on al-jazeera. i've been covering all of latin america for most of my career but no country is alike and it's my job to shed light on how and why. the i. covered 900 vaccinations are set to begin in russia but that questions about safety will take you live to a vaccination center in moscow this hour. they're watching algis there are live from doha with me for the back to bore also coming up the situation is urgent. 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 1000 infections threatened to worsen the crisis pressure mounts on ethiopia to allow aid groups to reach eritrea and refugees in

the northern tier gray region plus. world box office battle global cinema chains are in urgent talks with warner brothers about its plans to stream new releases on my. soul russia is pushing ahead with the 1st stage of its large scale covert 1000 vaccination program teachers doctors and social workers a set to get the locally produced sputnik vaccine around 2000000 russians are expected to be inoculated this month as some western scientists have raised concerns about russia's vaccine because it did not complete all the clinical trials before it was approved live to our xandra got for a who's at a vaccination center in moscow so alexandra the mass vaccination begins today sad.

tell us how it's going to be happening and what's been happening at this vaccination center way you walk. so yes we are in the center of moscow in front of the cleaning company behind me is one of the vaccination centers that opened today there is in total 70 of them in moscow started working at this morning and it is receiving patients who had previously scheduled their appointment afford this vaccination we're talking about people who work in health care system education or in social security systems and they have to be younger than 60 and they have to be basically healthy so suffering from a no serious chronic diseases her each patient and there is an hour dedicated 1st 10 minutes to general health checkup then 15 minutes to prepare it is because it has to be kept on a temperature below. minus 18 celsius and then half an hour for

observing the person how it is taking a shot so today started the official vaccination for the 1st these people that they received today will have to come back here in 3 weeks to receive their shot and according to russian officials they should build up their flu immunity. for today so 6 weeks for now for the people that receive their shots today all right alexandra thank you very much for the moment. are there with simon klock who is an associate professor in microbiology at the university of reading and he's joining us by skype from writing in the u.k. thank you very much for being with us simon this quite a lot of distrust toward since russian made coronavirus vaccine among western scientists but also understand russian medics and the general population there what do we know about sputnik and how it works for us. but we know that it works in

a manner similar to the bat sea that's being developed by the arch oxford astra zeneca seat in the u.k. where it uses other viruses to deliver molecules from the corona virus whose kind of humanity into our bodies to stimulate an immune response really i think the skepticism around this comes from the fact that it's been worked on very quickly speedy it to be developed very quickly and it appears to be big put into the general population rather earlier than it would if you have been developed say the u.k. but the trials that it has undergone do not appear to have been as extensive as they would have been in this country develop as a noun sat the vaccine is 95 percent effective that the sputnik v. what methods do you think they use and can it help authorities gain control of either the virus in russia i think. well it will have done is that of injected into

the papal. looks to see whether a control freak who didn't have a back seat they were about something else the you had a vast sea had different rates of infection and that's how they come out with a 95 cent number but those those study groups are still very small of the smaller they are and i think this is possibly a problem with the russian state it was the school of those groups are the next hour so while it might have some epic to see because they use a small study groups claiming 95 percent efficacy this stage may be of it coming sure also nice they remembered that they're not according to your correspondent earlier that minister and it's people are over 60 years of age and really they're the biggest actress group and they're the ones that need a vaccine most right and as with other vaccines the russians are saying even if

this one is effective doesn't mean that your people will be able to go back to our to the elder lives as it were acquired we don't know whether any of these vaccines any of them at all prevents you from getting a virus and possibly don't somebody else we know that they have affected this sick or will it will stop you getting sick but we don't know if they will stop you transmitting a virus so we've got to be conscious of the fact that people still be to maintain social distancing maintain a good hand id a mark where and where appropriate because even if they are effective even if the vaccine vaccines are affected there will still be a lot of people out in society in our population who haven't been back since and so everybody is covered and people are still at risk salmon just one last question would you recommend taking this russian batson would you take that yourself. i

would blow to see a lot will they say this russian vaccine i mean i would probably also a trials that would both but i don't do that knowing. that i'm going through as i do extensive trial regime. thank you so much for talking to us simon clock associate professor and send in a microbiology at the university of reading we appreciate your time thank you and a coronavirus pandemic is a getting worse in the united states in just the past day more than 2500 people died from cold 1000 and they've been nearly a quarter of a 1000000 new cases the recent surge is prompting many areas same pose new regulations among them the city of san francisco has warned the current rise is unlike anything we've seen so far and with a large number of americans still unemployed president elect joe biden is calling on congress to urgently pass a cold 1000 relief bill he says urgent action is needed christensen only 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're 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 what a crisis we need to come together as a nation be 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 mean it's been i mean my last year were march they went 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 you know. if. you're going to close this is it will be not enough shelter and. food so

there is 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. in other world news ethiopia's government says it's captured or killed most of the leaders of the embattled stingray region as it tries to bring an end to the month long conflict but the head of the tea grain people's liberation front says people in the region's capital mckelway are protesting about looting by ethiopian back to retrain soldiers a media blackout in the area makes it difficult to confirm these claims the u.n.

says fighting is complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid despite a deal granting them access now sudan has played an important role in helping refugees from ethiopia stingray region despite its own economic difficulties but this is not the only challenge posed by the conflict as mohammed reports on the sudan ethiopia border. the sudanese army on patrol near the border it's on the lookout for refugees who might be stranded in the area after escaping the fighting in ethiopia is no integrate region brigadier general because it is proud of his country's humanitarian role for. a bit of muscle. for the 1st 12 days before aid agencies arrived the people of get a reef with the 1st to offer food blankets shelter and comfort to the regime g.'s the sudanese armed forces organize transportation for thousands of civilians and brought them to hash camps. also known as village aid hosted 15000 refugees in

the 1st 2 weeks after the fighting started integrate these homes were borrowed from local sudanese farmers to host the refugees so there is aid agencies prepared food in the camps. is one of so many sudanese into his shop a village who share their small homes and modest meals with the refugees. the one we look at if europeans as part of our family our neighbors and friends we have you started ties with them so when the war broke out we went out into the streets and open fields looking for those who came here fleeing the fighting. so that itself is going through chronic inflation fuel shortages and other economy problems stability at its borders is of utmost importance where the war in its european has brought to the fore another on resolved issue here what i stand is the facade of farmland thousands and thousands of active militants asemi fields and this land is

actually disputed between ethiopia and so than. the triangle where most of the refugees are staying covers an area of about 250 square kilometers and it has about $600000.00 acres of felt thailand so that says it's an integral part of its territory because it lies west of the line drawn by colonial britain but ethiopia maintains an army presence here and if you open a pharmacy exploit huge parts of the land a joint committee has been trying for years with little success to finalize a border demarcation. pointing to it across the adjacent up body for this sudanese farm he's unequivocal. abode is a well defined and we're not really for compromise our government has allowed these ethiopians to settle on our land but we object to them and we will fight them to the last minute to be restored fully that's the pact we made with our ancestors we haven't crossed into ethiopian territory or do they want to take it out. during the

1st few days of the fighting integrate some each open army units abandon their bases within and the void was filled by the sudanese army now it's commanders tell us they're not intending to cede those positions to the shopian army if it tries to return. i'll just for shugart triangle so the knees each open border. still ahead on al-jazeera as most american troops are ordered to leave somalia we ask what next in the fight against armed groups in the region and as lines for her. the knowledge and the government turned so its citizens. the at. hello there's been persistent rain recently in the far south of thailand in

northern sumatra that's produced widespread flooding evacuations is largely because the rivers are expanding particularly in northern sumatra not given this cold northeast breeze which is typical this time there's the northeast monsoon you get more rain in vietnam but that tends to enhance the rain then beyond this it's still warm of course by the time it gets down to this part of the world but you've got the potential of big rains once again in java but we have not seen the end of it northern sumatra there are more showers here for the next day or so at least monday sees a dry looking picture that given this flu and what's happening in western java the chances are we're seeing creased rain in the northwest of australia it's expected it's in the forecast is even happening at some to some degree at the moment for the south same story as a cold front running through victoria a.c.t new south wales at the moment and then the rain is gone during sunday is on its way down to new zealand those are tasmania

gets edged it used to go windy a particularly cold weather this is the so we're talking about was melbourne's temperature 20 or even 19 degrees while trying to get to monday that perth is fine but look at the rain in the northwest. of. pakistan's k.s.c. $100.00 s. suds more than $36.00 said we bring you the stories in development is that a rapidly changing the world we live in water is indispensable to economic activity but industrial users worsening access to fresh water counting the cost on al-jazeera really understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter what we believe the news and current affairs that matter to . move. forward. in the in.

our come back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera over 1000 vaccinations are under way in russia despite questions about safety teachers doctors and social workers will be the 1st in line to get the domestically produced patnaik vaccine more than 2500 people died from cover 19 in the united states in the past 24 hours and they've been nearly a quarter of a 1000000 new cases recent surge is prompting many areas see impose new regulations and ethiopia says it's captured or killed most of the nieces of the embattled tikrit region as it tries to bring an end to the month long conflict the e.u. says a deal to open access to humanitarian aid doesn't go far enough with some areas still out of fridge. by u.s. president donald trump has ordered the withdrawal of most american troops from

somalia it's part of his plan to reduce u.s. involvement in missions abroad victory gates and he has more. preparing for a withdrawal some of the 700 u.s. troops whose what training local forces in somalia is coming to a premature end raising questions about the fight against the armed group al shabaab to blow us operational standpoint is that over time it will its ability to have american eyes on the ground to have more interaction with small you're. not proving that resilient and 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 president don't trumpeted that withdrawal as part of his plan to reduce u.s. involvement in military missions abroad it comes after announcements last month to draw down troops in afghanistan and iraq says he's determined to fulfill the election promises he made for the white house next month. there are the

pentagon says it's concerned about the threat posed by al shabaab and one democratic congressman on the house armed services committee says the withdrawal of u.s. troops is in his words a surrender and a gift to china and they say president elect joe biden could reverse trump's draw down the u.s. is all over africa they're all over the world there are some you know 40 or 50 countries that american troops and so biden will probably be able to get that level of troops back into somalia. the pentagon hasn't said how many u.s. personnel will stay in somalia to train and advise local forces the critics say the withdrawal could not comment to was time but fighting in neighboring ethiopia and upcoming elections in somalia the turei gates and be al jazeera. to argentina now which is turning to its super rich to help people struggling because of covert 19 the senate has approved a bill to tax large fortunes with the hopes of raising more than $3000000000.00 but

opponents say it will prevent future investment and slow down economic recovery there are several reports some by the size of the. hundreds of people come every day to this plus sign front of congress in one of 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 we're not doing my job 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 agreed for some cost on dollars from people so 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 in the prison was a solution when we come out of the pandemic one of the fewest resources will have is 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 me to give the damage but critics see more policies are needed to help feast people leave poverty behind the saw and to cedar point to scientists polls have opened in coates parliamentary elections

a record number of women are among the more than $300.00 candidates it comes as its economy is reeling from falling oil prices and the corona virus pandemic june is monitoring the election for us. first and foremost is the impact that covert 19 has had on the election season in the past you would see lavish vang banquets being held you would see a huge dinners being held as campaign events where people would meet face to face and candidates could talk about their platforms obviously with the restrictions in place in kuwait a country where there was a months long lockdown earlier this year that wasn't possible in this election season instead what you had is a lot of candidates migrating online especially younger candidates and female candidates trying to have those debates in a virtual space trying to connect with potential voters online and that's something that really has changed the dynamic of this political season in one of the things that's been very interesting to see is that kuwait a country where women were only allowed to vote starting in 2005 this year you have

a record number of women as candidates you have $29.00 women so it'll be interesting to see how they perform once the results are coming in but as far as any potential shift politically analysts have said that in kuwait the opposition has really been weakened in the past few years and so they're not expecting any huge major political shifts as the outcome of this election is here and the emir of kuwait says he's happy with the progress made in talks aimed at resolving the gulf crisis that's after saudi arabia's foreign minister said his helpful idea could soon be reached saudi arabia behind the u.a.e. any chipped imposed deadline and c.n.n. abdelkader of kottayam june 27th he. has an interest. crucial days and full gulf nations talks aimed at ending the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwait's foreign minister whose country has been brutally mediate again and to the crisis

says he's confident. constructive and fruitful talks of taking place recently with all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resume lucian's to presume. the region stability and harmony i maintain the interests 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 for him an assertion i haven't been on the last man or 30 says he also remains optimistic about the prospect of a deal we have achieved certain formulas 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 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 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. its cage and and its ability to overcome all obstacles the new developments come a few days after the u.s. 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 mohammed bin said man the visit was widely seen as a last ditch effort by. the trump administration and the land sea and blockade that was imposed by saudi arabia u.a.e. 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 and the blockade 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 target flights and move the trump administration believes will deny iran and estimated 100000000 dollars in annual fees qatar pays to fly over its space the coming days and weeks which show if the gulf rival nations are ready to set aside their differences $1.00 of the burdens of the blockade might take even longer to heal. now the world's biggest cinema group says it's in urgent talks with one of the largest hollywood studios about its plans for online release and he wants one of brothers to change this decision to stray museums next year at the same time as their release in theatres the owner of audience cinemas in europe is just one company being bypassed by major studios after they were 4 circles for lockdowns now as restrictions in cinemas are desperate for exclusive content to me of us back. considering that we relive it

during i know. a lot of theories are not open so it's a good thing that the truly serious issues are getting bigger and bigger i mean it depends on the movie i like to see and i'm in both but i'm kind of a t.v. guy so for the most part you know once in a blue moon i'll be worth going to see a movie i think eventually it will come back there's nothing like taking a friday night movie day you know appreciate those i know everyone does right now i think people want to stay home you know for the comfort and safety but i think once you know america can best. go to it's comfortable for everybody i think everybody will go back to cinema same thing with broadway you know people love the feeling of being able to get out of your house and experience it just long as a film industry amnesty says the pandemic has accelerated change across the entertainment business exciting times in terms of hollywood scary moment i think

for peter exhibitors but again the writing was on the wall and i don't think they're going to disappear but they are going to change and danger going to streamline it will not be to see industry this is not a reboot this is alternately rebuilt and that's what we're going to see i think over the next 5 to 10 years. again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera covered 1000 vaccinations are underway in russia despite questions about safety teachers doctors and social workers will be the 1st in line to get a domestically produced put back seen some western side does have raised concerns about russia because it did not complete all the clinical trials before it was approved alexandra god is outside the vaccination center in moscow with more we're in the center of moscow in front of the cleaning company behind me is the.