we ask executive director david beasley how the challenge of combat in global hunger would be met in the age of the coronavirus pandemic the nobel interview on al-jazeera. a step towards resolving the gulf crisis sidey arabia says a deal could be reached soon to end the 3 year land sea and blockade of cattle. problems at home and you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes the u.s. records more than 2500 kroner virus deaths in a day president elect joe biden calls on congress to approve billions of dollars in covert relief funding. president trump orders he would draw all of nearly all u.s. troops from somalia raising questions about the fight against the armed group al

shabaab. plus as lines for handouts get longer in argentina the government turns to the country's richest citizens to help. them to 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 qatar now that's after the saudi arabian foreign minister said he's hopeful a deal could be reached soon saudi arabia bahrain the united arab emirates and egypt imposed a land sea and air blockade on qatar in june 27th teen. crucial days are had 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 host country has been we 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 u.s. president's adviser. qatar's for him an assertion $100.00 men are the last man on earth ernie says he also remains optimistic about the prospect of a deal we have achieved certain point certain point of time more than a year ago and then things has giordano and right now there are some more moments that we hope that this will put an end for of this crisis 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 needless 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 return i can 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 all the gulf corporation council has welcomed the news in a statement it server development reflects the strength of the g.c.c. . and its ability to overcome all obstacles the new developments come

a few days after the us president's senior adviser jared. 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 sad man the visit was widely seen as a last ditch effort by the trump administration to end the land sea and blockade that was imposed by saudi arabia u.a.e. bahrain and egypt 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 end the blockade where reared its 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 fees qatar pays to fly over its airspace the coming days and weeks which show if the gulf rival nations are ready to set aside their differences $1.00 of the ones of the brocade might take even longer to heal. is iraq. u.s. secretary of state might pompei or says washington is optimistic the deadlock will end but didn't say when we are 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 important we think is 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. the u.s. has reported more than 225000 new coronavirus infections in a day more than 2500 deaths are reported in just 24 hours well in recent weeks the country has seen a resurgence in cases and it's prompting many areas to impose new regulations among them the city of san francisco where the man 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 he says the situation is bleak an urgent action is needed kristen salumi reports of 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 year 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 lines . it is. going to close this is it will be not enough shelter not. 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 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 all rising fast italy has reported 814 deaths and more than 20 full files of new infections well than 58000 italians have died so far restrictions have been tightened a christmas with movement between regions and. in mexico new restrictions are also being imposed in the capital to curb a rise in the number of new infections the mayor of mexico city has suspended all non-essential government work and urged people to stay at home present under us manuel lopez obrador has has been asking people to counsel their year end travel

plans and even avoid exchanging christmas presents over in south korea it's reported $583.00 new infections most of them in seoul the government has reimposed unprecedented restrictions in the capital closing most businesses and shops during the evenings the world health organization says vaccines alone will not eliminate covert 19 they say data suggests that they may not offer lifelong protection the head of the w.h.o. says there's light at the end of the tunnel but poor 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. this is a global crisis and the solutions must be shared equitably as global public goods not as hybrid commodities that why don't inequalities and become yet another reason

some people are left behind u.s. president donald trump is pulling back nearly all american troops from somalia over the next few months now they were deployed to train and advise somali forces in the fight against the armed group al-shabaab from the latest order follows a series of announcements post-election to withdraw forces from missions abroad when lawrence is a professor at the american university school of international service 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 for no good reason. and there is 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 and 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 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 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 on 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 polls over the parliamentary elections a record number of women among the more than $300.00 candidates that comes on the country's economy is reeling amid falling oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. well still ahead here on al-jazeera it stumbles i in the sky keeps watch on social distancing as turkey sees provirus cases rise and releases the dreamers a u.s. federal judge orders the trumpet ministration to restore a program that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation stay with us here on al-jazeera.

follow 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 that is effectively a cold front like the temperature in kuwait 20 celsius here in doha we could be up to 30 degrees once again now ask a pair popular make its way further east which i mean 19 celsius in kuwait on sunday afternoon wetter weather moving into that western side of iran that will lead to widespread flooding say 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 with the sweater then on the other side of the arabian sea largely dry across a good part of india mist and fall problems up towards the north yes but it's down to the south where we remain very concerned about a tropical side a 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 up 100 millimeters of rain we're going to see that grassy making its way over towards the horn of africa next week. but. captaining a leading used team at 16 years old takes determination. to that staying on top of your game at school. the whole family bands together and shares the sacrifices necessary for a son to have a shot at becoming a professional footballer. by tunisia the home game on a jersey and our. world

. will be back you're watching all just there with me so hold on 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 involved are close to finalizing an agreement. the president all jumpers ordered the withdrawal of most american troops from somalia about $700.00 are based advising local forces in the fight against al shabaab now the drawdown is part of tom's plan to reduce u.s. involvement in counterterrorism the poor. and the us have seen another day of record high corona virus infections reporting more than 225000 new cases in recent weeks the country has seen

a resurgence in cases under its prompting many areas to impose new regulations globally more than one and a half 1000000 people have now died 19 worldwide. health officials are worried about the sharp rise in covert 19 infections in turkey but the country has been reporting around 30000 cases a day in the last week or strictures have been introduced in an effort to stem the surge so new consumer reports now from istanbul. the area near istanbul's taksim square is now being monitored by police through news to see how many people are walking through it's pedestrian only zone it's part of africa to tackle the suppression of 19 issachar street to remains a popular tourist destination despite a global pandemic. the police allow almost 7000 people to cross at the same time here while others wait to enter this came after the turkish government

and ellesmere measures from overnight curfews to partial weekend lockdowns the government wants to encourage people to stay at home as the number of daily call with 9000 cases across the country surpasses 30000 we need to observe but also to proceed there's no need for full curfews people have businesses to run controlled progress is important with masks and social distancing especially before the vaccine according to official data at least 22000 people walk through a stick last street at any given time and this number reaches around 28000 during the summer the crowd restrictions only apply to sick last street other public squares that are s. crowded as the streets are still open to everyone. some here who complain the measures that have been imposed are not enough to prevent the suppression of call it 19 since many spent always commuting to work they would like to see more

restrictions on public transport and fewer measures on open public areas like the streets. smoking outside has also recently been banned restaurants and cafes are only open for takeaways and delivery foreign tourists we spoke to say it was easy to come here for a visit the spiked restrictions which was 3rd good because. we don't need to bring p.c.r. tests to come inside they've gone tree is good for tourism i mean we're going to be walking the streets more relaxing that in other countries in europe but the turkish medical association say's the measures are too little too late for the clear very late to impose restrictions except for the essential we must close over production facilities for at least 10 to 15 days we've already lost 207 medical personnel so far these are the 1st hours of a full weekend locked down and

a quieter friday evening in text him weeknight curfews have already been in place for a week some sectors are excluded from the restrictions now many are waiting to see if these latest measures will help turkey curb the virus or if it will be forced to impose a full lockdown. al-jazeera stumble. in the us a central judge has ordered the trumpet ministration to fully restore an obama era initiative protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation in 2017 trying trying to end the deferred actions of childhood arrivals program also known as dhaka from to angry demonstrations another move was blocked by the supreme court earlier this year but in july early trump officials tried to limit the program by stopping new applications friday's ruling clears the way for undocumented teens and young adults to apply is hard to construe. 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 received 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 gray region as it tries to bring an end to the month long conflict but the head of the to green people's liberation front says residents of the regions company in the kili have been protesting about looting but ever trained soldiers who support. it's difficult to concern me the sides claims due to a media blackout in the area catherine moni is a spokeswoman for the united nations high commissioner for refugees and she says

the u.n. is hearing unverified reports of human rights violations into 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 the 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 the un's refugee agency says bangladesh was not forced through finger refugees to move to an island off the

coast which is prone to storms and flooding but aid groups have expressed concern people are being coerced into going the navy officials say more than 1600 ring of refugees heading to the island of russian charge from cox's bazaar the u.n. says it's ready to evaluate conditions in the new location if the government allows them. at least 18 people are being killed in a mine accident in china it happened at a mine in the region of chongqing media local media says it was caused by a carbon monoxide leak now one person has been rescued and efforts are underway to locate 5 others australia's prime minister says he's looking to constructively engage with china amid a growing diplomatic and trade drought in recent months china has imposed a number of tariffs and other restrictions on australian products spot in the war of words between the 2 countries they kill again. growing tensions between china and australia with these tweets of a fake image depicting

a struggling soldier holding a knife to the throat of an afghan child alluding to a recent report on alleged war crimes by some. what followed was a war of words with beijing refusing to apologize and the state backed global times newspaper doubling down with another cartoon of australian soldiers at the moment both sides are not willing. and both sides are quite willing. it's been escalating for years the strategy has legislated or the concern that china was too involved in politics here and it became the 1st country to ban chinese take away from its 5 g. network it's also spoken out about china's handling of hong kong and the coronavirus beijing hits back with bans in tariffs on a struggling industries clearly a strike is taking economic punishment. political stance that china does not agree

with now with strong leaders taking beijing to the world trade organization threatening legal action over its tariffs on bali allies have rallied behind a strong leah with campaigns to biased. let's throw in politicians are traditionally taken i bipartisan approach to china a bit and i read the whole thing the opposition labor party has accused the prime minister of presiding over i can point breakdown of relationships the government has now for recess the question is how to reset relations when china even wrinkles business is caught up in the tensions are hoping for a diplomatic resolution in terms of a media. but what we have is that we do. know working through the challenges the challenge will be navigating a path between voicing what is strongly believes to be legitimate concerns while

maintaining lucrative markets and also opening new ones gauge al-jazeera camera. after days of destructive protests for his government has repealed a controversial farming law there was a liberations as the decision came down workers had been on strike and had also set up roadblocks on major highways bringing traffic to a standstill farmers said the decades old law leaves them with poor wages and benefits argentina is turning to its super rich to help people struggling because a covert 19 the senate has approved a bill to tax large fortunes but opponents say it will prevent future investments will slow down economic recovery trees bo has more. hundreds of people come every day to this plus i'm front of congress and when our side is 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 know 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 in one of saddam's us poverty rates have increased in the past year around 60 percent of our downtown children are now poor statistics so the government has increased for some cost on dollars but most people say it's not enough. argentina is struggling with inflation and recession it's also renegotiating its falling debt with the i.m.f. . the government now is 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 or 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 the new tax will be terri investment and will promote capital flight as it 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 to 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 sectors involving 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 healthiest people leave poverty behind. and just when. you want your deservedly so ho romney reminds us of our top news stories the emir of kuwait says he's pleased with the progress of talks aimed at ending a blockade of cattle by neighboring countries the saudi foreign minister says all of the nations involved are close to finalizing an agreement u.s. secretary of state might pompei or says washington is optimistic the deadlock will end but didn't say when we.