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and often she. didn't want to bring a siren as most deprived areas children who had nothing. now have a voice in. some part of the viewfinder latin america series now to 0. the a. no compromise more stalemate british an e.u. leaders say significant differences still stand in the way of a bracks it deal. or no i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program russia leads the charge with its 1st mass vaccination program using a job that's not even clear at the last stage of trials. until we know what sort of
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fix or it's not months. but many countries face a battle with public opinion we meet the dutch skeptics who say they'll refuse a vaccine. and on patrol with the sudanese forces holding firm on the border with ethiopia after taking in thousands of refugees from the conflict in take grey. the leaders of the e.u. and u.k. have instructed the negotiators to keep on talking as the clock runs down before the 2 break apart without a trading relationship and a last ditch phone call in the past few hours on delay and boris johnson discussed the final sticking point standing in the way of a post breaks it deal so in a joint statement they said significant differences remain on the 3 critical issues . both sides underline that no agreement is feasible if these issues are not
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resolved they say without for instructing our chief negotiators to reconvene tomorrow in brussels where the u.k. voted to leave the european union more than 4 years ago now but the route out has been difficult the 3 main sticking points are fishing rights that competition guarantees and how future disputes will be resolved if the 2 leaders can reach an agreement it could still be rejected by member states french diplomats have indicated they could veto a deal especially as the country tries to ensure it does not lose too much access to british fishing waters whatever happens this weekend the 2 sides have just 26 days now to reach a deal otherwise the divorce process will end in a no deal breck's it throwing up even more uncertainty. and then following story joins us in the studio now knitting these aren't just a few stumbling blocks and these and serious issues and it's not clear if if they can have a common it's far from clear marian this joint statement sort of underlying and
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boris johnson have put out just in the last couple of hours bears striking similarity see the joint statement from the chief negotiator david frost on the british side of michelle bunny on friday at the end of what they called an intensive week of talks and they highlighted the same issues you've just mentioned the fisheries governance and the living level playing field fisheries the british side in the last 24 hours have been intimating that the french have actually been the main drivers of the hardball approach from the european union the british are worried that they'll be. trying to guarantee a 10 year or a long transition before european fisherman can. see a lower lower access to british waters the you saying that's not the main problem for them and behind the scenes there are reports that a number of countries not just france but belgium spain and denmark
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a very worried about what michel barnier might give away in terms of those fair competition rules they're worried that for example state aid from britain could actually give british companies an unfair advantage they're worried that britain might actually diverged from existing environmental standards for example so these are very tricky issues but some commentators see the fact that the negotiators handed the dossier on saturday to to higher up to underline and johnson and now they've been mandated to meet again on sunday some see that as the logical conclusion to how a deal will actually end up with the politicians having the power to give to say this was our red line but we can budget little bit go back and tell them that so it could be. that in the next few days a deal does emerge but that's when it can emerge it can emerge any any later experts are saying than this week there's a in a you summit on thursday and friday this deal would have to be seen by the european
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political leaders heads of government to vend it would have to be ratified by parliament here and the european parliament as well before the end of the year but these issues even on the table for a long time now have not been resolved just a couple of weeks left so much that they over the past few years about soft facts that hard facts at whatever teacher lation ship between you canaille is going to look like is a no deal brax it a coming well more of a more real now i think it's becoming more real not because of what we've just heard but because of the timeline time is running out and if it doesn't get sorted in the next week then diplomats are saying it really won't happen before the end of the year now it should be noted that it's pretty hard anyway and even under a deal there will be customs checks there will be a lot of paperwork 1st certain goods there will be a requirement for specific licenses and so on so it's going to create headaches for businesses on both sides but no deal for many people is the worst scenario there
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will be tariffs on the 1st of january there could be tariffs of up to 10 percent on cards for example 35 percent on dairy products really big worries about what would that mean for the price that consumers pay in the european union and in britain so i think yes the police the politicians don't want a no deal breaks it right now is just what can they give to avoid that particular off the back of that concern about the cost is nest thanks very much and. well now of course in the other stories we're following russia is pushing ahead with its large scale 1000 vaccination program despite final human trials not yet being complete around 2000000 russians are expected to be inoculated with the sputnik vaccine this month but as nice barker reports the speed of the rollout is a concern for some health professionals. it's called covert back trade spot v off the soviet era satellite that triggered the space race and now russia
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says it's soaring ahead of its campaign against cope with 19. doses 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 to each person getting 2 injections $21.00 days apart is no solution since through the move 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 moti 5 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
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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
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the. trials. do not appear to have been as extensive as they would have been. the russian government's confident it is likely to take time for the fast track to vaccine to build international trust eve parker al-jazeera. the united kingdom's top doctors are warning that lax nations will only have a small impact over the winter country's health service is preparing to roll out a vaccine made by pfizer and biotech possibly as early as cheese day but in an open letter to health workers the country's 4 chief medical officer has sake's likely to take 3 months before there's a significant drop in hospital admissions. the government of the netherlands wants to stop vaccinating against corona virus early in the new year many people are less than enthusiastic survey suggests nearly half of the dutch population has serious doubts about getting a job a step vasa reports now from amsterdam. stocking up
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on dry ice needed to keep defies so biotech baxi at minus 70 degrees even in mid air at amsterdam airport a large operation is gearing up to safely transport covert 900 back scenes 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 his containers so we are immediately ready but outside the airport many in the netherlands are far from prepared well the dutch national airline is getting ready to do this job you'd vaccines worldwide millions here in the netherlands are still reluctant to be vaccinated 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 lex and his daughter maxime i'm not against vaccinations but won't take a covert shot for at least
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a few years until more information is available to cleveland i'm sorry to say i'd rather have a longer locked down 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. and that's of course also our worry i think it's a very serious problem because it. is really necessary for the protection of our employees and or. that the degree your fractionation is as high as possible with more than 12000 deaths the netherlands has a relatively high death toll despite the risks employers and the government gone for speed. dissipate in a vaccination program experts say to make
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a vaccination successful the government should tell people that this by its rapid production the vaccine is safe that they can explain how could this go that fast all the investments we've made why there are so many scientists who have completely sort of let down all their normal tasks and went focusing focusing upon gov 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. or in iran 50000 people have now been killed by the corona virus so some restrictions are being lifted in spite of that in several parts the country following a 2 week partial lockdown as a bank has more from the capital tehran where most people are happy actually to be
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back at work. business is funny reopened after a 2 week lockdown cafes restaurants james and 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 on the economy despite the positive spin the government puts on it has been hit hard they need people to go out spend their money and keep the economy going this 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 resisting of restrictions does come with warnings keep wearing face masks maintain social distancing and president has and rouhani has
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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. you know al jazeera live from london much more still ahead at morn iran the president considering signing off a bill to stop nuclear inspections but could make diplomacy more difficult. and risking political irrelevance for an online poll help or hurt venezuela's opposition in sunday's national assembly elections. the smell in the field of winter in the air throughout most of europe now a cold plunge of the last few days is left is circulating low for the u.k.
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all this is cold air because of pressure is low if you produce a lot of cloud and wind and rain or the wind and rain relief a spike in the western med the rain particular office did see across into croatia and the snows this mass here between hoffman's 3 meters of snow on the main the italian and austrian alps but where you sit in the middle of the code it really is quite cold i mean london's forecast says temps never above 4 degrees or 6 degrees down to 4 on monday just a freezing at night lodge because it's overcast it's gray as well and sometimes was right disappointing be the best description i think where the sun does shine through that's in parts of france yes it's still cold same is true for germany and his is desist and rain which tends to snow readily on the higher ground of spain some parts of france as well whilst the outside sun slowly returned later on monday so that cold air has made some incursion into morocco and the temperature in red
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welcome back a look at the headlines this hour now the leaders of the of the u.k. and european union have spoken on the phone to try and break the impasse on a trade deal in a joint statement they said significant issues remain on the 3 critical sticking points. russia has launched a large scale covert $1000.00 vaccination program without completing final human trials around $2000000.00 russians are expected to be given the sputnik v. vaccine this month. and in iran 50000 people have now died from the corona virus vote some restrictions are being lifted in several parts of the country following a 2 week partial lockdown. our record number of women are among hundreds of candidates vying to be quite next lawmakers voters have been casting ballots in parliamentary elections. reports. in kuwait where the
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economy is worsening as a result of low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic parliamentary elections still went ahead as planned voters masked up before casting their ballots and said they hoped these polls would begin to turn things around and. i boycotted the past 2 elections this time us told that i should participate because the situation is deteriorating we need to be united and elect me foremost in the parliament so that the situation may improve hopefully you tell a columnist i hope that the kuwaiti people will choose wisely that they will choose the people who represent kuwait changes a must these are the 1st elections in kuwait since its new emir. took office in september after the death of his half brother shifts a civil have with the opposition weekend in recent years analysts say no major political shift is expected and with the campaign season severely muted due to the
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pandemic many believe voter turnout will be lower this year up for grabs are 50 seats in parliament and among the $326.00 candidates a record number of women $29.00 are running. and not go we have to fight corruption by choosing he will represent us inside the national assembly and be a person with conscience honesty he really loves this country and its citizens kuwait's nearly 140000000000 dollar economy is facing a deficit of 46000000000 dollars this year in september it was downgraded for the 1st time by moody's investor service. and just a month earlier kuwait finance minister warned the government may no longer be able to pay salaries still analysts say it's not just the economy that will pose a challenge to the upcoming parliament also the lack of with trust and confidence between people among people with the parliament and government they need them to be
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more. effective than it used to be and i think this is going to be seen in 03 and the election results many say that no matter the results the biggest difficulty going forward maybe how to overcome legislative gridlock. and just. now the leader of ethiopia's ted grey region is saying fighting between his forces and the government is still ongoing local leaders say government forces have bombed the one town while fighting is underway outside the capital mccalla a the ethiopian prime minister had declared victory a communications blackout in the region is made a very difficult to verify or assess what's happening on the ground well an estimated 1000000 people have been displaced by fighting in take way with more than $46000.00 seeking refuge in neighboring see it done but it's experiencing severe economic difficulties of its own and nerves over a border dispute with ethiopia are also coming to the surface now mohammed vall
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reports from the border between the 2 countries. 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 not integrated region brigadier general because it is proud of his country's humanitarian role for. a bit of muscle real nobleness all 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. 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 holes that a few g.'s so that is aid agencies prepared food in the camps the valar omar is one of so many sudanese into his shop a village who share with their small homes and modest meals with the refugees.
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we look at if europeans as part of our family our neighbors and friends we have a sort of ties with them so when the war broke out who 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 and 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
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territory because it lies west of the line drawn by colonial britain but ethiopia maintains an army presence here and if you open a farmer's 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 but r.t. for this sudanese farm he's unequivocal. borders 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 pic we made with our ancestors we haven't crossed into ethiopian territory what do they want to take out. during the 1st few days of the fighting integrate some each open 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 the shopian army if it tries to
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return. i'll just a shocker triangle so the knees each open border. now more than 20 people have been arrested in paris after a protest against police brutality turned violent some protesters launched projectiles at riot police lit fires and vandalize shops police say the protests which was largely peaceful only turned violent after $500.00 riotous infiltrates at the event. iran's president is under pressure to sign a new law that could hinder nuclear talks with global powers the supreme council has approved a bill to prevent international inspectors from making surprise visits to nuclear sites the proposal comes after the sas nation of iran's top nuclear scientist last week dosage of bari has more from tehran the parliament fast tracked this bill which was in the making after the assassination of the high ranking nuclear scientist and factories out there and it was approved very quickly as was the bill
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by the guardian council what 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 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 well now to india where the fury of produce prices and agricultural subsidies shows little sign of dying down for testing farmers and government ministers have ended this weekend's talks without any agreement instead discussions are set to resume next week elizabeth peron is on the outskirts of new delhi. they're staying put they said they're not going anywhere until the government repeals 3 recent farm laws and
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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 is or morty there's a real difference emerging between the 2 sides are not just what's in the north but what to do about the farmers concerns remain they're afraid they're going to lose minimum prices for they produce these 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 the farmers maintain that because the law isn't so fundamentally flawed because they were created without consultation with farmers pushed through parliament without the 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
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a nationwide protest next tuesday venezuela's opposition leader has adopted an unusual political tactic he's on the campaign trail asking for people not to vote on why does party will boycott sunday's national assembly elections and help their own virtual referendum instead latin america is a lucy and human explains. on the eve of crucial legislative elections in israel an opposition leader why the all 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 getting him out of a bit of a 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
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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 a poor lad similar to a referendum which the constitution recognizes as binding even if president nicolas maduro does not. yet it seems really silly finnis whalen's will be asked to respond to 3 questions. do you want president out and 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 consultation presents other problems
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only 7 per cent of innocent people has internet. and with water would have agreed with gasoline sold. or possibly. to move to gone 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 that is not an opposition leaders tell us that their primary goal is to maintain and in fact increasing international support for those interim government here in chile as in the united states and europe the government has already promised not to recognize the new national assembly that results from sunday's elections and even. so while the consultation is an imperfect substitute for an election that the opposition can't win it could at least by its leaders
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a bit more time you see in human al-jazeera. and english the man who's bypassed authorities to scale some of the world's tallest buildings is up to his antics again this time in spain that onlookers watched as george can climb barcelona's 38 story on our tower without any ropes or safety equipment he's got full having climbed the building i'm in now london's 300 metre tall shot that was in july of last year though he did 6 months in the u.k. prison for that stunt clearly not much of a deterrent for him. script reminder of the headlines now and the leaders of the e.u. and u.k. have instructed that negotiate is to keep on talking in a last ditch phone call in the past few hours boris johnson and see live on delay
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and discuss the issues down in the way of a post breaks it deal that includes a level playing field fisheries and governance in a joint statement the need to set significant differences remain.

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