vironment we shall energy solutions for future generation the brash path i am hearing future energy. a step towards resolving the gulf crisis saudi arabia says a deal could be reached soon to end a 3 year land sea and air blockade of qatar. hello i'm somehow rommany watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes a record number of coronavirus deaths in the u.s. president elect joe biden is calling on congress to urgently pass a covert release they'll. present trump also orders the withdrawal of nearly all u.s. troops from somalia raising questions about the fight against the armed group al-shabaab

. and bangladesh began sending writing to refugees to an isolated island in what's being seen as a forced relocation. back into the program we begin with the gulf crisis now in its 4th year the emir of kuwait says he's happy with progress made in talks aimed at resolving the dispute between 4 arab nations and catarrh that's after the saudi arabian foreign minister said that he's hopeful of a deal could be reached soon saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt all imposed a land sea and air blockade on qatar back in june 27th teen. has more. crucial days had for gulf nations talks aimed at and during 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 mediate again 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 us president's advisors about qatar's point minister sheikh mohammed bin al the last man or 30 says he also remains optimistic about the prospect of a deal we have achieved certain for certain point of dime more than a year ago and then things has giordano and i know there are some more moments that we hope that this will put and for all of us christ 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 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's server development reflects the strength of the g.c.c. it's good here german and its ability to overcome all obstacles the new

developments come a few days after the u.s. president's senior adviser jared questioner made a visit to the region he held talks with a meet of qatar shift i mean but hammered out thoroughly and saudi crown prince mohammed bin said 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 locating 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 us 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 annual. these days to fly over space the coming days and weeks which show if the gulf rival nations are ready to set aside their differences one of the burdens of the role kate might take even longer to heal. u.s. secretary of state might pompei or says washington is optimistic the deadlock will end but didn't say when we're very hopeful that the. dispute between the saudis the countries can be resolved we hope so because we think that's important for peace throughout the middle east but most importantly we think it's the right

thing for the people of each of those countries we're going to keep working to do our what we can to facilitate conversations and dialogue u.s. president is pulling back nearly all american troops in somalia over the next few months they were deployed to train and advise somali forces in the fight against the armed groups. trumps the latest orders follow a series of announcement post-election to withdraw all forces from missions abroad william lawrence is a professor at the american university school of international service and he thinks the decision will hurt american interests in the region. the troops will be there they'll be in kenya they'll be in the truck drawls will be there but i think 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 if for no good reason. and there's no good military

or strategic reason to do this and the reaction as you saw from the pentagon statement was going to be very negative in africa like it was when the u.s. was contemplating pulling out of the help they said well there's no reason helen the u.s. didn't need to when they ended up not pulling out but to 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 necessary with negative symbolic implications the u.s. population is very new reactor 1718 years of war around the world fighting isis this is isis. 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 the american troops and so biden will probably be able to get that level of troops back into somalia if he needs to the republicans will beat him up.

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. the u.s. has seen another day of record high current virus infections reporting more than 2 125000 new cases more than 2500 deaths reported in just 24 hours in recent weeks the country has seen a resurgence in cases under us prompting many areas to reimpose regulations among them the city of san francisco is mayor has warned the current spike is and we quote unlike anything we've seen so far and the pandemic has hit the world's largest economy hard with a large number of americans still unemployed president elect joe biden is calling on congress to urgently pass a covert 1000 relief bill that he says the situation is bleak and urgent action is needed kristen salumi has more 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 but they need they need us to understand we're in a crisis we need to come together as a nation we 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 we were marched day 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 some modest job growth but many continue to struggle amid the pandemic with parts of the country beginning to reimpose restrictions on businesses we're trying to statewide. it is saying. we're going to close this is the people will be not in a shelter and you're not. so there's a balance little you know right here in all nearly 10000000 jobs lost since the

pandemic have yet to return with a rising proportion of the unemployed describing their jobs as god for good i must 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 kristen salumi al-jazeera wilmington delaware. across several parts of the world the numbers of infections and deaths are rising so fast italy has reported another 814 deaths and more than 24000 new infections more than 58000 to tally and have died so far all restrictions have also been tightened over christmas with movement between regions banned over in mexico new restrictions have been imposed in the capital to curb a rise in the number of new infections the mexico city has suspended all

non-essential government work and has urged people to stay at home president manuel lopez obrador is asking people to cancel and of year travel plans even avoiding exchanging christmas presents mexico is amongst the worst affected nations with more than 108000 people dying of covert 19 and south korea has reported 583 new infections most of them in seoul the government has reimposed unprecedented restrictions in the capital closing most businesses and shops in the evenings the world health organization says vaccines alone will not eliminate covert 19 they say data suggests they may not offer lifelong protection the head of the w.h.o. says there's light at the end of the tunnel but poorer nations should not be overlooked let me be clear. we simply cannot accept a world in which the pool and marginalized are trampled by the reach and

powerful in the stamp it for vaccines this is a global crisis and the solutions must be shared equitably as global public goods not as private commodities that why don't inequalities and become yet another reason some people are left behind at least 18 people have been killed in a mine accident in china though it happened at a mine in the southwest region of chongqing state media says it was caused by a carbon monoxide leak where one person has been rescued and efforts are still underway to find 5 others. well still ahead here on al-jazeera a relief for dreamers a u.s. federal judge orders the trumpet ministration to restore a program that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation. also as lines one doubts get long in argentina the government turns to the country's richest citizens. their stories after the break.

but. the weather looks pretty changeable across the middle east over the next couple of days areas of cloud across northern parts of the region around the black sea the caspian sea all the way down towards the red sea here you can see this line of cloud here how does effectively a cold front look at the temperature in kuwait 20 celsius here in doha we could be up to 30 degrees once again now as got a pet popular make its way further east where it's i mean 19 celsius in kuwait on sunday afternoon wetter weather moving into that western side of iran that will lead to widespread flooding see have pushed right to the heart of the country here in concert we should stay dry but as a system pushes through monday things will freshen up temperatures will struggle

get to 24 celsius crappy would be sweater then on the other side of the arabian sea dry across a good part of india mist in full problems up towards the north yes but it's down into the south where we remain very concerned about a tropical sideman brevity that's making its way across the tunnel not a grassy rolling over towards carolina right warnings in force here as a result of that there will be further flooding and over the next couple days some parts could see i mean $100.00 millimeters of rain we're going to see that grassy making its way over towards the horn of africa next week. but. talk to al-jazeera we heard scott realistically how can you do with institutionalized corruption and in this country we listen if this breaks up into conflict between august on and india this has implications for the rest of the world we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter is

there are we know what's happening i region we know how to get the playfield that others cannot and fires are still going on the way they tell the story is what and make a difference. what about the watch officer he said holroyd the reminder of our top stories 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 evolved are close to finalizing an agreement. president donald trump has ordered the withdrawal of most american troops from somalia about $700.00 of base their advisors local forces in the fight against al shabaab the drawdown as

part of troops plan to reduce u.s. involvement in counter terrorism abroad. and the us has seen another day of record high current virus infections reporting more than 225000 new cases in recent weeks the country has seen a resurgence in cases and deaths prompting many areas to impose new regulations globally and more than one and a half 1000000 people have now died from cope with 19 worldwide. in brazil the race to find a vaccine has turned into a highly politicized debate the governors are paolo has bypassed the federal government to buy china's vaccine but president has routinely cast doubts on that job leaving the brazilian population confused monica young has more. the 2nd plane in 3 weeks to land in symbolic brazil's richest state any more be the last 3 matches of the chinese coupe with 19 vaccine corona governor's mando idea

says he already has more than 1000000 doses i doubt you now this should be by the end of december we'll have another 6000000 doses of the vaccine that will save brazilian lives and he wants to use the new some power in january long before the federal government starts its mass vaccination campaign. has used around 2 i'm incensed at the federal government's announcement that massive vaccinate. begins in march 500 brazilians die every day is the government going to wait for 60000 more to die before doing anything the brazilian government is working with oxford to produce the astra zeneca vaccine but the race to win the coronavirus vaccine competition is turning out to be as much about politics as about public health no idea a serious contender for brazil's 2022 presidential election teamed up with china in an effort to fight the pandemic. while his rival brazil's far right president jade

bull samantha 1st claimed the chinese treat the pandemic with a gun he tried to undermine their credibility a diaper kid i wouldn't buy a vaccine that nobody believes in when corona fact clinical trials were suspended in november after a volunteer died also not a celebrated what he called one more victory over dorothea. also not his attacks on china's communist government are both ideologically and politically motivated according to her bathtub in the former resume embassador to the united states and china also now though has already said he will try to be reelected and he sees the governor of some paulo as not not just that he was an enemy so this way both are not as. both the governor of some and the chinese the scene which the governor of some fall is trying to develop china's already south

america's number one trading partner and with more than 175000 pope in 1000 related death in brazil experts say beijing's vaccine diplomacy could give it a magic edge here china was the 1st country that said it would make its vaccine a global public good if we compare with for example with the with the united states . or the attitude made by donald trump was completely different not only focus all night stands but bolton on his anti chinese campaign has also done its damage recent polls show that almost half of brazil's population doesn't trust the chinese vaccine manichean i.q. the addition narrow and just syrup. a u.s. federal judge has ordered the trumpet ministration to fully restore an obama era initiative protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation in 2017 john

tried to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals program also known as dhaka prompting angry demonstrations early this year the move was blocked by the supreme court but in july trump officials tried to limit the program by stopping new applications for it is ruling clears the way for undocumented teens and young adults to apply heidegger castro has more from washington d.c. . we know that trump still has more than a month left in office but certainly the court ruling today is a death knell to one of his signature hardline immigration accomplishments of his time in office now we know that trump won office partly by his promise to undo this obama era program that trump had called amnesty to young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the united states as children at its peak that obama program called dhaka assisted about 800000 immigrants and it gave them work permits as well as temporary protection from deportation well as soon as trump took

office he his white house attempted to cancel the program altogether only to have that effort stopped at the level of the u.s. supreme court that didn't stop the administration's attempt to diminish the programs as much as possible only to confront now this latest hurdle from a federal judge ruling today that the program must be fully restored which means new applicants must be accepted as early as this coming monday course this is a victory for immigration advocates but it's one that they had foreseen for a while it's come earlier than expected given that president elect joe biden had already promised to help these so-called dreamers but the timing of that coming now before trump is even left office certainly it's a symbolic blow to the president's legacy when it comes to immigration ethiopia says it's captured or killed most of the leaders of the embattled t.

gray region as it tries to bring an end to the long cold licked but the head it's a great people's liberation front says residents of the region's capital mackellar have been protesting about the looting by trained soldiers who support if difficult to confirm the sides claims due to a media blackout in the area. custody is a spokeswoman for the united nations high commission of refugees and she says the u.n. is hearing on verified reports of human rights violations in the gray you know we've had some 47000 people cross the border from ethiopia into sudan a 1000 people crossed the border just last night now what's different about the situation now we know people are still on the move those that are arriving say that more are coming but what's different in the past few days is the number of eritreans who have arrived which raises our concern for the situation and inside gray that where we're still waiting to see ourselves 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 abductions even the possibility of the killing of civilians refugees or humanitarian staff. authorities in bangladesh ships the 1st group of running the refugees from a camp to a remote island the u.n. is concerned that refugees have been moved against their will lower but money has more. these are in giraffe e cheese are state less homeless and many have survived violence and now their future too is looking uncertain more than $1600.00 will hinder the move to a formerly uninhabited island in the bay of bengal but their destination bash in china is considered by many to be dangerous. the u.n. refugee agency born for the only emerged from the ocean 2 decades ago and is proud

to storms and flooding it says no one should go against their will but some are him just say they have no choice. other than mine and that they mercilessly beat my brother and broke 23 teeth then they brought him here my brother didn't want to go to push on child. 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 refugee being both soprano here and cox is bizarre to the city of chittagong the island is about 40 kilometers by thing some people on the ship say it gives them some hope for the only way out how you know the heart of the bangladesh government has given us assurance of a better life they will 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 to to get away from that situation we are going. well enough that 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 shan charge 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 cox's bizarre that's home to more than a 1000000 range or. the majority fled 3 years ago in a military crackdown on the muslim minority. although me a month denies 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 real hindu will receive appropriate medical care ensure the human rights freedom of movement education and want they are there are they able to come back

more about a manly out of the era. india's government says it's open to amending some of its agricultural reforms as farmers continue to protest outside the capital tens of thousands were out on friday demanding the government give them a minimum guaranteed price for their crops they worried legislation passed in september will lead to corporate exploitation argentina is turning to its super rich to help people struggling because of covert 19 the senate has approved a bill to tax large fortunes but opponents say it'll prevent future investment economic recovery trees a boat has more. hundreds of people come every day to this plus i'm front of congress and when our scientists to find food and i mean this is a pensioner who says it's the only chance she has to find a daily me like anything and i don't eat or when i cannot find some work to make some money i come here to find food i work as

a cleaning lady most of my pension goes to my rent this place saves me because if i have to buy all this food i cannot survive and what about the situation in the country. the coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on this country. argentina's economy was already in the red but coronavirus has made it much worse protests like this one are happening almost daily in one us dollars us poverty rate increased in the past year around 60 percent of our doing town children are now poor told us that their stocks so the government has increased for some cost on dollars but most people so it's not enough. argentina struggling with inflation and recession it's also renegotiating its falling debt with the i.m.f. . the government now is in desperate need of money and that's why it is imposing a special tax on those who have over $2500000.00 money raised by the tax is to be

used to buy hospital equipment fund welfare subsidies and loans for small and medium sized businesses with the aim of increasing employment board to get the most of the new law is a request we make to the wealthiest people in the country people not companies and we say the richest because of the things they own in the country and abroad this also extends to residents in other parts of the world to keep their properties in argentina. but some sectors in the country say their new tax will be terri investment and will promote capital flight going to prison was a solution when we come out of the pandemic one of the fewest resources will have its capital capital with the village to invest to generate jobs to put the factories back to work have reacted with the economy analysts say much more needs to be done to deal with the current situation. we need to transcend politics we have had governments of different ideological backgrounds and none of them found

the solutions to the problems there has to be state politics that are agreed between all think to evolve in the business sectors that are the ones that generate jobs these are desperate times for most urgent times the government's approach to finding a way out can help mitigate the damage but critics say more policies are needed to health east people leave poverty behind. and. wealth in 12 years are you watching our headline news 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 of the nations involved are close to finalizing an agreement u.s. secretary of state says washington is optimistic the deadlock will end but didn't say why and we are very hopeful that.