why it would be a big deal that a muslim to be elected to congress more to has changed rewind islam in america on al-jazeera. russia begins mass vaccinations against private 19 despite global concerns about the speed with which it's being laid out. again i missed on the tape this is out of their life and are also coming up iran takes another step towards banning the u.n. nuclear watchdog from an old inspections of its sites. with a deadline looming barra's johnson and the head of the european union tried to break the deadlock on a trade deal. and ethiopia's prime minister faces criticism for his handling of the

tea great crisis as aid agencies struggle to reach thousands displaced by the violence. paul russia is pushing ahead with the 1st stage of its large scale 1000 bucks nation program teachers doctors and social workers are set to get the locally produced sputnik of the vaccine around 2000000 russians are expected to be inoculated the smom and baka has this report. it's called covert back trade name sputnik v. off 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. 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 it's pretty it's pretty developed very quickly and it appears to be recruited into the general population rather than if you have been developed say. the trials. do not appear to have been as extensive as they would have been in. 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. well as opposed to

any facet and he is the vice president of vaccines research and development biologics he highlights questions that remain about the sputnik the vaccine. i believe it is too soon to how i heard it we are working under the early emergency and therefore we have to act and then it could be that the justification for rushing into a rolling vaccine is because under this difficult a sense is a benefit more is better than this. and therefore they're rolling out a soft in the normal you know to additional if we need to wait until there is a free clinic for all shows us they can see it with some of our confidence and you need to build confidence among the people of oversee this act in the vote or number 2 we need to know how this vaccine behaves behaves and i thought

a good population at higher risk like the elderly for instance is the vaccine say there is a vaccine immunogenic and and as some i think i see all these questions are not finalized all we know is that there was a 20 cases and they. measured if those cases where in the placebo group that is not enough to my mind that additional way of thinking about vaccine is not enough really to roll out. that massive vaccine but if the authority of the health of the earth is in russia defined that this is the the infection and this rate of the virus is huge and therefore they have to do something i think that they have their own justification for rolling out. iran's coronavirus death toll has now reached 50000 with 321 fatality as recorded

in just the last 24 hours some restrictions are being lifted in several parts of the country following a 2 week partial lockdown as a bank has more from the capital tehran business is finding reopened after a 2 week lockdown cafes restaurants james i'm government offices all reopened but we did reduced capacity but the numbers are not drastically down the daily deaths are at a ride with 300 down from 8500 the daily infections are at around 13000 down from over 40000 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 qana me 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 a 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 keep wearing face masks maintain social distancing and president hassan rouhani has want people to stay away from public and family gatherings but he's also said that they can't rely on a vaccine 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 run than staying in iran and the country's supreme national security council has approved a motion to stop unshadowed inspections by the u.n. nuclear watchdog and 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 area this week our correspondent explains the significance from tehran. president hassan rouhani has said is that this was detrimental to diplomacy but what it really means is that the iranian

officials would nor 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 carrier of that agreement that was voluntarily signed by iran in 2015 after the nuclear deal was signed before 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 non-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 the post on iran since then now in terms of the. they can 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 go 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. administration of president elect joe biden in to face one of his 1st really foreign policy challenges they will have a small window of opportunity when they take office from january 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 when 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. negotiate as poor as their talks on friday after failing to find a compromise on a series of sticking points and hopes the leaders can find some middle ground both sides only have until the end of this year to agree on a new trade deal in the pre-breakfast agreement will expire and baba has moved from

london on the next steps for that negotiation. u.k. government sources have been leaking or briefing the press that they see it as a 5050 chance of a deal by the end of the year we've heard from michel barnier the e.u. chief negotiator as he left to get onto a train back to brussels on saturday saying that he remained carman was carrying on efforts to see if a deal could be reached but it's not up to him right now because of course on friday he and his british counterpart david frost issued a joint statement saying that they hadn't been able to reach a deal on all of the points that they were trying to get through and they said that significant divergences remained on the level playing field governance and fisheries boris johnson the prime minister and a sort of underlying the head of the european commission who are holding a telephone conversation in the next few hours to see whether they can actually go past their red line something they go in the negotiations were not mandated to do

if there is some kind of movement there then possibly as early as sunday then a text could be presented to the cabinet here and to us it is embarrassing. to go forwards but that's a very big if right now that that said both sides know the clock really is ticking the government saying m.p.'s him might have to sit right up until christmas virtually the e.u. parliament possibly sitting as late as the 28th of december to ratify an agreement but it's in these next few days that any deal has to be struck. well police in the french capital have been firing tear gas at protesters cars have been set alight in public areas damaged as you can see people are still out on the streets in paris where thousands are demonstrating against a proposed security law they say will protect road offices earlier this week the government said it would rewrite parts of that bill which would ban publishing

photos of police on g.c. but critics say it should be dropped entirely. while saudi arabia's foreign minister says its allies involved in imposing the blockade against kasa 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 mohammad been up to rahman all funny saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt imposed a land sea and air blockade on cattle in june 2017. as i've 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 soon while still ahead here on al-jazeera my pharmacy my food 1000 and threaten and nationwide strike in india as the standoff against a neuro on crop prices continues and the war of once we follow the escalating trade dispute between china and australia. winter has enveloped all of the station and the only snow of any substance falling is likely to be in northern japan on monday again just a few flakes in the high ground in southwest and process of china the northeast monsoons given quite a lot of rain recently in taiwan intense rain is moved through vietnam southern

thailand and into northern sumatra which is cause pretty widespread flooding and forced evacuations now the thought is dying down that this is aftermath flooding in northern sumatra as you can see but a lot of damage has left because something up to 2 meters of floodwater spread through this town or that's largely because 5 rivers have burst their banks. now there is a bit more rain to come for northern sumatra during sunday and that could well indeed affect that down i think monday that monday that he chooses will be dying day has been active areas you know we've just seen a tropical cyclone go across the northern parts of the far south of india it's no longer identifiable as a sock and may well regenerate in the next in the arabian sea but even if it doesn't it's left a legacy and it's northeast monsoon season of potentially more heavy rain of the flooded areas from chennai.

2950 disputed election for this believe is 1st indigenous president interact style as ever morale is considered his teacher and hope to return his party rallied behind new candidate. with a chance new election drawing nice in late 2020 people in power i went behind the scenes to see if the indigenous movement could pull off a remarkable comeback from navia exile over 10 on al-jazeera. moon.

and again i missed on 100 let's remind you of our top stories here the south covered 19 vaccinations are underway in russia despite questions about safety teachers doctors and social workers will be the fast in line to get the domestically produced the vaccine. iran's supreme national security council has approved a motion to stop unchecked jeweled 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 signed into law by president hassan rouhani. in saudi arabia's foreign minister says its ally is involved in inquiries in the blockade against are on board to find a resolution to the gulf crisis saudi arabia along with bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt imposed a land sea and air blockade on cats all in june 27th teen. polls are due to close in the next hour and kuwait's parliamentary elections people there are voting as the economy reels from falling oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic a record number of women though are among the more than 300 candidates. we

want change we want new blood and encourage meant for young people we hope that the next parliament will solve the issue of the be doone and make arrangements with the inhabitants. well if europe is government says it's now 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 great people's liberation front says people in the regions capital metally protesting about the looting by ethiopian backed eritrean soldiers a media blackout in the area makes it very difficult to confirm these allegations well sudan has also played an important role in sheltering thousands of refugees from despite its own economic difficulties but this is also not the only challenge posed by this conflict as mohamed valve reports from the sudanese ethiopian border . the sudanese army on patrol near the jo pinboard it's on the lookout for refugees who might be stranded in the area after escaping the fighting in

ethiopia's north 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 organize 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 the knees aid agencies prepared food in the camps that is one of so many sudanese in the hash aba 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 city economy problems stability at its borders is of utmost importance where the war in its european has brought to the fore another unresolved 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 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. britain but ethiopia maintains an army presence here and if you open a farmers exploit huge parts of the land

a joint committee has been trying for years with little success to finalize a board the demarcation. pointing to it across the adjacent up body for this sudanese farmer he's unequivocal. aboard is a well defined we're not really for compromise our government has allowed these ethiopians to settle on our land but we do it to them we will fight them to the last minute to be restored fully that's the pick we made with our n.c. says we haven't crossed into ethiopian territory or do they want to take out. during the 1st few days of the fighting integrate some utopian army units abandoned their bases within and avoid was filled by the sudanese army now it's commanders tell us they're not intending to cede those positions to the choppin army if it tries to return. or just you know for sure got triangle so the knees each open border well if europeans prime minister on the mat has faced criticism for pressing

ahead with that military operation the u.n. says fighting is now complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid despite reaching a deal with the government for access and delivery is are not expected to arrive until until next week but the news crisis commission of course the un deal not acceptable and one sided it says it only extends to government controlled areas the african union for their part sent envoys to addis ababa late last month in the hopes of finding a diplomatic solution but mad insists this is a new one forced into operation and has warned against outside interference i want him davison is the same if you're a pianist at international crisis group he explains the reaction from the you. 70 frustrate ssion this sort of your peace and security architecture that's been established by the african union over decades and has been put to use many periods of but explain stability and conflict that's not being welcomed by the given

government but of course you know when when a state resists an african union mediation or intervention creates a problem for the organization and that's a particularly acute problem when it's a love i just read it to be powerful country that ethiopia which then of course has the idea it's irrelevant position of being the headquarters of the african union so they sent me for a straight shot and consent but there's limited options and you have to push through some form of intervention until the time of the federal government is accepting to it. now we're going on and venezuela's main opposition party is organizing alternative to sunday's national assembly elections which they describe as fraudulent they are preparing a 6 day constitutional consultation some that a referendum on america at a tennis team reports. 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 is 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 i have 7. this time to go opposition party leaders are proposing an election of their own called. lad similar to a referendum which the constitution recognizes as binding even if president nicolas maduro does not. see any of the series finished whalen's 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 a. soul. need to move 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 businessmen and opposition leaders tell us that their primary goal is to maintain

and in fact increase international support for interim government here in chile as are the united states and europe the government has already promised not to recognize 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. talks in india between followers and government officials have ended without any agreement but will resume on wednesday farmers are trying to overturn laws which they say will damage their livelihoods tens of thousands of unravelling at entry points to the capital for more than a week now there's a big problem has more from 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 often for their and delhi they have converted hundreds of their vehicles into temporary homes they're 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 holen defense agriculture and commas ahead of those government ministers meetings with farm union leaders protesters here burnt an effigy of prime minister the danger morty that go across the 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 the farm is maintained 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. a strain as prime minister says he's looking to constructively engage with china amid a growing diplomatic and trade route and recent months the 2 countries have been involved in a war of wes reports from 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 australian soldiers at the moment either both sides are not willing to stand back and both sides are quite willing. it's been escalating for years the strelley 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 beijing hit 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. a strong and politicians are traditionally taken i bipartisan approach to china a bit and i read a lot on foreign policy the opposition labor party has accused the prime minister of presiding over i can point to breakdown of relationships the government is now paying for recess. the question is how to reset relations when china even taunts ring calls business is caught up in the tensions are hoping for a diplomatic resolution in terms of immediate. gravity's or palisades there are now no i don't think but what we have been saying to government is that we do need a reset we do need to focus on you 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 now within the next hour a capsule that's collected samples from an asteroid is expected to land in the australian outback the capsule will briefly produce a fireball as it reenters the earth's atmosphere japanese scientists hope the sample could provide theories to the origin of the solar system and even possibly how life began. hello there this is al jazeera and these are the headlines covered 19 vaccinations are underway in russia despite questions about safety teachers doctors and social workers will be the fast in line to get the domestically produced sputnik the vaccine alexander got for has more from moscow we're in the center of moscow in front of the green.