behind the scenes to see if the indigenous movement could pull off a remarkable comeback to live in exile will return on al-jazeera elite . hello there i'm just on the attack and this is the news hour live from our headquarters here and our coming up in the next 60 minutes the w.h.o. says hundreds of millions of coded 1000 vaccines will be available globally next year as russia starts mass about summations despite safety concerns iran takes another step towards banning the u.n. nuclear watchdog from inspections of its sites. ethiopia's prime minister faces criticism for his handling of the great crisis as aid agencies struggle to reach

thousands displaced by the fighting. and with a deadline looming boris johnson and the head of the european union trying to break the deadlock on a trade deal. i don't feel similar to the united states policy is a contribution allowing the prosecution of those involved to get into the. hall we begin this news hour and russia which is pushing ahead with its large scale $1000.00 vaccination program and that's despite the final human trials of that program not yet complete around $2000000.00 russians are expected to be inoculated with the sputnik v. vaccine this month health workers social workers and teachers of the fast in line some scientists of welcome to the news of the say the data has been rushed out for separately the world health organization hopes to have $500000000.00 vaccine doses

for distribution in the 1st quarter of next year that's under the kovacs program which aims to ensure equal access of vaccines around the wild one of the countries who have signed up to the kovacs initiative is iran the death toll has topped 50000 as the west hit country in that region and that's all as walls and mosques reopened in the capital tehran following 14 days of lockdown i will get the latest out of russia from alexandra shortly but 1st need baka has this report. it's called covert back trade name sputnik v. after the soviet era satellite that triggered the space race and now russia says it's soaring ahead in its campaign against covert 19. dozens of clinics in the capital moscow have begun inoculating those most at risk from the virus the city remains the worst affected place in the country 1st in line of people who work in schools the health service and social workers the large scale vaccination of

military personnel has also begun but each person getting 2 injections $21.00 days apart. i decided to do it right away not to wait it's difficult to say what to expect but i do hope it will stop me from getting ill the russian government approved the vaccine for use in august after recording 95 percent effectiveness of preliminary trials at the time it was touted as a world 1st despite only being tested on several dozen people the speed of the approvals drawn criticism at home and abroad with health experts insisting more advanced studies are needed to ensure its safety and effectiveness. but the russian government says there's no time to lose the country has one of the highest rates of coronavirus and his aging health care system is stretched with day one of the vaccination program is a success people waited a long time for the vaccine so far so good i cannot say how many people signed in but there are a lot of people who want to be vaccinated but president vladimir putin has yet to

be vaccinated himself although one of his daughters has apparently been inoculated all of those being vaccinated are reportedly volunteers but some public sector workers say they've been heavily encouraged to sign up in the absence of large scale preliminary tests critics say the mass vaccination program is essentially a phase 3 trial in the general population skepticism around this comes from. very quickly. developed very quickly and it appears to be. to the general population rather. if you have been developed say. the trials. do not have been as extensive as they would be to. the russian government's confident but it's likely to take time for the fast track to vaccine to build international trust he's barkha al-jazeera. and that's peter

alexander guard for she joins us now live from moscow alexander as we've been hearing those mass vaccinations began today and you asked a vaccination center how did it go. yes indeed the day was one of massive explanation is coming to an end and we are in front of one of the clinics in which there is a vaccination center which has been visited by people today that wanted to be 1st to get the vaccine they are from the priority group. by the government of russia which is the health care workers which is teacher. which is social workers well it was going smoothly the procedure is quite simple basically they 1st go through a health check and then they are vaccinated that has to be defrosted basically prepared to take some 15 minutes because it has to be kept on the temperatures that the globe minus 18 celsius and then they have a wrestle half an hour which is basically to monitor how they react to excede we

don't know how many people signed up for so far for the program the mayor of moscow so it'll be our new wrote the 1st day which is like yesterday for signing up there was like 5000 interested people i have to say candidates for this vaccine are healthy people people that have no serious chronicle diseases and this indeed might be due to the fact that they start a mess of its nation here in moscow with the 3rd phase of clinical trial being actually finished next week he's announced that the message action nation will spread to the rest of the countries all throughout to russia and i was on guard for that with all the latest for us from moscow thank you so much alexandra well we can now speak to allie fatso he's the vice president of vaccine research and development at blue willow biologics and he joins us now from ann arbor in michigan thanks for joining us again i want to start with the timing of this obviously

countries around the world are under huge pressure to start rolling out vaccines given that the sputnik trials are incomplete as alexandra was saying do you think this was perhaps a little tricky. i believe it is too soon to heard it we are working under the earl of militancy and therefore we have to have been it could be that the justification for rushing into 'd rolling out the vaccine is because under this step it was senses if the benefit is more is better than the risk or art and therefore they're all in how to solve that in normal you know to additionally if we need to wait that there will be a phase if it clinical trial shows us if they can see it with some confidence and you need to build confidence among the people who oversee the vaccine the better or number 2 we need to know how this works in be here it behaves in the target

population that itis like the elderly or instance is the vaccine safe is the vaccine immunity only and has some if it be a seat all these questions are not finalized all we know is that there was a 2 in the cases and the. majority of those cases were in the placebo group that is not enough of my my you know additional way of thinking about any and is not the north really are all out. that mess of vaccine but if the authorities the health authorities in russia define that this is the the infection and this sort of the virus is that huge and therefore they have to do something i think that they have their own no justifications so far only go out and people you know they have there's an issue of confidence among the people who

are receiving these men who never confidence had to junk that i am curious about how it works we've had so much about the pfizer and the montana vaccines they receive so much publicity that an r.n.a. vaccines how is different does it potentially confed different form of protection. you know if. the sputnik is similar to the oxford of us that was in it go in the same family which is having a viral victor that carry this by the spike in protein and the but it would respond to the spike it brought in introduced by the victor injected and the antibodies or the immunity is innovated against both they did carry out the virus and also the spike protein this is all i the one of the they need to immunization but in the end of act seen in the russian vaccine the sickened him an aes ation is with a different odor a little bit different virus so they muted the use in a related with

a fierce vaccination will not interfere with the boost that's coming at the end if the weeks or 4 weeks later i have why this is and this was a very nice a trick by the way to read it to depict a system so you don't really is suffering from in here bishan from the feds to victor if he knows who the same actor for the 2nd poem and that's could be part of what the scene with us that was in it go and the ox or the vaccine where the fair sex scene with the lower dose and 2nd that scene with their food those get better if it is see them and have it get full of those full of by of photos because a lower dose 'd will generate more memory will generate lists and people are used to the vector and therefore the interference so to boost is much less and so this is really if you look at it in the whole this is this is a same family like the ox for levy and the russian vaccine and

also this issue of trick that they haven't which is a very smart but very fascinating and a fascinating. biologic special task from the 2nd great to get your expertise here on out there thanks for being with us again and you. now while the dutch government has announced it wants to start vaccinating against $1000.00 in january many in the netherlands are less than enthusiastic surveys suggest nearly half of the dutch population has serious doubts about getting a job as some reports from amsterdam. stocking up on dry ice needed to keep defies so by antarctic sea at minus 70 degrees even in mid air at amsterdam airport a large operation is gearing up to safely transport covert 900 backseats to destinations as far as africa and asia we have been preparing and we've been moving pharmaceutical go for a long time we've expanded our pool capacity and also are having capacity for

instance for these containers so we are immediately ready but outside the airport many in the netherlands are far from pier while the dutch national airline is getting ready to this will be used taxis worldwide millions here in the netherlands are still reluctant to be flexible and some say they will use the inoculation with covert 90 altogether though until we know what the side effects are it's not monthly. and his daughter maxime i'm not against vaccinations but won't take a shot for at least a few years until more information is available to cleveland i'm sorry to say i'd rather have a longer lockdown and have myself injected without knowing what it contains i'm not a guinea pig and for sure i won't let my children be getting pics the government wants to start its vaccination campaign in nursing homes in a few weeks but even there many are reluctant as a recent survey shows what and 60 percent of employees working with the elderly say they're having doubts about being vaccinated it's going to be

a big challenge. to motivate people to be. that of course or worry i think that's a very serious problem because it. is really necessary for the protection of. of our employees and or homes that degree your fractionation is as high as possible with more than 12000 cope with death the netherlands has a relatively high death toll despite the risks employers and the government can force people to participate in a vaccination program experts say to make a vaccination successful the government should tell people that despite its rapid production the vaccine is safe that they can explain how could this go that fast all the investments that have been made why there are so many scientists who have completely sort of. let down all their normal tasks when focusing focusing upon it but this is a story that needs to be told companies like

a lamb have been preparing for the arrival of the vaccines for months the government has yet to start informing the public because in concerns that other countries may have reach higher vaccination rates much sooner and therefore can also open up the economies earlier step faster al-jazeera answer. and now our correspondent bag has more on the situation in iran following a 2 week partial lockdown. business is funny reopened after a 2 week lockdown cafes restaurants james i'm government offices all reopened but with a reduced capacity but the numbers are not drastically down the daily deaths are at around 300 down from nearly 500 the daily infections are at around 13000 down from over 14000 the regions considered in the red zone of more than half of the country can't keep affording to lock down iran is still under u.s. sanctions and the economy despite the positive spin the government puts on it has been hit hard they need people to go out spend the money and keep the economy going

business is happy to be reopened the money they get from the government isn't enough to keep them going for extended periods of lockdown and for many people not working means not getting paid but the real thing of restrictions does come with warnings wearing face masks maintain social distancing and president hassan rouhani has won people to stay away from public and family gatherings but he's also said that they can't rely on a vaccine it may not be 100 percent effective but the reality is because of the sanctions iran may find it very difficult to purchase one. al-jazeera the one. who has country more ahead for you on this news hour including a record number of women are on the ballot as polls open in kuwait's parliamentary elections. india's finest threaten a nationwide strike as talks go on to try to resolve the standoff against him you know on crop prices. and those hamilton substitute protests miss avies at the top

of the time sheets in bahrain details coming up at the school. now iran's supreme national security council has approved a motion to stop unshadowed inspections by the u.n. nuclear watchdog and to increase its enrichment of uranium. the plan is expected to be in place in 2 months time after it's signed into law by president hassan rouhani the motion was approved by the guardian council this week when it speaks to our correspondent also of ari she joins us now from tehran what does this mean in practice both in terms of the uranium enrichment and where this now places iran and the conversation about the potential resurgence of the nuclear deal. well it makes things very very difficult but what this movie has done is really iran has managed to put the ball in the other and the international communities

court the supreme national security council said that it was in the national interest of the country for this bill to be approved they were very receptive to it they said that this is not something that should be used to highlight the different divisions within the country and the political divisions that exist now the parliament fastrack this bill which was in the making after the assassination of the high ranking nuclear scientist mawson factories out there and it was approved very quickly as was billed by the guardian council what president hassan rouhani has said is that this was the diplomacy but what it really means is that the iranian officials would no longer allow an an ounce visits by the i.a.e.a. inspectors now this is part of the nonproliferation agreement that iran has signed since 1970 this was a caveat of that agreement that was voluntarily signed by iran in 2015 after the nuclear deal was signed they for iran to show some good face to the

international community to say that we don't have anything to hide but since then the inspectors it's important to know they have visited 26 known nuclear facilities they have visited a number of military facilities as part of their inspection so the officials here have said that it's enough now because the u.s. withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2013 this bill was seen as an effort to try and lift some of the sanctions that they've imposed on iran since then now in terms of the i think it still visit the nuclear sites but they have to go back to the pre 2015 agreement which is they have to announce in advance of where they want to go and when they want to come come in and that will still continue but the unannounced visits will no longer happen within this new as a result of this new bill what this essentially does is it puts the incoming u.s. . but administration of president elect joe biden to face one of his 1st really foreign policy challenges they will have

a small window of opportunity when they take office from general 20th until this bill comes into effect at the beginning of february to see what they will do and that will determine how iran will proceed really interesting timing there door such a bari with all the latest for us from tehran thank you so much talk so well norah rockwood is director of the open nuclear network and also a former senior official chick's pains the process of investigating the country's nuclear facilities and resources. when the i.a.e.a. inspectors go into a country they 1st of all go to the nuclear facilities they look for all the nuclear material that's in the country they start with the material in the facilities that are declared by the country but part of the exercise is to make sure that there is no under cleared nuclear material and no on the cleared nuclear activities in the country this involves a variety of technical mechanisms including comparing books with reports of

nuclear material inventory taking samples of nuclear material taking flight samples which is a very powerful tool for picking up on declared uranium enrichment and they bring that information back to the i.a.e.a. headquarters in vienna put all of the information together and try to draw conclusions about whether a state is complying with its safeguards agreement most recently they have resumed uranium enrichment to higher levels under the j c p o way they were allowed to. enrich uranium just above 3 percent then they gradually went up to 5 percent and now they're talking about approaching high enriched uranium at a level of about 20 percent just for perspective 90 percent uranium to $35.00 is what is considered weapons usable enrich uranium. ethiopia's government says it's

captured or killed most of the leaders of the embattled region as it tries to bring an end to the month long conflict there but the head of the degrading people's liberation front says people in the region's capital mechelle way of protesting about looting by ethiopian backed era trained soldier is a media blackout in the area makes it very difficult to confirm these allegations well sudan has also played an important role in helping refugees from the region despite its own economic difficulties but this also isn't the only challenge posed by the conflict as mohammed bell reports from the sudanese ethiopian border. this is the 100 border crossing it is one of the biggest official crossings between sudan and the choppier on this side you can see it behind this river which is called the city dividing the 2 countries and on this side on the sudanese side you can see all these people are refugees these are each you appear a few g.'s you don't see anyone on the other side because that's where they came from fleeing the conflict. that gives you an idea about you know the fear these

people that has different these people to this side of the river looking for protection in sudan also at the center of the village not far from here we have hundreds and hundreds of refugees waiting to be transported within sudan itself situation a bit complex and the number is rising this is the nice authorities told us just a while ago that. the number like a few days ago was about 400 today now it is it has risen to about 800 to 1000 today and that's because there was fresh fighting according to them within each opiate self in the zone in the area of shirish 2270 kilometers west of the capital mckayla so it's closer to the border usually the refugees come from and beyond but now they come from further inside the chopper because there is fresh fighting as they told us. between sudan and each opiate their zone not far from here called is a disputed zone a disputed farmland between the 2 countries adding to the complexity of the

situation as explained in the following report. 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 mushroom global news for the 1st 12 days before aid agencies arrived the people of get a reef were the 1st to offer food blankets shelter and comfort to the refugees the sudanese armed forces organized transportation for thousands of civilians and brought them to hash camps. the hash up also known as village aid hosted $15000.00 refugees in the 1st 2 weeks after the fighting started integrate these homes were borrowed from local sudanese farmers to host the refugees so that is aid agencies prepared food in the camps there is one of so many sudanese in the hash up a village who share their small homes and modest meals with the refugees.

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 where i stand is the facade of farmland thousands and thousands of active militants asemi fields and this land is actually disputed between its european and sudan. 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 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 pic we made with our. and sources we haven't crossed into ethiopian territory where do they want to take out. during the 1st few days of the fighting integrate some utopian army units abandoned 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 be choppin army if it tries to

return let me explain to you more about the situation of these people you see on the sudanese side of that if these are not people who have just crossed actually they not the leave. presently they are staying in the village in the sudanese village of 108 so they come here to water their animals to wash their clothes and to refresh themselves in the river but when we ask them questions about why they are here why they cross them so none of them except to talk to us so there is not fear but they feel that because they are very close to the children border it's just a few meters away some of them talk about how last month by the military on the other side some of them say the more of their family members are prevented from crossing so you don't see a lot of people crossing here many of them look for other points are no official crossing points. still ahead here on al-jazeera as most american troops are ordered to leave somalia we ask what's next in the fight against armed groups in the region

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hello again i'm mr let's remind you about top stories this hour covered 19 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 sputnik of the vaccine. around supremum national security council has approved a motion to stop unshadowed inspections by the u.n. nuclear watchdog and to increase its enrichment of uranium the plant is expected to be in place in 2 months time after it's signed into law by president hossam harvey . says it's captured or killed most of the leaders 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 reach. now u.k. prime minister barak johnson is set to speak to the head of the european union to try to break an impasse on a trade deal british an e.u. negotiators paused to talks on friday after failing to find a compromise on a series of sticking points it's hoped that leaders can now try to find some middle ground both sides only have until the end of the year to agree a new trade deal when the pre-breakfast agreement will expire and that speak to nadine bob he joins us now from london now deemed the clock is ticking down to this december 31st deadline what are the chances of actually getting a deal in place and ratified before that. well i think it we have great person who actually stuck their neck out and said they know there have been reports in the u.k. press in the last couple of hours citing u.k. government sources are saying it's 5050 the chance of getting a deal by the 31st of december what we know for sure is that prime minister boris

johnson is making a phone call to speak to those who have on the lion the president of the european commission they are the figures who are called the principles to which the whole dossier has been referred on friday of course we saw a joint statement by michele bunny the e.u.'s chief negotiator and david frost his british counterpart saying that after what they called one week of intense negotiations there remained significant divergences now they were on fisheries governance and the level playing field on fisheries there's been lots of symbolism involved in the last couple of days we've seen the french prime minister go to a fishing community near the english channel we've heard from the u.k. government that they're worried that the e.u. is pushing too hard in trying to get a 10 year transition period during which european access to british fishing waters will be reduced the europeans have said of that's not really going to be

a problem the other areas might be things like divergence on social standards environmental standards things like state aid to british companies all things which worry the other european governments in terms of unfair competition and then who actually adjudicate in any future disputes so this phone call really passing the thing upwards because the negotiators mandate had reached its limits we have seen interventions by chancellor merkel of germany urging both sides to compromise but we've also seen the french government in the form of one of the cabinet ministers suggesting they could. actually veto any deal if it's not satisfactory some people seeing this is predictable for tricks in the last stages of a deal some of that worrying now that time is running out let's not forget this has to be ratified by the european parliament before the end of december has to get

through the u.k. parliament of course as well it's possible that in the next if in the next few days the the 2 principles boris johnson as of underlying do get some movement going that that could start to happen but it's still extremely tight and some people think that even if there is a deal it might have to be put in place provisionally without ratification from the european parliament. given the theatricals and the deadlock are both sides now potentially resigned to no deal at all. you know i think they're both still worried about no deal nobody sees that as the best outcome no matter what they tell you of course some bricks it is here in britain a famous for the slogan no deal is better than a bad deal but when you figure in that the government's economic watchdog has said no deal scenario just next year alone would cut. national product gross domestic

product by 2 percent and hit unemployment to the tune of hundreds of thousands of jobs when you consider not just the customs checks which will have to come in under a no deal scenario but the tariffs the new the new if you like taxes on imports and exports that will be imposed that's really worrying business here for example average car. terrace around 10 percent on dairy products for example 35 percent this is going to make things a lot more difficult for british businesses will be we were also looking at a rise in prices here and in the european union but i think that yes people really do want to avoid that if a tall possible but in terms of the hits to the economy it will be larger on the british side than indian bob there with all the latest for us from london thanks so much and the police in the french capital have fired tear gas at protesters

cause a princess eliason public areas demonstration live pictures now from the french capital thousands there are demonstrating against a proposed security know they say will protect rogue officers remember earlier this week the government said it would rewrite part of the bell that went than punishing photos of police on tuesday but critics are angry and say it should be dropped entirely. saudi arabia's foreign minister says its ally is involved in imposing the blockade against katsa are on board to find a resolution to the gulf crisis the emir of kuwait said he was pleased with how talks have been progressing and that sentiment has also been echoed by the cattery foreign minister ahmed been funny saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt imposed a land sea and air blockade on capital in june 2017 about as i mentioned we have seen significant progress in the last few weeks which means that

we are now hopeful that we can reach a final conclusion very soon one that will be satisfactory to all parties and it's important to note that we have always worked very closely with our partners and continue to do so and that remains the case and the resolution will be one that involves all parties to the dispute and i am hopeful that we will be able to announce the details. well versing is underway in kuwait's parliamentary elections a record number of women are monk the more than $300.00 candidates it comes as its economy is reeling from soaring oil spoil prices and the current virus pandemic. is a professor of political science at kuwait university and we asked him why there are only $29.00 women running in the election. way to women back in 2000 and. 920082009 election day they got to be elected and

record time so then they. and now the number it's not just the number it's the quality the quality of women participating this time it is. more qualified done than before. i'm not sure that they will they will definitely win but at least they will be part of the competition they will not be ready if you know it and we can see that little of the campaign itself the campaign was as you rightly said this. has been restricted because of covered and now the voting also investigated because of cover then people are now jamming the polling stations where as president all trying to pass all of the withdrawal of most american troops from somalia as part of his plan to rig. a poll

to. hassle. 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 the u.s. 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 trumpet who did that withdrawal is 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 to al qaeda 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 but critics say the withdrawal could not comment to was time the fighting in neighboring ethiopia and upcoming elections in somalia victoria gates and be al jazeera now that as well as main opposition parties are organizing an alternative to sunday's national assembly elections which they describe as 40 times they're preparing a 6 day constitutional consultation some lead to

a referendum at stunts on december 7th at last america set loose in yemen has the story. on the eve of crucial legislative elections in israel an opposition leader why the law is out on the campaign trail. but his goal isn't to get out the vote rather to convince everyone to stay home and boycott the poll just as he and the mainstream opposition are doing it as he wanted to be given the more you know because we resist torch of political violence because we love our country and we won't stop until we have time for it but. it looks like history repeating itself 15 years ago the opposition also boycotted the legislative elections arguing that they were rigged against them that handed control of the national assembly to former president hugo chavez on a silver platter. this time though opposition party leaders are proposing an election of their own called suit up local lad similar to

a referendum which the constitution recognizes as binding even if president nicolas maduro does not. seem to have the spirit in israel and will be asked to respond to 3 questions. do you want president out a new and free elections do you reject sunday's electoral of bent and do you want stronger international assistance to rescue venezuela's democracy and protect its people from crimes against humanity. it's a risky proposition the last question could be interpreted as an invitation for foreign intervention but that mainly online presents other problems only 7 per cent of innocent people has internet every day. and. with water would have agreed with gasoline sold. need to move to contact to the people to get informed and it's very difficult 77 percent of venezuelans say

they don't believe the opposition can promote change within the next year so there's little motivation to risk government reprisals by voting in the consultation but it is not an opposition leaders tell us that their primary goal is to maintain and in fact increase international support for the eyeballs interim government here in chile as the united states and europe the government has already promised not to recognise the new national assembly that results from sunday's elections. so while the consultation is an imperfect substitute for an election that the opposition can't win it could at least by its leaders a bit more time you see in human al-jazeera. film as in india has met with government officials as they continue to push to overturn laws which they say will damage their livelihoods tens of thousands of protesters have been rallying at entry points to the capital for more than

a week now the prime minister held talks with us top ministers to try to break the impasse our correspondent elizabeth purana has more from those protests at the single border crossing. it's been more than a week now that tens of thousands of families have remained on 3 key highways on the border of india's capital region on the borders between the states of howdy ana and delhi and on the border between the state of alton for they should and delhi they have converted hundreds of their vehicles into temporary homes they are staying put they said they're not going anywhere until the government repeals 3 recent farm laws and on the day that promised in the end there morty held a meeting with the ministers of home defense agriculture and commas ahead of those government ministers meetings with farm union leaders protesters here burnt an effigy of prime minister that injured mortie that god cannot bridge they are owed he says these laws which he has brought are in our favor album and we are not crazy

people sitting protesting on the road for no reason almost every day 30 to 35 people go meet with them for 6 or 7 hours and then they send them back so as the 3rd round of talks between government ministers and farm union leaders this week take place there's a real difference emerging between the 2 sides are not just what's in the north but what to do about the famous concerns remain they're afraid they're going to lose minimum prices for they produce lose electricity subsidies they're afraid that private companies are going to have unfair advantage over farmers and unions now the government has said that indicated that they might be willing to make amendments to farm is maintain that because the law wasn't so fundamentally flawed because they were created without consultation with farmers pushed through parliament without a proper voice that nothing short of repeal in the laws will do and they're only

expecting the protests to get bigger they've called for a nationwide protest next tuesday. supporters of thailand's monarchy are attending a candlelight sermon. to mark the birthday of former king would be paul he held the position for over 7 decades and is regarded as the people's king his son the current king pardoned at least a $30000.00 prisoners to mark the as the occasion the gathering comes on the heels of months of anti-government protests tens of thousands have been rallying demanding reforms to the constitution and to the monarchy. at least 18 people have been killed in a coal mining accident in southwest china it's the 2nd such incident in the region of chongqing in the past 2 months the miners died after inhaling excessive levels of carbon monoxide while they were trapped underground chinese state media says one survivor had been rescued while search efforts continue and a strain is prime minister says he's looking to constructively engage with china

amid a growing diplomatic and trade route in recent months china has imposed a number of tariffs and other restrictions on astray and products nicholas cage reports from the australian capital canberra. growing tensions between china and australia with these tweet 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 stage back to global times newspaper doubling down with another cartoon of his trial in 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 over 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. 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 years 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 buy a strategy in products 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 to breakdown of relationships the government has now for recess the question is how to reset relations when china even calls business is caught up in the tensions are hoping for a diplomatic resolution in terms of a media. but what we have.

working through the challenges the challenge will be navigating a puff between voicing what is strongly believes to be legitimate concerns while maintaining lucrative markets and also opening new. gauge al-jazeera camera. well still ahead here. in sport the russians dominates at skiing's freestyle wild couple bands and then the case will be hit with all the action. dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic let's start with some of the ground realities affecting the news coverage what's the lay of the land there stripping away the spin. about presidential corruption it is real reporting it's not if you keep challenging

assumptions and the official line we all decided we need to tell our scored like we don't want to. and it's media listening post on al-jazeera. london is one of the most unfortunate cities in the world and decisions made here have an impact right around the globe and so here it out to 0 we will show you the impact of those decisions on people and how it affects their everyday that. we are free to put them on air and to really engage those stories because we know that all the audience is interested not just in the mainstream news but also the more hidden stories from parts of the world that often go on the record.

well it is now time for sports pizza they get a starter from today anyone involved in doping at an international sporting event involving american athletes sponsors or broadcasters could face criminal penalties in the u.s. president donald trump signed into law the controversial rod chink of act named after a russian whistleblower that gives power to prosecutors to impose fines of up to $1000000.00 or jail terms of up to 10 years for those involved but it's been criticized by the international olympic committee who have questioned why american professional and college athletes are exempt the world anti-doping agency is also concerned about how the u.s. has expanded its jurisdiction beyond its borders now if you were able on years of football coaches very angry about a suspected mole within his team since i'm a heart of it changed tactics in training recently and somebody leaked it to the

press we've removed the swear words from his bad tempered news conference during which he said he's taken steps to find those responsible. legal brought on or said . i tried a new line up just to figure out who's talking to the press i did it on purpose i swear if i find whoever is talking i'll hang him on a wall he's done playing i'm really angry if some players are talking just to get half a mark more in the match reports trust me i don't even know what i'm going to do to him you can be sure or find out who did it or find out. the pressure is building at real madrid as they struggle for form in the spanish league and in europe of losing to shakhtar donetsk in the champions league on tuesday they face an away game against severe in the league or they're currently 4th without a win 3 games in coaches' indians a day and knows results need to improve quickly ual cargo the this is my job at real madrid it's normal to receive criticism when we can't win matches but it doesn't change what i think of my players it doesn't affect the work i do every day

i've never thought i was untouchable neither as a player as a coach or as a person in just a few hours time 2000 fans will be allowed in to watch an english premier league game inside a stadium for the 1st time since march when west ham host manchester united singapore is doing the same battle thora teams also trialing rapid coronavirus tests for spectators just $200.00 were allowed in to watch a domestic league game for the 1st time in almost 9 months and all had to undergo a nasal swab the results were texted to fans within 40 minutes. albeit be a starting with small numbers i think it's still a significant step because with bringing fans back in we hope that it gives us as well as the largest body but then it's up to the brain as to how be able to bring fans inspected to thank you. for spotting arena. new zealand one rugby's try

a nation's after australia and argentina played out a draw in the final game even before kickoff the all blacks were pretty much assured of the title barring a huge victory margin of victory for one of the teams both of them swore to try about. 4 argentine you know they would go crossing the line in the 1st half that was cancelled out by michael hooper one of these had to play a red card as well but still had a chance to win it with a late penalty kick this race forge missing of the mccain finished 16 league show argentina finishing 2nd behind the all blacks with australia last. turns out but having no world champion is no problem for me say this is for one team with lewis hamilton out with coronavirus he's replacement is saving the pace ahead of this weekend's grand prix in bahrain george russell who is on loan from williams for the week so at the fastest times in friday's practice sessions the 22 year old finished ahead of next for stepan in both outings on the day of the track on the floodlights and will be looking to change pace to pose a qualifying later. different tricky not an easy trap to say the least it's going

to be very tight. quality in the race is going to be carnage. the next 3 days are important. meanwhile john has been speaking about his fiery crash last week saying he's happy to be alive the frenchman somehow escaped with only minor burns to his hands on a broken foot someday we are close to death would be scared to stand there for me was i was here on an unnamed don't ask me why i just i just had to put a name on it and call it burned come a day today for my kids i can not i've got to see them. the n.b.a. has released its shadow for the 1st half of the new season starting on december 22nd the season start is delayed because of the way the previous campaign was disrupted by the coronavirus minnesota timberwolves saying to call anthony towns is one man who has been hit hard by covered 19 town says he's lost 7 family members

including his mother during the pandemic. so you know a lot of cost. months but. i have a lot of people who are. in my family my monster who have. looked for answers trying to keep the house when the mellow bowl is looking forward to the start of the new season after taking part in his 1st day of training camp with the charlotte hornets ball was going to 3 overall pick of the 2020 n.b.a. draft. the 1st day of practice was cool a lot of everybody around here is cool so yeah i really love. french golfer and one rose has won is made in european tour title of the dubai championship the 2 rookie card an 8 under par final round of $64.00 with an eagle and 7 birdies finished up on 25 under for the tournament and 2 strokes the heat

off will play. second place. heavy snow for those cancelled the women's super g. ski race in switzerland on saturday but just over the border in italy the main giant slalom race was able to take place in tough conditions croatia's philip vick should start at 6 but took the lead after the 2nd run to clinch victory in santa catarina it's the 2nd little $320.00 and put him 2nd in the world cup standings behind top ranked frenchman alexis pinto. while the freestyle ski world cup in finland was dominated by russians on friday maxime both of took 1st places all the brother finished 3rd as russia full the podium in the men's kerry also took 3rd place in the women's category but there were not many in attendance due to curve of 19 restrictions which has already caused the start of the season to be delayed. and that's all the sports news morgan later is quite a challenge thanks so much that's it for this news outlet and i'll be back in a moment with more of the day's news on out of the.

2020 year of lock downs and social distancing he can't reach across the screen to give someone a way explores one of the global pandemics biggest side effects loneliness everyone who lives alone has been forced to be sorry for the 1st time there are highlighting its affects on physical and mental health and discovering unique ways of coping control makes being in the together at the same to a whole hell of a lot down on al-jazeera. decades ago manila was

called the pearl of the orient the manila metropolitan theater was once a testament to the city's grandeur but decades later the theater has become a symbol of moneyless to k. now the philippine government is changing their government buildings the universities and monasteries were just some of the many structures that were destroyed in manila during world war 2. but rebuilding a life and a city from scratch has proven difficult and some experts say manila has never truly recovered. in 2008 travelled across the united states discovering what it was like to be both a patriotic american and a devout muslim can you be muslim and american you hop to be an american 1st i didn't have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that

a muslim to be elected to the united states congress war 2 has changed rewind islam in america on al-jazeera. 'd russia begins mass vaccinations against private 19 despite global concerns about the speed with which it's being laid out. again i'm just as you tell you this is out of their life and are also coming up iran takes another step towards banning the u.n. nuclear watchdog from unsettled inspections of its sites.