the village with the bulldozer residents face will just give them one minute to think. it took the found me months to build their brick house and less than an hour to see if it's. a step towards resolving the gulf crisis sidey a rabia says a deal could be reached soon to end the 3 year land air and sea blockade of qatar on. the momentous and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the situation is urgent. if we don't act now the future will be very bleak

a call for immediate action as u.s. job growth slows and soaring covert 19 infections threaten the struggling economy. president donald trump orders the withdrawal of most u.s. troops in somalia raising questions about the fight against the on group al-shabaab . bangladesh begin sending ruhi refugees to an isolated island in what's being seen as a forced relocation. they made of kuwait says he's happy with the progress made in talks to end the gulf crisis that's after saudi arabia's foreign minister said he's hopeful a deal could soon be reached to end the debate a dispute with qatar it's been 3 years since saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt imposed a land sea and air located on qatar but the fatah ministers say all parties want to reach a final agreement off to holding constructive talks. reports. crucial

days ahead for gulf nations talks aimed at and in the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwait's foreign minister whose country has been be generally mediating and and to the crisis says he's confident. a constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resolutions to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the interest of the peoples within this context we express our appreciation for the latest efforts by jared cushion or the u.s. president's advisor about qatar's for him an assertion mohamed monoglot manner 30 says he also remains optimistic about the prospect of a deal we have achieved certain for certain point of time more

than a year ago and then things has slowed down and i know there are some more moments that we hope that this will put an end for the best price because we see and we believe actually that gulf unity is very important for the security of the region for the stability of that region and for for the sake of our people this need this crisis needs to end a few hours after the kuwaiti and qatari statements saudi arabia's point minister also said significant progress has been made and all sides are close to reaching an agreement. we hope that. this progress can lead to a final agreement which looks in reaching back out and say i am somewhat optimistic that we are close to finalizing. an agreement between all the nations in dispute to come to a resolution that we think will be satisfactory to or the gulf cooperation council

has welcomed the news in a statement it server development reflects the strength of the g.c.c. german and its ability to overcome all obstacles the new developments come a few days after the us president's senior adviser jared questioner made a visit to the region he held talks with a meet of qatar shift i mean but how middle 30 and saudi crown prince mohammad been so man the visit was widely seen as a last ditch effort by the trump administration to end the land sea and air blockade that was imposed by saudi arabia u.a.e. and egypt on qatar in june 2017 the blockade in countries sever diplomatic ties with doha and issued a list of 13 demands for qatar to implement. they include downgrading ties with

iran closing a turkish military base and shutting down al jazeera qatar dismissed the demands as a violation of its sovereignty the u.s. has been trying to and the blockade were reared it might undermine its efforts to contain iran's influence in the region in the last few months american officials had been hoping saudi arabia would open his space to the tide of flights and move the trump administration believes will deny iran an estimated $100000000.00 in and a wealthy. these the top pays to fly over space the coming days and weeks which show if the gulf rival nations are buddies to set aside their differences one of the ones of the role kate might take even longer to heal. is iraq. u.s. president elect joe biden is calling on congress to urgently pos

a covert relief bill to help millions of americans suffering during the pandemic biden says the situation is bleak with job growth slowing new data shows the economy still has 10000000 fewer jobs than before the pandemic because the sentiment reports from wilmington in delaware with colder weather on the horizon and the coronavirus surging in an already fragile economy the united states is bracing for a tough winter american employers sharply scaled back hiring in the last month adding just 245000 jobs the fewest since april president elect joe biden says quick action is needed to reverse what he described as one of the worst economic crises in modern history the folks out there aren't looking for a handout they just need help they are in trouble through no fault of their own nothing they did cause them to have hours cut or lose your job or drop out of

the market what they need they need us to understand we're in a crisis we need to come together as a nation need the congress to act and act now. biden has highlighted the plight of working class americans and struggling business owners speaking to those who have lost jobs in the service industry and public sector in a virtual round table discussion earlier this week like karen coffey who lost her job working in a sports stadium we do we have a lot of concerns mr but i think it's been i mean my last day were march the 8th when everything shut down retailers shed jobs in november what would normally be peak holiday shopping season a reflection of fewer consumers shopping in physical stores restaurants bars and hotels saw a modest job growth but many continue to struggle amid the pandemic with parts of the country beginning to reimpose restrictions on businesses trying to state why.

it is. going to close this is the people will may not have shelter and. food so there's a balance or little enough to break it or in all nearly 10000000 jobs lost since the pandemic have yet to return with a rising proportion of the unemployed describing their jobs as gone for good unless congress approves another aid package before the end of the year millions of unemployed workers stand to lose all of their jobless assistance and president elect biden says that should be just the 1st step he plans to introduce more measures to stimulate the economy as soon as he's inaugurated on january 20th christian salumi al-jazeera wilmington delaware. nearly all american troops in somalia will soon be leaving president donald trump sort of the withdrawal as part

of his plan to reduce u.s. involvement in counterterrorism abroad that comes after announcements last month to draw down troops in afghanistan and iraq i did jocasta has more from washington d.c. . we know that the total number of u.s. troops in somalia currently is somewhere around $700.00 and while that number may not be large the pentagon has long considered this mission against al shabaab in assisting the smaller government to be a cornerstone in the u.s. policy against al qaeda and its affiliates around the world and the pentagon statement announcing this this withdrawal it makes takes pains to say that these troops will be relocated to neighboring nations of somalia and in fact cross border operations may yet continue and the statement does say that the u.s. is not abandoning its african allies of course this does fall on the heels of president trumps a decision last month to also draw down troops in afghanistan and in iraq down to

$2500.00 u.s. military troops in either of those countries that too is set to take effect by january 15th well william lawrence is a professor at the american university school of international service is joining us from washington d.c. thank you very much for giving us your time sir. he was explaining there the troops are going to move i think to kenya and that's predominantly where a lot of the drone activity that the u.s. troops can carry out in somalia is driven from in your opinion what's going to happen in somalia if these troops do leave. i think the main points to be made is that it's going to be a symbolic blow to somalia. that the u.s. is in the pulling out for reasons that are clear. it in terms of the fight against terrorist elements and the terrorists will be able to declare victory for having forced out of the americans that have been there since 1900 while and end and

they'll be at impression that movement issues are all marble outlying areas south of particular more vulnerable and none of this is necessarily the case but it's a symbolic of love to somalia because there was no particular reason to pull them out and it's very similar to the us pull out of germany which was just a redeployment support and italy that the $500.00 choose a lot of iraqi people don't realize how few there was these are symbolic moves more than anything else and frankly from the pentagon perspective it's like moving around pieces on a chess board while trying to claim victory in the overall it is a delicate time for some audio though isn't it i mean they're preparing for parliamentary elections next month as a presidential election shuttled for february very often these are accompanied to some degree by violence one would have thought that perhaps at least the presence of troops there on the ground might have at least laid any fears that al-shabaab may attempt to end it loose itself may attempt any activity against those elections

. well the tax probably would have been made that way but this increases the sense of vulnerability and it's exactly why i said what i was saying about the symbolic blow to somalia i mean the troops will be there and they'll be in kenya they'll be in detroit drawls will be there but i think the the blow from the u.s. operational standpoint is that over time it will lose its ability to have american eyes on the ground to have more interaction with somalia jews who have not proven that resilient in the fight against terrorism and needed that u.s. backing and so it really is a blow to smile in that sense for no good reason. and there is no good military or should she get reason to do this and the reaction as you saw from the pentagon statement is going to be very negative in africa like it was when the u.s. was contemplating pulling out of this help this well there's no reason lotus hell in the u.s. didn't need to when they ended up not pulling out but the troops will be right

there if there is another major terrorist attack i'm sure they'll be an opportunity for a redeployment within somalia so this again is i think not necessary with negative symbolic implications given the fact that we're facing a possible change of administration of course in the u.s. come january how easy would it be for by the ministration to reverse this decision i would joe biden actually be all that keen on doing it. well the wind does not come out of the obama and troops who are getting the u.s. troops out of every troops out of everywhere by is norman internationalist more team to continue u.s. operations against terrorists elements but understands that the us population is very new reactor 1718 years of war around the world fighting isis this is the isis it's an al qaeda affiliated group but the u.s. is all over africa they're all over the world there are some you know 40 or 50

countries of american troops and so biden will probably be able to get that level of troops back into somalia if he needs to to the republicans will beat him up of threats and so americans will be upset but given the numbers of americans around the world i don't think it's a major decrease or increase in terms of deployments against terrorist threats it's always good to get your thoughts on this william lawrence we appreciate your joining us on al-jazeera as always thank you very much indeed president donald trump's campaign has filed a lawsuit in georgia seeking to invalidate the state's election results it's expected to include sworn statements from residents are alleging fraud though so it is the latest in a string of unsuccessful legal challenges a main aimed at overturning joe biden's election victory. still ahead on al-jazeera pressure mounts of ethiopia to allow the aid groups to access at

a train refugees in the embattled seagrave region. and the words of warning from the u.k.'s prime minister as a last ditch talks intensified to secure a trade deal with the e.u. . follow there we've got high pressure dominating the weather across china at the moment so it's lossy dry and fine for the most part we have got a little bit of what's the weather just moving towards japan and for a time not too much we'll see some showers just arriving on either side of honshu clearing story as we go on into sunday temperatures picking up in tokyo to around 15 celsius around our high we have the winds coming in from a wealthy stay direction just and hans in the northeast monsoon a few showers there into taiwan plenty of showers into the philippines and we're

driving that wetter weather towards southern parts of thailand towards the malaysian peninsula quite a rash of showers right across the region here then as we go on through the next few days we could see some wet weather coming to southern vietnam wet weather still moving across southern parts of india in the fall all factual cyclon brevity that sin the process of weakening somewhat but still plenty of heavy rain over the next 24 hours will say we may well see another 100 millimeters of rain across parts of tumble not to more so into kerala it will eventually drift out into the open waters of the arabian sea push towards us madia chavez do come back aim high but not as wet as it has been recently but a risk of further flooding. in 1958 charles de gaulle made a famous speech in algeria to insanity. but take a don't hold back the tide of algerian independence o.-p.

france's colonies in africa and the pacific. and the final episode of the series on jazeera explores how the long and bitter fight for the french empire still resonates today blood and tears french to colonise ation on al-jazeera. were. more gentle dizzied a reminder of our top stories this hour the emir of kuwait says he's pleased with the progress of talks aimed at ending a blockade of qatar by neighboring countries the saudi foreign minister says all the nations involved are close to finalizing a week. u.s.

president elect joe biden is urging congress to pass a coronavirus aid bill to help millions of americans struggling during the pandemic is warning that 12000000 people could lose their unemployment benefits of it's not approved by the end of the month. president donald trump's order the withdrawal of most american troops from somalia about $700.00 a base there revising local forces in the fight against al shabaab the drawdown is part of tom's plan to reduce u.s. involvement in counter terrorism abroad. ethiopia says it's captured or killed most of the leaders of the embattled t.v. region as it tries to bring an end to the month long conflict there but the head of the degree and people's liberation front says residents of the region's capital makali have been protesting about looting by at a train the soldiers who support ethiopia it's difficult to confirm either side's claims because there's a media blackout in the area the european union has criticised ethiopia for limiting aid workers access to at a train refugees in the northern t.v.

region almost $100000.00 refugees were living in camps there many are thought to have fled during recent fighting but an agreement with the government only grants aid organizations access to federally controlled regions cassar mahoney is the global spokesperson for the united nations high commissioner for refugees she says the u.n. is hearing unverified reports of serious human rights violations in. my colleagues from the u.n.h.c.r. the u.n. refugee agency in ethiopia stand at the ready we are waiting to go in and we're ready to restore all of our humanitarian activities inside the tea great region now that's for you know as you say 100000 eritrean refugees who have been living for some 2 decades and for refugee camps in the region and for another 100000 forcibly displaced ethiopians but you know as of right now we still do not have the secure

access we're ready to go in but we you know as the days and hours pass we become increasingly increasingly worried for the safety and security of all but especially those eritrean refugees we continue to hear you know gruesome reports so we're ready to go and we just need to secure access since the onset of this conflict you know some of that's been going on for about a month and you know there has been a sensually a complete communications blackout in the region we've had no telephone no internet connection. any ability to reach so the reports that we're hearing are unverified but they are alarming gruesome reports of you know potential attacks on refugee camps of potential of the doctrines even the possibility of the killing of civilians refugees or humanitarian staff it could also you know we've also heard reports of forced recruitment so these are things that if they were to be verified

would be grave human rights violations. the u.k. and e.u. still haven't managed to work out a bragg's deal with less than 4 weeks to go into a britain's transition period ends they use chief negotiator michele bond the aide says they've agreed to poles talks because the conditions for the deal haven't been met but his prime minister abbas johnson is now expected to hold negotiations with the european commission president ursula on the lane on saturday both sides have clashed on fishing rights and fair trade rules so they gave those in london to the talks are being held and she says neither side seems willing to back down. they only have so much time with which to guarantee a free trade agreement between the 2 parties and with those 2 particular points that mention the play of the competition rules as well as the issue on fishing rights as well they seem to be stuck on those 2 particular issues now with the

competition rules those are of particular importance to the e.u. you know one of the sacred rules that about the blockhouse is the fact that any country that wishes to do a free trade deal with the european union cannot use state subsidies in order to boost companies and of course an interruption in the competition rules as it were it has to be an effect on a fair trade on a on a level playing field as it were that is issue which the u.k. has faced because an approach in a press breakfast world has wanted to use state subsidies to boost certain companies in the u.k. to create a sort of a tech industry here to rival any other countries in the world where the problem is and using state subsidies is going to contort that competition as well the 2nd issue fishing rights well now further french that is an important issue and to the dutch as well that they're coastal communities they need to go back to their countries and say look we preserve your fishing rights therefore we've we've got armament in there at the u.k.

however fishing industry only accounts for 0 point one percent of g.d.p. in the country but it is an important symbolic. industry as it were and that is being used to try and appear like a strong arm tactics in these negotiations in order to put across the message that the u.k. is not going to take any deal at any price. the world health organization is warning that vaccines alone will not eliminate covert 19 data suggests they may not offer lifelong protection the head of the w h o's says there is light at the end of the tunnel but the world's poor people shouldn't be overlooked. let me be clear we simply cannot accept a world in which the pool and money generalized are trampled by the rich and powerful in the stampede for it but since this is

a global crisis and the solutions must be shared equitably as global public goods not as private commodities that widen inequalities and become yet another reason some people are left behind. but crane is becoming the 2nd country in the world to grant approval for one of the 1st coronavirus vaccines but thoughts and i would turning to how it's going to be administered germany is hoping to have a mass vaccination centers ready next month to start immunizing people as soon as it approves the job from berlin dominic king reports this is a 1st glimpse of what the mass vaccination centers will look like moves created inside large warehouses or exhibition halls where thousands of people can safely be immunized every day there are 6 of these centers planned across berlin serving a population of several millions to centers will be at the former temple whorf and now closed tegel airports the man responsible for coordinating the construction of

all 6 centers explained the process of the recent us leaving we know that we need to vaccinate 20000 people every day and we wondered if we could do this in one place the answer is no there is no place big enough and the organisation would have been very complicated i thought about how many centers we would need with 6 centers we have an optimal number in terms of their location in the different areas of the city the plan is for these centers to be ready by mid december so that if and when the vaccines are approved the centers are ready to go almost straight away but with the u.k. government having already approved one vaccine for distribution ministers here are facing questions about why their approval process seems to slow or the health minister young man says rushing to be 1st is not the most important element and under siege it is no protests. we are following a different approach within the e.u. there are also individual member states germany included that could activate these

emergency approval procedures but after much consideration we decided against doing this they said we would proceed in collaboration with the we are proceeding with caution to keep the maximum level of trust in this product. the need for the vaccine is clear every day so far this week germany has been recording recalled daily death rates almost every day hospitals are gradually becoming fuller with corona patients which explains why some eminent scientists here have put great faith in the vaccines being developed since we have so far they've been developed extremely fast fantastic the science behind it really is great. but they're. tested for now 6 months ok and if you want to have a vaccine and want to be in your own for a lifetime you have to test it for a long time so there still is some insecurity how good thiis are opinion polls

suggest the majority of germans are prepared to have the vaccination provided it's safe i'm going to merkel has said the 1st vaccinations could begin before christmas but so far nothing has been finalized dominic kane al-jazeera berlin the mayor of mexico city has called on businesses to close their offices to help fight a surge in infections people are being urged to work from home and the local government is going to scale back operations it comes as the president encourage mexicans accounts on new year's travel plans mexico has the world's 4th biggest caseload with over 1100000 recorded infections. authorities in bangladesh have shipped the 1st group over here muslims from a camp to a remote island despite pleas from some refugees to abandon the move war than 1600 people have boarded naval vessels to the isolated island of basilan but the u.n. is concerned the refugees have been moved against their will not

a burden man who reports. these are injured refugees are stateless homeless and many have survived violence and now their future too it's looking. more than $1600.00 to him to be moved to a family uninhabited island in the paper ankle but their destination bash in china is considered by many to be dangerous. the u.n. refugee agency born for the only emerge from the ocean 2 decades ago and it's produced still plotting it says no one should go against their will but some are hidden just say they have no choice. so a merciless sleepy to my brother and broke 23 teeth then they brought him here my brother didn't want to go to push on. it isn't forced my son in law didn't want to go they literally forced him to board a car they threatened to kill him otherwise. the refugees are being both

from here in coffins bizarre to the city of chittagong the island is about 40 kilometers by i think some people on the ship say it gives them some hope for the only way out how you know how the bangladesh government is giving us assurance of a better life they'll give us a good environment food and shelter and so we are going there in a coup to prolong camps there are 800-0021 1000000 people living in back in dish and so crowded so to get away from that situation we are going. we are not happy at the camps if we go back to me and more we may have a people but we don't have anything there to prove our citizenship so we didn't agree to. go back we heard from seniors as well as the television that will get much better facilities at the sean char bangladeshi authorities spent years building shelters on the island to accommodate up to 100000 people they say it will help to ease overcrowding in the largest refugee camp in the world cup 5th bizarre

that's home to more than a 1000000. but the majority fled 3 years ago in a military crackdown on the muslim minority. although me on monday night's genocide the u.n. called it textbook ethnic cleansing. the u.n. says it doesn't have access to the island but rights groups say they want to know if the regime too will receive appropriate medical care ensure the human rights freedom of movement education and want their then are they able to come back more about a manly out of iraq. this is all to syria these are the top stories they're made of coate says he's pleased with the progress of talks aimed at ending a blockade of qatar by neighboring countries the saudi foreign minister says all the nations involved a close to finalizing and a growing u.s.

president elect joe biden's urging congress to pass a coronavirus aid bill.