qatar cares very much whether or when bahrain decides to call them board egypt is kind of a bit foreign it has or has the dishes or it had and the u.a.e. is playing its own game you know perfecting good relations with israel that credit

that relations with its own neighbor qatar so i think that they're important or. they're the corner store if you will is hopefully a really you know opening of relations between presidents are going to be and that might lead or should lead to bilateral really bilateral negotiations then between cotton each and every one of those countries but i think actually in fact those countries will be paying more attention of course once saudi arabia gets on board. the united nations says urgent need is needed urgent aid say is needed for 3000000 syrians living in refugee camps when so can be harsh so they desperately require essential and shelter to keep warm and to say no huddle reports there's a possibility many more people could soon become homeless winter in northern syria can be bitter and harsh it has still not fully set in but already heavy rains

have flooded overcrowded camps home to nearly one and a half 1000000 people displaced by war the united nations calls it one of the biggest displacement crises in the world. we have to find. x. . times i. really want. but peace remains elusive so for now the priority is survival families have been moving into new camps but the u.n. says it received only 54 percent of the money it requires to provide safe for living conditions to all those in need 2020 with this the largest mass displacement in the 9 year conflict nearly a 1000000 left their homes because of a months long russian backed syrian government offensive in the opposition

controlled province of idlib so you see. you know we now live in a big prison and used to have our land all home you don't know how you will find food to eat. a life in exile is what many fear particularly those living close to the front lines a truce reached in march were made for a child by. were afraid the regime will launch an offensive to capture to syria then will have to leave and never be able to return. just a sure city is on the m 4 international highway which the government wants to be able to connect the coast to the commercial capital aleppo in the offensive earlier this year the regime recaptured the m 5 after a tense the bombing and empty villages along the route. we saw what happened to the others they were forced from their homes now they live in the rain no means to make a living at least half of it lives population have been displaced from other parts

of syria people trapped in a small pocket of territory where a humanitarian situation threatens to get worse it's a reality that doesn't appear to be temporary that whether. this is al jazeera these are the headlines multiple countries are racing to approve cope with 19 vaccines have been more than 64000000 confirmed cases around the world to nearly 1500000 people have died the u.n. secretary general is calling for a united response to the virus by governments for the 1st time she's 945 entire world is confronted by a common senate regardless of nationality and needs you to your face the world us organization provides factual information and scientific guidance that should have

been the basis for a quote of you know if you.