0. hello i'm. watching the news hour live from london it coming up both sides underline that no agreement is feasible if these issues are not solved the talking continues again but british an e.u. leaders say they're still a long way from a break that deal. russia leads the charge with its 1st mass vaccination program using a job that's not even clear at the last stage of trials. do we know what sort of

threats or it's not meant. that 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 found zones of refugees from the conflict in tick away. with sports as the premier league welcomes fans back after 9 months and valtteri bottas takes pole up for the 2nd grand prix in bahrain with george russell 2nd. welcome to the program our main story this hour the leaders of the e.u. and u.k. of instructed that negotiators to keep talking as the clock runs down before the 2 break apart without a trading relationship in a last ditch phone call in the past few hours on the line and boris johnson

discussed the final sticking point standing in the way of a post breaks it deal but speaking afterwards she said the issues could be intractable. we welcome the fact that progress has been achieved in many areas nevertheless significant differences remain on the 3 critical issues level playing field governance and fisheries both sides underlined that no agreement is feasible if these issues are not solved and whilst recognizing the seriousness of these differences we retired a further effort should be undertaken by our negotiating teams to assess whether they can be these issues can be resolved. of course 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 stumbling blocks right now are fishing rights fair

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 of indicated they could veto a deal especially as the country tries to ensure it doesn't lose too much access to british fishing waters or whatever happens this weekend the 2 sides have just $26.00 days now to reach a deal otherwise the divorce process will end in a no deal breaks it for going up even more uncertainty. is there in a team barbara has more now on the difficulties facing the go shater is on both sides. there's been a lot of talk in the press about british on happiness or the european union trying to insist on a long perhaps 10 year transition period before e.u. access to british fishing waters would be reduced the european union have been saying no that is not going to be a problem there is somewhere we can meet in the middle but perhaps

a bigger problem is the idea of unfair competition european diplomats have been briefing journalists that several countries not just france but belgium spain denmark and so on have been unhappy about the prospect of michel barnier giving ground on the rules of what they call the level playing field on state aid for example to british companies and also on what see what happens if one side wants to move away from the common standards of workers' rights on environmental standards and the like so these are clearly sticking points it will be seen by some people as good news that the talks are going to resume on sunday negotiators being asked to get back together in brussels on sunday and sort of underlying and boris johnson talking again on monday lots of people did predict that in fact the whole file would be handed over to the political leaders before any ratification but if there

is to be such a deal it has to be done in the next few days because it has to be signed off by the british parliament and by the european parliament there's an e.u. summit on thursday and friday they'll want to know the exact details as well and even if they have got a deal on paper it's going to be very difficult a big challenge to get it pushed through by december 31st there's talk that in fact it might be have to be put in place provisionally without the european parliament greenlighting it. well i'm now joined in via skype by jonathan les deputy director of the business advisory think tank british influence might seem counter-intuitive to ask this question but actually how close might we be to some sort of breakthrough or dale oh i think that we might be very close indeed look you would always expect there to be some last minutes gesture politics and hard level political intervention some drama for the resolution that's also to appeal to

domestic bases so i'm not remotely along who can force a proper used or has happened this weekend it's not the sort of thing for you to necessarily expect the food or not ramon you're scrushy but at the same time you know these things hang in the balance the deal is not guaranteed the differences between the 2 sides are real yeah and the main sticking points the obstacles right now are fishing the level playing field and then dispute resolution now in terms of that level playing field that that's a very serious issue actually and has been for quite some time absolutely the e.u. wants to make sure that it doesn't have a huge competitor or next door potentially undercutting it on standards or introducing unfair competition by state age or any number of things either now or in 5 years time or in 20 years time and i think and if there is such an artist

by the way that it wants to make sure it can retaliate by decent tariffs or some other kind of sanction and so it's just about ending those things out it's very important for the you. preserve its own interests and preserve the integrity of the single market we need if there is a dale and some sort of resolution before the end of the year we going to be going to be debate about these issues for many years to come. absolutely and this is the thing we've always said about proximity is that it's not a case of just starting something and then moving on we're going to be negotiating with you indefinitely on the problems the most important point here is that the problems that people experience are not going to be resolved they're going to be made worse they're fishing which you mentioned before is a key example there but here's the fundamental problem is the british christians want to take back control of the hoards of british waters but the majority of the

fish that we couch is actually exports into the e.u. so the e.u. as we said well if you want control of your waters then we're going to pay back control of our markets and so precious fisheries have exclusive rights to fish in british waters there's no point to that because there are the market sellers in a massacres that you use so these problems are simply not going to go away jonathan less from the british influence think tank thank you thank you at the news hour live from london still ahead on the program with a record number of women on the ballot kuwaitis head to the polls to vote for a new parliament. iran's president considers signing off a bill to stop nuclear inspections but it could make diplomacy much more difficult and then later in sport with gemma after 9 months shutout by the pandemic 2000 football fans are allowed in to watch a game in the premier league. now

russia is pushing ahead with its large scale of $1000.00 vaccination program despite the final human trials not yet being complete around $2000000.00 russians are expected to be inoculated with the spot vaccine this month but as neve baka now reports the speed of the rollout is a concern for some health professionals. it's called gab kovacs 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 of 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 in large scale vaccination of military personnel has also begun to each person getting 2 injections $21.00 days

apart. and since to them 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 facts seem 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 leveraged 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 in the. trials. do not appear to have been as extensive as they would have been. the russian government is confident that it's likely to take time for the fast track to vaccine to build international trust if barca al-jazeera. on top doctors here in the u.k.

are warning that vaccinations will only have a limited impact over the winter period country's health service is preparing to roll out a vaccine made by pfizer and biotech possibly as early as tuesday but in an open letter to health workers the country's 4 chief medical officers say it's likely to take 3 months before there's a significant drop in hospital admissions. meanwhile in iran 50000 people have now been killed by the coronavirus though some restrictions are going to be lifted in several parts of the country following a 2 week patia lockdown said begg has more now from teheran where most people are relieved to be back at work. business is finally 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 with 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 their money and keep the economy going business is here are 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 listing of restrictions does come with warnings keep wearing face masks maintain social distancing and president has been 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 it may not be 100 percent effective but the reality is because of the sanctions iran may find it very difficult to purchase one. or the government of the netherlands wants to start vaccinating against the current virus early in the new year but many people are less than enthusiastic about that survey suggests nearly

half of the dutch population has serious doubts about getting a job a step vasant reports from amsterdam. stocking up on dry ice needed to keep defies so biotech vaccine at minus 70 degrees even in mid air at amsterdam airport the large operation is gearing up to safely transport covert 900 accedes 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 well the dutch national airline is getting ready for this job you'd vaccines worldwide millions here in the level and are still reluctant to be vaccinated and some say they will use the inoculation with that 90 altogether though until we know what the side effects or it's not

monthly let's birth a man and his daughter maxime i'm not against vaccinations but won't take a covert shot for at least a few years until more information is available don't have the 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 are having doubts about being vaccinated it's going to be a big challenge. to motivate people to be. better and that of course also our worry i think that's a very serious problem because it. is a really necessary for the protection of our employees and or. that degree your fractionation is as high as possible with more than 12000 covert deaths 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 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 both why there are so many scientists who have completely sort of let down all their normal tasks and went focusing focusing upon it but this is a story that needs to be told about companies like a lamb have been preparing for the arrival of the vaccine. for month the government has yet to start informing the public cause and concerns that are a country's may have reach higher vaccination rates much sooner and therefore can also open up the economies earlier step faster al-jazeera answer.

davis is an infectious disease physician at washington university school of medicine and the john cochrane v.a. medical center joins us now from some from st louis in missouri by skype so you have different developments for the various different companies and vaccines that have happened in the past few days and weeks now how long would you give it how close would you say we are to seeing a safe and effective vaccine for the virus while we're here in the u.s. where only a week away probably from being able to see some of the 1st vaccine landing i mean states across the country for a distribution. eliminate it out from 3 clinical trials shown in 2 of the leading here in the united states over 90 percent every casino which is way more than we expected we were hoping for even 50 to 60 percent and safety. reassuring it has gone before external advisory boards or beirut.

and already people are finding that promising i myself am coming out a call with some of the leaders in the african american community in an action. where we also are hopeful but our concerns lying around and. so i mean what when you say equity you talk about access to the vaccination because even though. we're having very positive results in trials in terms of the efficacy of what's in the works why not not everyone is going to be able to get a vaccine. exactly so you know i you know that big news has been reporting for quite some time now that here we are seeing devastating disparities in black and brown communities who are much more likely to become ineffective but also have greater date rates of and so that has issues around how are

we going to make sure that this acting is as accessible to them and that is to everybody else this country unfortunately has a marvelous history of inequity. in the in the scientific and medical community with well documented atrocious atrocities the rounds. examples like that merriment and even dating back to slavery that are very significant back to the inn and its infancy but there are people in the community who do want to back the un program we want to know what is being planned by individual states to make sure and then bear communities failed in fact the guy is also because of that lack of trust then between is saying it is stablished institutions in the african-american community even when the vaccine is rolled out to the wider population which might not even happen for a while are there going to be. those trust issue is going to become an obstacle

with many in the community reluctant to take that the vaccine. yes that was a very serious concern we have had studies as well as recently as a week ago that showed that almost half of americans do not want your plan to take a backseat and 67 percent of the african-american community i attribute that mainly true this issue around stress has very well documented and understandable historical precedents and there are many things that can be done to overcome this this is not going to be overcome by last minute your. efforts but there are community partnerships i for one work with many community organizations who have earned the trust of these communities and should be partnered with but that requires time planning and most importantly funding to be accessible to them to get this. thanks very much appreciate your thoughts from missouri there marty

davis thank you. now to ethiopia the leader of the region is saying that fighting between his forces and the government is still ongoing local leaders say that government forces have bombed one town while fighting is underway outside the regional capital mckelway the ethiopian prime minister had declared victory but there is a communications blackout in the area which means it's difficult to verify what's actually happening inside the region but an estimated 1000000 people have been displaced by the fighting integrate with more than $46000.00 seeking refuge in neighboring sudan but it's experiencing severe economic difficulties of its own in that country and there's also nervousness over a border dispute now with ethiopia really coming to the surface mohamed voller imports from that border. the sudanese army on patrol near the european border it's on the lookout for refugees who might be stranded in the area after escaping the fighting in ethiopia is not integrate region brigadier general

because it is proud of his country's humanitarian role. but that of mushroom global news for the 1st 12 days before aid agencies arrived the people of get a reef with the 1st to offer food blankets shelter and comfort to the refugees the sudanese armed forces organize transportation for thousands of civilians and brought them to hash camps the hash up are 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 holes the refugees so that is aid agencies prepared food in the camps that is one of so many sudanese in the hash up affiliate who share their small homes and modest meals with the refugees. the one we look at of europeans as part of our family our neighbors and friends we have used to 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 unresolved issue here what i stand is the fuss i got farmland thousands and thousands of active militants asemi fields and this land is actually disputed between its european and so than. the triangle where most of the refugees are staying covers an area of about 250 square kilometers and it has about $600000.00 acres of felt thailand so that says it's an integral part of its territory because it lies west of the line drawn by a call. britain but ethiopia maintains an army presence here and if you open a farmers exploit a huge parts of the land a joint committee has been trying for years with little success to finalize about

the demarcation. point take to it across the adjacent up body for this so that his farm is unequivocal. abode is a well defined and we're not ready for compromise no government has allowed these ethiopians to settle on our land but we object to them and we will fight them to the last minute to be restored fully that's the pact we made with our ancestors we haven't crossed into ethiopian territory or do they want to take out. doing the 1st few days of the fighting integrate some each open army units abandon their bases within flash 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 chopping army if it tries to return. i just got triangle so the knees each open border. now the u.s. president donald trump is on the campaign trail once again but without the full

backing of his republican party trump is due to speak in the state of georgia in support of 2 republican senators ahead of the senate election next month that could be vital for the balance of the house but the republican governor of georgia brian kemp won't be there after refusing to endorse trump's claims of voter fraud in the presidential election well the georgia runoff to be held on the 5th of january pick the 2 republican senators david and kerry loeffler against the democratic challengers john ourself and raphael warnock the vote will determine who controls the u.s. senate democrats would need to win both of those seas to deny the republicans a majority they could use to block large parts of joe biden's legislative agenda if the democrats secure both those seats the senate would be split down the middle vice president elect to come would then get to cast the tie breaking vote. let's go live now to convey how could he's involved us to georgia so a very significant runoff coming up on the 5th of january what do we expect to

happen tonight. yeah just to give you a sense of just how important this runoff election is in the u.s. state of georgia just consider the lineup of people that have to been campaigning here this week not only have we had former president praful bomb of the current vice president mike pence we're soon going to hear from the u.s. president donald trump and we expect in the coming days or weeks that the president elect joe biden will also be campaigning here now in terms of the money spent trying to win these seats in the u.s. senate millions have been poured in on both sides democrats and republicans because as you point out this is about control of the senate and why does this matter to democrats so much it would mean that joe biden could push through his agenda working with congress given the fact that already democrats control the house of

representatives and the white house the senate would allow them to push that agenda now in terms of republicans they say that they need to hold onto these seats in the senate in order to be that check and balance on joe biden so this is something that is key it is that there are so many and so much riding on these 2 senate seats now in terms of the georgia voters republicans have a little bit of a problem because they say that they're not sure they're going to vote some of them they feel that president trump won the november 3rd election and they believe that it was stolen from him so they say they may not even vote and that's a real concern so we expect that donald trump when he does take to this change that he will talk about that and why it is so important to vote given the fact that many have lost faith in the system they say. and president trump is still sort of campaigning isn't a does does. one care. yeah well that's

a really interesting point because this is supposed to be about the senate seats but if we get any indication of what the president's going to say it might have a lot so there are sound a lot like the video he released online this week it was a 46 minute video where he claimed that he defeated joe biden and that he is going to continue to challenge these election results in fact most recently the president has once again lost half a dozen court cases as of yesterday some of those were ruled on by republican judges that he appointed so this is not going well for the president but it's not just the u.s. president the things he won this election in fact we know now from a new poll that only 25 percent of congressional republicans say that they will accept a biden presidency so we expect that we'll hear a lot about control the senate but we'll also hear a lot we expect from donald trump about how he is still trying to challenge those november 3rd election results even as this runoff election is still a month away thank you so much kimberly how could. i. still ahead on this news

hour from london risking political irrelevance well an online help or hot venezuela's opposition in sunday's national assembly elections we'll have that story and then in the sports make sure my head closes in on winning the formula t. championship we'll have that story and more with gemma. the a. 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 in the u.k. 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 spade in the western med the rain particular of the 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 large 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 the sun slowly returned later on monday so that cold air has made some incursion into morocco and the temperature in red back to 13 is disappointing to say the least with the wind to add to it.

2023 year of lock downs and social distancing he can't reach across the screen and give someone a hug alleyway explores one of the global pandemics biggest side effects the loneliness everyone who lives alone has been forced to be socially isolated for the 1st time or highlighting its effects on physical and mental health and discovering unique ways of coping control makes being a day to get out at the safe to have all hail the lockdown on al-jazeera. in 2008 rocky omar traveled across the united states discovering what it was like to be both a patriotic american and a devout muslim can he be muslim and american you have 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 want has changed rewind islam in america on al-jazeera.

old order. form. welcome back to our main story this hour the leaders of the u.k. and european union have spoken on the phone to try and break the impasse on a trade deal they've been struggling to resolve their differences on 3 main issues but this is just weeks before the final deadline for the u.k. to leave the e.u. . russia and russia has launched a large scale kovan $1000.00 vaccination program without completing a final human trials around $2000000.00 russians are expected to be given the sputnik vaccine this month. and in iran 50000 people have died from the

corona virus and some restrictions are being lifted in several parts the country after a 2 week partial lockdown. that cameroon is going to be holding its 1st ever regional elections on sunday president paul b. hopes the vote will appease separatist groups in the countries in the speaking west by granting the more local powers but the opposition is boycotting the election saying it's a move by the president to consolidate his grip on power nicolas haq reports. even for the candidates of the governing party cameron's 1st ever regional election campaign is proving rather dull municipal councillors are voting for regional delegate candidates campaigning explain how municipalities regions and the national assembly have to work as one for the unity of the nation but with pictures of president paul everywhere the opposition believes this isn't about local issues but a way for the 87 year old head of state to tighten his grip on power with most

political opponents imprisoned the opposition is boycotting the vote saying it will not be credible but the governing party likely to win most of the votes in. the english speaking regions of cameroon separatists have warned people to stay indoors until their grievances for greater autonomy is addressed this issue the critics say that it was in the region of the ditch because it was if it increases that is we need to move the sense of just regions of the country that is interested in region to. that is. we want these. killings. in the face and self-esteem so. armed separatists called the english speaking regions of cameroon amazonia they see it as an english speaking country struggling for independence from a french speaking nation for the government this is an armed rebellion that requires military intervention against separatist groups as a result of the fighting 3000 people have been killed and nearly a 1000000 people have been displaced among them 2 additional chief.

i'm scared to return home if i go back. even talking in front of camera is dangerous i'm worried for my children family and my community how can i support them from here. for the government of paul b. of the vote is a step towards a greater regional autonomy addressing the aspirations of those displaced in an attempt to bring an end to conflicts plaguing camera. good but the campaign has failed to garner the attention of a population accustomed to one party and one man dominating in controlling the political landscape for the last 38 years nicholas hawke al-jazeera. around a number of women are among hundreds of candidates mind to be kuwait's next lawmakers have been costing that ballots in parliamentary elections there is one with john jim reports. in kuwait where the economy is worsening as

a result of lower oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic parliamentary elections still going 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 i was told that i should participate because the situation is deteriorating we need to be united and he licked reformists in the parliament so that the situation may improve hopefully the fellow caught on the fly 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 shift my wife and i took office in september after the death of his half brother shifts. with the opposition weakened in recent years analysts say no major political shift is expected and with the campaign season severely muted due to the pandemic many believe voter turnout will be lower this year up for grabs are 50 seats in

parliament and among the 326 candidates a record number of women 29 are running. and not oh 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's 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 that i'd cope with just and won't be this between people i mean people with the parliament and government they need them to be 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 may be how to overcome legislative gridlock. and does it. 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 vandalized shops to say the protests which was largely peaceful only turned violent after $500.00 rioters infiltrated the event demonstrators a concern that president calls new security plans will restrict civil liberties. 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 or make as one president has an rouhani to sign it into law even though he's expressed his doubts about it

a proposal comes after the assassination of iran's top nuclear scientist mohsin factories are there 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 scientists 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 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 they for iran to show some good face to the international community to say that we don't have anything to hide or now to india the fury of produce prices and agricultural subsidies shows little sign of dying

down protesting farmers and government ministers of ended this weekend's talks without any agreement instead discussions are set to resume next week. venezuela's opposition leader has adopted an unusual political tactic he's on the campaign trail asking people not to vote why does party will boycott sunday's national elections and hold their own virtual referendum instead but it's going to be a tough task as a latin america editor is seen human explains. 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 everything he wanted to give it the more you know because we resist torture 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 tillage a slate of 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. 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 and new and free elections do you reject sunday's electoral of then to 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 only 7 per cent of innocent people has internet every day. and with water would have a. soul. or possibly 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 that is not an opposition leaders tell us that their primary goal is to maintain and in fact the increasing international support for its internal 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 in the

field 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. nearly a month since 2 hearkens hit central america just 2 weeks apart many areas are still under water and honduras thousands of people have been left homeless in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic nanny reports. this is baby joshua he was born just over a week ago at this makeshift shelter under a bridge in san pedro sula. his mother 23 year old. tells us her family lost everything during hurricanes ada and iota 2 powerful back to back storms that flooded the city last month. and been here for more than a month now 8 days ago my baby was born inside this tent it was very hot i was

expecting to go to the hospital but i had no choice but to give him. ada and i otoh were 2 of the strongest storms of 2020 in one of the most active atlanta hurricane seasons in recorded history. the impact of the storms in honduras has been particularly devastating bridges and power lines collapsed roads buried under mudslides and entire towns flooded many are still underwater more than a month since the 1st storm hit. helene alatas says she hadn't finished clearing the mud from the 1st storm when the downpours from hurricane iota flooded her home for a 2nd time you know what that i think other people suffered more than myself i thank god because even though i have nothing left inside my home the 4 walls is still standing and that's something. honduras is one of the poorest countries in the americas the destruction left by the storms has exacerbated an already critical

situation and complicated efforts to curb the code 98 outbreak here. relief workers say international assistance has become more important than ever and warned that in many ways the crisis is still worsening. a really serious day. there are certain reserve places. and you start small. and yes i'm sure i'm sure. the honduran government says state shelters or at capacity meaning that thousands are now left to fend for themselves on the streets any hopes they have left now depend on the kindness of others who are willing to lend a hand. below al-jazeera. japanese scientists hoping to discover more clues about the origin of our solar system and possibly how life began a capsule that's collected samples from an asteroid as landing in the australian

outback it's the end of a mission that 1st began 6 years ago or about banning reports i specially delivery of the capsule to the australian outback and this one came hurtling down from space and it may contain some answers to help us to understand the origins of our solar system and how life began. this is the end of the higher bush the 2 probes mission that was sent to the 4600000000 year old asteroid to collect samples of the rock. it had blasted off from japan in december 2014 before reaching the asteroid in june 2018 it touched down twice on the asteroid once in february last year when it finds a pellet the surface of the rock to kick up debris it's landed again 5 months later

to collect dust and rock from the 30th making it the 1st pope ever to achieve this . this is the moment the team of research is realized the capsule with safely returned home to. japan's air space exploration agency confirmed the capsule had successfully separated from the higher who said to. it says this is a challenging operation the required precision control 220000 kilometers from. it it traveled much farther about 300000000 kilometers having passed over to the sun for 3 years space enthusiasts in tokyo reacted to this news. more quickly than i did all i heard that if the separation did not work i have to say itself would crash into the earth i'm really glad that it was successfully released my heart was beating a bit faster when i was watching 21 more years or more with japanese technology higher because the 2 went to

a distant asteroid and came back safely i think it has the potential to prove how advanced japanese technology is scientists say they will analyze the organic materials that come from the subsurface of the asteroid it could be in the same state it was when the solar system 1st formed they say they know organic material is the origins of life but they still don't know how but the higher dosage to probe and its cargo may provide some answers nor about the manly al-jazeera. bush wants to head very shortly free climbing to lift people's spirits will tell you how the stunt could lead to a run in with the law. and general be here very shortly action from the final game of rugby he's trying to asians between australia and argentina. man.

december on al-jazeera it's 10 years since of revolution in tunisia ignited the arab spring al-jazeera looks back at the uprising and asks what really changed across the middle east the stream is where al jazeera has global audience becomes a global community a year after the 1st coronavirus case in china will examine the devastation caused by the virus and the efforts made to eliminate covert 90 people in power is back with more investigative documentaries and in-depth stories climate leaders will gather online to press ahead with a new stage of the paris climate agreement and examine the possible global solutions december on al-jazeera. with tiny it in cameras aminals or illegally filming and sharing people's most intimate moments when i went east investigate south korean spy cam deming on al-jazeera.

or rude. gemma's him out of the sport thanks mario now let's start with for me to go on and valtteri bottas has taken pole of his sundays as sakit ground free in bahrain is job was slightly easier this week without isn't this a teammate lewis hamilton to contend with how many times already won the championship and is isolating after testing positive for 19 his stand in george russell was not far off the toss though the 22 year old just $200.00 ths of a 2nd slower and he'll start 2nd on the grid ahead of red bulls max to start the. very 1st lou it's a huge amount for and it. appears this is really going to be the sort between them

and we will know how great louis is so you know just to be right 103. you know to come in last minute today to prep and produce some please stay with me tomorrow meanwhile feature f one driver is on the brink of claiming the formula to championship he started saturday's race in bahrain for the 18th but he fought his way up to 7th it means going into sunday's final race he still has a 14 point advantage eventis have maintained their unbeaten start to the season is city's syria they had to fight from behind to win the day before kick off against christiania when i was given a shirt to mark his 750th career goal which he made awake but it was his teammate. who is the match went in the 89th minute the 21 victory up to 30. earlier on saturday and let's see about the same school line is free kick the pick of the

goals from milinkevich savage want to strike that was a 7th in the table 6 points off the top. off the 9 months a shutout by the pandemic fans have been allowed inside the stadium to watch a game in the english premier league this doesn't apply to all games about london's logs and rules have changed which means that 2000 fans are out and so watch manchester united be wes thomas $31.00 there also it's 2000 in attendance at chelsea against leeds that one also in london chelsea leading $21.00 as it stands everybody i know would want to support a fringe group of exactly 30 degrees c. greg. you are both with. me on the way to get some more through. but if you don't we're going to improve your lot if you're more emotional already am. it's not just england signal pool is also letting fans in also try to grab it coronavirus tests for spectators just $200.00 were

allowed into what to domestic league game for the 1st time no was 9 months and all had to undergo a nasal swab the results of what texted to firms within 30 minutes. the n.b.a. has released is scheduled for the 1st half of the new season starting on december 22nd the start of the season is the latest because of the way the previous campaign was disrupted by the current a virus minnesota timberwolves center carl anthony towns is one man he's been hit particularly hard by 19 he says he's lost 7 family members including his mother during the pandemic. months but. a lot of people were. looking for answers. swedish pole vaulter monday duplantis has become the youngest person ever to be named world athlete of the year to blunt his he's just turned $21.00 twice break

the world record in the pole vault this year clearing a 6.18 meters back in february to finish the season undefeated in 16 events and capped it off with the highest outdoor vault of all time 6.15 meters now he's concentrating on the delayed olympics in tokyo. going into next year that's that's where i want to be in my best shape when i have seen my best performance for reading and trying to get in there and try to be on top the podium so yeah i mean pretty much anything because now it is towards the limits this isn't coming year and you know it's a means of drama that it couldn't happen this year but you know it's a lot you know and i can see and complain a lot of worse things than other people from today anyone involved in derry paying its international sporting events could face criminal penalties in the u.s. president donald trump signed into law the controversial chunk of act named after the whistleblower who exposed russian state sponsored doping it calls for fines of

up to $1000000.00 and jail terms of up to 10 years for anyone involved in similar schemes that influence events involving athletes sponsors or broadcasters in new zealand one rugby's trying to asians off to australia and argentina played out to draw in the final game even before kickoff the all blacks are pretty much assured of the tide so barring a huge margin of victory for one of the teams both of them scored a try to sit down for argentina and that was cancelled out by michael who thought the wallabies had a player red carded still have a chance to win it so with a late penalty kick rhys hodges missed it and the game finished 16 points apiece argentina finished 2nd behind new zealand with australia last french go for and 21 has won his 1st title on the european till it came at the dubai championship the took a shot an 8 under par final round of $64.00 with an eagle and 7 birdies rosneft finished

on $25.00 under for the tournament that was 2 straight is clear of the fields. heavy snow for meant the women's super g. ski race in switzerland was cancelled on saturday but just over the border in italy and the men's giant slalom race was able to take place in tough conditions gracious for the chicks and started 6. he took the lead after the 2nd run to clinch victory in santa catarina it's his 2nd win of 2020 and puts him 2nd in the world cup standings behind top ranked frenchman alexy upon 0. and finally some action from the freestyle world cup in finland this is francis perry a far winning the opening moguls event of the season sharing the kind of skills that i've already seen when 3 straight world titles the 22 year old is also the defending olympic champion as well. that is all your sport for now great things are much tennis some free styling of a different kind by this english stuntman who's bypassed authorities to scale some

of the world's tallest buildings and he's done it this time in spain bewildered onlookers watched as george king climbed barcelona's 38 story aggregate tower without any ropes or safety equipment he's 20 years old but he says that he wants to lift people's spirits during a pandemic and actually this is the ag barr tower so managed to scale as you can see these done it without the use. of any of the proper gear but it's not his 1st time doing this because actually he he did this in the building and now london's 300 meter tall shod did that in july of last year and served 6 months in the u.k. prison for that stunt but it clearly didn't do anything to deter him what's it for the news hour but i'll be back in just a couple of minutes with another full bulletin for you rather the day's top stories coming up very shortly some of it.

pakistan's k.s.c. $100.00 is said more than 36 percent we bring you the stories in development is that a rapidly changing the world we live in water is going dispensable to economic activity but industrial uses worsening contest of fresh water counting the cost on al-jazeera. from mother to daughter an ancient croft kept alive by a bustling matriarch. from start to finish. all traditions

intertwined with new designs making this family's place unique into a newsy is a rich tapestry. the threads on a just 0. reporting in the field means i often get to witness not just new is breaking but also history as it's unfolding crossing from serbia to hungary the red one there might be covering politics in the next 2 of my covering protests. but what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they are going through so that i can convey the headlines in the most human way possible. we believe everyone has a story worth hearing the world food program will receive the nobel peace prize for fighting against hunger and the use of starvation as a weapon of war we ask executive director david beasley how the challenge of

contacting global hunger would be met in the age of the coronavirus pandemic the nobel interview on al-jazeera. both sides. no agreement is feasible if these issues are not sold well the talking continues again but british an e.u. leaders say they're still a long way from brics it deal. though 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 the last stage of trials. until we know what the side effects or.