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filming and sharing people's most intimate moments going to one needs to investigate some through spy cam the demi on al-jazeera. 0. have their i missed this is the news hour live from our headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes british negotiators are in brussels for loft brecht's the talks as reports suggest the cabinet in london is backing a possible no deal and the u.k. prepares to roll out its vaccination program against private 19 distributing stocks to hospital. venezuelans vote for a new congress but critics say present with europe is trying to seize the last
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state body controlled by the opposition and thinking outside the box we meet some of the designers creating spaces for a 1st pandemic while. about a piece of it with the schumacher name is back on a world championship trophy as mick the son of one legend. to try to. call in what's been described as the final throw of the dice the british and european union negotiations are scrambling to secure a post or exit trade deal and follow saturday's talks between prime minister barak johnson and european commission president obama to lyon the u.k.'s chief negotiator david frost has now arrived in brussels. we're going to be looking very hard to try and get a deal we're going to see what happens in negotiations today and that will we will be looking forward to meeting oh you're being colleagues later on so thank you very
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much oh britain formally left the e.u. back in january but has until december 31st to strike a trade deal but the main sticking points include access to british waters by e.u. fishing fleets and rules concerning business now if the 2 sides do not reach an agreement border checks and taxes will be introduced for goods traveling between the u.k. and the e.u. at the end of the year well let's get an update now from india and bob he's in london for us now deemed the fact that senior negotiators are meeting on a sunday i mean that really shows how last ditch all of this is what are the chances that we actually get some resolution on the sticking points. i don't think anyone knows what the chances are unless they're actually in that room where are david frost the ukase negotiator and michel barnier the chief a unit go ca to meeting really we know what they're saying we know that there's lots of theatricals in the last few days we've heard from the u.k. that there is a problem with the e.u. side not recognizing that the u.k.
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is fully sovereign and needs control over its territory and its laws were waved accuse the british side have accused the e.u. of unreasonably trying to impose a long transition period before those fishing quotas of access to british waters would change the e.u. has denied that georgia used this the you came veyron it secretary has said we are in the last few days where a deal might be struck he has said that there have been a whole heap in his words of new elements brought in by the other side whatever the reality it's it's very hard to see how the government can continue that rhetoric about full sovereignty given that they're trying to strike a free trade deal with this huge trading block in which they want tariff free
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access to the single market and $450000000.00 consumers now we believe on monday michel barnier will be briefing us it is and then on monday evening prime minister boris johnson in a sort of underlie in the commission president will again hold another phone call to see if the negotiators have got anywhere but there's no sign at the moment that they will do and then later this week the british parliament is due to to debate again something called the internal market bill which effectively breaks international law by contravening some of. that withdrawal agreement signed with brussels so that could effectively mark the nail in the coffin for any kind of extended talks for a deal before the end of the year but we're not there yet and the same you're standing there in london is there a sense do you think of growing unease in the u.k.
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about the possibility there will be no deal. it depends who you are asking if you ask people who are importers or exporters absolutely the e.u. accounts for 43 percent of the u.k.'s exports and 52 percent of the u.k.'s imports businesses for months have been asking for more detail on exactly what will be happening. ports in terms of customs checks they've said they haven't had access to the new i.t. system the british government is bringing in but among the public i think there's no sense of panic because the public are not involved in the intricacies of such things they just they want to know what will be the effect on for example their supermarket shop will many experts are saying if there is a no deal scenario in january then goods could suddenly become significantly more expensive because of these tariffs even under a deal though there expect is expected to be considerable disruption there will be
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customs checks there will be extra paperwork but the government's own spending watchdog says the no deal scenario would be the most damaging one for brits britain's economy taking 2 percent of national output in 2021 alone of a government insists that it is ready logistically to hound or a new deal breaks it but some of its contingency planning does raise eyebrows over that. with all the latest for us from london thank you so much and well let's now speak to pisa clappy is an e.u. policy analyst and he joins us now from brussels piers i know that you have been sounding relatively optimistic that there is going to be a deal can you talk us through a. well you know i think it should be a mistake to make the rule be a minute deal if you look at the points of contention i think for example fisheries it is very much in the in the interest of the e.u.
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to get a deal from such the extent that openly issues axels will not be as big or a little state of the united kingdom as a great interest in a deal because. the scottish fishing interests. which would no longer. the e.u. markets so. we can speak of mutual interest the 2nd point of contention is so-called level playing field some kind of strange check that. the e.u. intends to impose on the on the u.k. now i think brust has made it clear it out there willing to be flexible on a strong and the so-called governance arrangements which are sort of the ability of an arbiter. finding solutions only in case they would not respect the terms of that street checketts. as long as that is. i would personally
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would expect it's a prediction i may be wrong but i think we're in john's will all but he will say ok fine as long as we get along. we are willing to accept binding our words or you to and then. impose what has been great piece i know a number of the european countries actually been saying that no deal is better than a bad deal i mean obviously there is yet trix a negotiation is going on here but the french have also been threatening a veto you are saying you do think there is a large amount of room for compromise here. well you know 1st of all there is no deal it's much much worse. than. or at your sites. should our news on that i think has also stressed that quite an interesting comments because we actually don't really know watch what has been actually greet
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we know that there won't be tariffs under a deal of. course tariffs and quotas but we do not know to what extent you will allow manufacturing parts cars chemicals. parts of the irish space industry. to appropriately into the markets you couldn't you reduce it well this is really under e.u. law and. under u.k. law story and we no longer recognize that that's equivalent now i think his comments were or at least there's a big difference between a deal i don't know if you will i think that suggests that for manufacturing. the e.u. are actually what's next for it will probably recognize many of your case regulations equivalents to the e.u. or regulation and i think you it's mainly looking after all it's governance
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solution in the sense that they house them for any power to force the united kingdom not to undermine competition even if you know that ultimately they will have to get the u.k. a lot of freedom because it's the 3rd country and the u.k. were no longer no longer up the same market that's that's that it's only fair that there or it can also go for. a lot more. continue watching those negotiations take place except then e.u. policy and i speaking to us from brussels thanks so much peter great ken your expertise here. thank you. well now the outcome of these breaks at talks could also impact the u.k.'s coded 19 vaccination program that is due to roll out from choose day will join the house joins us now live from outside a hospital in north london where vaccinations are going to be given out jonah what
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are we hearing about how all of this will roll out and potentially get that fast. well i'm standing as you say outside the royal free hospital in hampstead north london that's one of 50 hospitals around the country that will act as initial vaccine distribution hubs with the very 1st jabs expected to take place here and at those other hospitals on tuesday as you said as we speak now there are hundreds of thousands of doses we're told about 800000 doses already in the country they've been delivered here from their place of manufacture in belgium they're undergoing rigorous checks right now to ensure that they have safely survived that transit they are in a very low temperature freezers of secure locations and will be distributed we're told on monday initially they'll be hoping to get the most vulnerable vaccinated the over eighty's people who work with elderly people in care homes
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they'll be looking 1st at people who are actually in these hospital settings either as outpatients visiting or as in patients being discharged and then they'll invite others to turn up later hoping it seems to widen the orbit of this. distribution quite quickly g.p.s. that local clinics have been put on notice to be on standby from the 14th of december obviously this will depend on the amounts of the vaccine that are made available as the month progresses and eventually looking at mass distribution to the entire population of much bigger venues like concert halls sports stadiums conference venues and the like but that will be for the 1st 3 months or so next year for the moment this is the beginning rollout begins on tuesday take a listen to what a senior executive at the national health service here in england had to say. as a doctor this is a really exciting moment. around the country vaccination hub such as this one we here at today have been working tirelessly to make sure that we are prepared to commence vaccination on tuesday this feels like the beginning of the end but of
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course it's a marathon not a sprint. and it will take many months for us to vaccinate everybody who needs vaccination. or the beginning of the end a message there for the n.h.s. and the government has said it expects or hopes for a return to some form of normal life by easter next year remember this is an enormously technological and logistical. challenging operation they've got to handle this virus with this vaccine with enormous kids going to be stored at minus 70 degrees centigrade hence the need for those very advanced low temperature freezes it's got to be hauled before it's use it can only be moved 4 times during that process with a 5 day shelf life so you know all very well in hospital settings quite a different proposition in non-hospital settings and then of course as we've been hearing this breaks it to contend with the 1st of january breaks it becomes real there are deep concerns about blockades at border posts and ports stopping the
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inflow of hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccine in the new year and we hear from the minute ministry of defense that military planes have been put on standby to try and circumvent those cues should that become necessary to and how they're watching that vaccine roll out for us in london thank you so much john well now about of. china has arrived in indonesia 2 days after the government approved its use by a buyer pharmaceutical company signed a back is already conducting human trials that and they infections have seen record numbers in recent polls with several politicians testing positive as well indonesia has the highest number of cases and deaths in the southeast asia region. well there's plenty more ahead here on this news hour including we follow the plight of if european refugees who fled fighting interested on looking for safety. they regard presidential election but we were filled with. donald trump repeats false
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claims of fraud as his 1st public rallies of the presidential election. in south africa in england are forced to abandon their latest cricket contest after more coronavirus case. of venezuelans are choosing a new congress and an election boycotted by the opposition the u.s. e.u. and west latin american countries are calling it a sham vote they say it will enable president nicolas maduro is ruling socialist party to take over the last state party currently controlled by the opposition but there are says he'll step down if his party doesn't win the voters latin america at a solution human has this report. like a great many than his whalen's who live in low income areas have got access unemployed big relief it is says he has much better things to do both in sunday's national assembly elections. like for example preparing since sheets and wood as
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a stove because he has no cooking gas. it's always promises promises and every day things are worse over government does is blame those who have no power this is one of the world's richest countries but we have nothing because of this terrible administration the problem he says is that voting in the legislative elections won't change a thing. that mainstream opposition is alleging fraud and isn't even competing thus making the outcome a foregone conclusion though there's a joke going around and it is whaler it says those americans should follow our example we know the winner of our elections long before they even take play. critics say it would be funny if it were true. this is the new electoral commission which is stacked in favor of the ruling that is well in socialist party and these have been israel is new in the trunk voting machines they were bought after
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a mysterious fire burned down all the ones that had been audited by an independent body. the ones. in 2017 with the. sole non. technical has been. among the candidates for president. and his son junior. apart from declaring the leadership of the largest opposition parties illegal the government controls and censors the media and while voting isn't mandatory at a recent rally party strongman. said those who don't vote don't eat there won't be food for those who don't vote. government supporters say they're counting the days until they take over the national assembly the only democratic institution that isn't normally controlled by the opposition. but. this is
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our opportunity to expose those contrails who for the last 5 years mistreated the venezuelan people and indeed there's no doubt about the winner the only real question is how many people may heed the opposition's call to staying home and abstain. following events for us from chile as capital santiago they say i believe you're at a popular market for venezuela. how engaged the diaspora there in this election. you know that yes you're absolutely right we're neighborhood that where a great deal of the people who will live in the apartments nearby are from venezuela it's the law. largest migrant community in this country right now and the people we've been speaking to when i asked them what they think about those elections they kind of laugh and say well it's a farce it's a total farce we're not even we're not even keeping in you know tabs of what's going on that's what they tell me but i've been speaking to other people in
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venezuela itself and interestingly enough for poll of how many people may or may not heed the opposition's call for a boycott of the elections we're hearing that the queues are extremely small very very small turnout so far less in fact than in the election in 2017 for the constituent assembly that the government had called in which the opposition also boycotted so there seems to be very very little the huge chasm in venezuela and also here to say i'm curious given that mr quite as boycotting as far as he is essentially giving up his role as the head of the assembly where does all of this leave him. that is the that is a very very good question indeed and there is no answer yet but it certainly does weaken his position because the legitimacy of his role as the interim president which which comes emerges from the fact that he was the president of the national
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assembly is going to be over i mean he will have to just keep insisting that these elections were not valid and therefore he is still somehow the leader of the opposition but that's going to be a hard sell as not just in venezuela but especially when the international community now we know that the united states much of the e.u. and many many of the latin american countries are saying that they will not recognize these national assembly elections as valid but that that's not necessarily translate into continued recognition for why though as an interim president and so we're going to have to see just how long he can hold on to that or whether the opposition will come up with a new plan and you see in human there for us live in santiago thank you so much lucy well let's not speak to paul dobson he is a political analyst in venezuela and he joins us now from america via skype paul i know the opposition wants to make a statement a bit but do you think this could potentially be a strategic miscalculation on their part could could it cause division in the anti mature ranks for instance. well the 1st thing to clarify is that there are
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essentially 4 blocks within the venezuelan opposition that has recently divided into 4 different sectors of the 4 sectors one sector is according to boycott the elections which is the sector belonging to one why though the other 3 sectors are actually participating in today's election and there are nearly 80 different political parties signed up from the right wing who will be competing with the government and running their encounter that they've been campaigning freely they've been on a national debate and they present been presenting their proposals to the country so i think we have to be very careful we talk about the venezuelan opposition now in terms of boycotting as a strategy the opposition in venezuela the unified opposition in 2005 i'm proud of the strategy boycotted the national assembly election which is the senate least led to a nearly 100 percent turnout for the government led congress now that at the time people really analyze at this backfired for the opposition and there are many of the
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opposition leaders themselves have since claimed that this was a mistake in 2005 because the idea of politics of democratic politics is to is to struggle is to fight within the spaces of debate where laws are made and written and if you don't take up your seats in these spaces then you're basically giving an open court to your to your to your diversity which in this case would be the government of the lessons of 2005 suggested the opposition are in fact making a mistake when they boycott today's elections well we're hearing from our correspondents here that turnout as that's been pretty fan on the ground in venezuela do you think that in itself is a bit of an indication of the strength of majority support. recently over the last 5 to 5 years or so turnout has been decreasing in venezuela selections this is largely due to immigration a number of venezuelans millions of venezuelans have left the country and have not registered in their consulates and embassies also the day to day conditions in venezuela may cause things like transport and finding time to get
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a vote increasingly difficult we don't expect a high turnout the turnout in the last comparable election which was the local council election of december 2017 was around 4044 percent 45 percent were expected to turn up around this maybe slightly lower. but the options are there for venezuelans or when it's equivalent or 18 years or even who live in the country are eligible to vote and they have plenty of options on the ballot card this time around while i was looking at some interesting numbers disapproval ratings from a recent poll most of the jurors are also 2 percent mr glad those $6.00 to $7.00 there is a record numbers as everyone that just lost faith in government where do you go from here. the recent situations in the country which include the power of our topics in some of the powers of the state the ongoing economic crisis and a whole range of other factors how to relate to a massive increase in general disillusionment from across the board across the
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board with political leadership and this has in turn led the greatest engineers i'm a great a lower level of participation in not just the election but all democratic processes here involving communes communal councils and grassroots organizations as well and this is a major problem for the country because if the people are not willing to come participate as they have done in the past and also the legitimacy of the powers which our elected is we can call dobson their political analyst as well to us from america in venezuela great to get your thoughts here on al-jazeera thanks for being with us for thank you. the united nations says near fighting in ethiopia's northern region of to grey is forcing even more civilians to flee into neighboring sudan more than 1000000 people in tikrit have already been displaced by the month long conflict our correspondent mohammed about reports from hyundai is near the sudanese in order to rally. the father mother children grandchildren great
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grandchildren relatives neighbors all crowded into one tent they're among the latest ethiopian refugees to cross the border to sudan then said number the funnel malicious and they would kill us because we're to grand they told us you have 24 hours to live and they began to lose you know animals and property according to the u.n. during the last few days the number of refugees arriving into sudan has increased from about 400 a day to more than 800 part of the clichés due to a new round of fighting in the area of sherry west of the regional capital killing a lot of the rest men. they also reckon there's a lot of fear there's a lot of. communal conflicts inside to get i and they found it easier or safer to come to sudan i'm standing at one of the main border crossings between each opiates around this is the city 3 dividing the 2 countries and these
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people you see behind me are all ethiopian refugees fleeing the conflict inside utopia the other side is the top you don't see many people on the outside they tell us they are afraid to talk to the media but at the same time they say they really don't want to go far away from this place because it is the closest to their homes . stories of separation or not being able to reach family members are common here the sudanese red crescent working in coordination with the international committee of the red cross is trying to help but then a man who's been on the other side of it. we started a program called family reunification. at the beginning we allow them to call their family members for free if that doesn't work we sin short messages via partner agencies in ethiopia so far we've conducted 2500 phone calls and sent 86 messages 70 percent of the phone calls lead to good results it's been 26 days since this if you open woman from the city of hama lost contact with her husband and children she
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is here again to check with this with a nice red crescent office for new information not ready to give up she says she prefers to stay at the border hoping loved ones show up here at. our 201 day at sudanese ethiopian border. still ahead from here on al-jazeera after decades and we look at what cameron's president might be able to achieve and the country is a fast regional election. homeless people in honduras struggle to find food and shelter after being hit by the strongest storm. and a 712 title in 8 years for this french rally driver peter will have all those details for you.
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the latest wave on its way through is this one here nice shape to it which means of the sun the storms on it they run east was very random produced snow of the higher ground of course and in afghanistan during the rest of monday in the tail end will produce a few showers probably worth to forming in the u.a.e. otherwise it's just a fairly steady street ation mile i think there are more showers forming in the eastern med probably hitting parts of syria or lebanon once again the house forecast reflects that breeze it tends to drop the temps you are down to about 22 and not times middle teen just quite cold this time of the year but beyond that the weather is fairly quiet and this year in turkey or cyprus terrans to see the sun come out during tuesday africa's seas no rains are getting sorted out now as a good line dancer here suzanne bare zimbabwe and towards the middle of mozambique put barrier here just to position you south of that we're talking about daytime showers all thunderstorms johannesburg will probably get
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a long way across the capital of malawi is probably going to welcome this for monday tuesday wednesday we got rain slowing weaving rain in the for showers so into thunderstorms more likely on wednesday yeah that's wanted in malawi. in 2008 frankie 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 i'm listening to elect of the united states congress what has changed rewind islam in america on al-jazeera. from mother to daughter an ancient croft kept alive by
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a bustling matriarch. from start to finish. all traditions intertwined with new designs making this family's place unique and tunisia's rich tapestry. the threads on al-jazeera. who or what. you know again. let's remind you about top stories here this hour britain's chief bricks and negotiator david frost has arrived in brussels for more discussions the u.k. and. it's less than a month before the deadline to reach
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a deal on the outcome of the brics of talks could impact the u.k.'s carbon 19 vaccination program of rollout and choose day there are concerns about delays at the border as the u.k. adjusts to trading under the new system. and venezuelans are choosing a new congress and election boycotted by the opposition president nicolas maduro his ruling socialist party is likely to take over the last state body currently controlled by the opposition. and the record numbers of migrants and refugees are arriving on the shores of spain's canary islands thousands of people have come from wolf africa since e.u. agreements with turkey libya morocco all the popular routes to europe well let's take a look at the scale of the problem nearly 20000 refugees and migrants have reached the canary islands so far this year that's around 10 times as many as the previous year 8000 people arrived just in the past month alone that's a new record for arrivals in the canaries some of them have been put in hotels and
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tourist apartments that are empty junior to the pandemic while others are being placed in temporary reception sentences well let's not speak to our correspondent ben smith he's in gran canaria but if these are pretty big numbers how are they with already as they're coping with all of this. these days are struggling to cope with it at the moment they seem to have been caught flat footed by the sudden increase in arrivals most of the migrants who arrive here come on these boats they carry about 25 people in each warm sometimes spotted on radar out at sea by the rescue services and if they are spotted then they go out in those orange boats just behind me and pick them up and bring them into port and sometimes bring the boats behind them and then they process them on the quay side and send them to reception centers but the challenge is where they send them because the reception centers following up they didn't build enough of them they dismantled
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a lot of them after 2006 when the last big crisis was and so they're going into these some of these hotels well what is the plan once the empty hotels are not empty after the pandemic is there a medium to long term plan. no it doesn't seem there is the spanish government wants the european union to reach a deal where they all equitably share out the migrants who arrived here in spain but they're not moving them to the mainland the deliberate policy one lawyer told me earlier today of discouraging people from making people think that if you come to the canaries you can get to mainland europe they want to say that you can't solve the problem for the hotels is yes they're empty because of code because there's not been any tourists and they're getting about 55 euros a room a night so it's actually welcome money for these hoteliers but now they're saying they want their peak winter season to start the weather is good here it's not so good in northern europe and this is when they want to start arriving and they fear
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those tourists won't come and stay here of course but how are these migrants being viewed by the local residents there on the island. so you have 2 camps really you have the people who are supporting and helping the migrants a lot of sympathy here so wards them but there is this frustration this frustration that they're being put in those in these hotels and often as you hear in cases like this people complaining that local people who are sleeping rough don't get the same sort of treatment but the big problem is where do these migrants go from here some of them queuing up at the moroccan conscious if they can most of them from morocco trying to get papers to move them further on to europe but so many of them coming here just because of the economic crises in their own countries in west africa that they want somewhere better to go. on the ground for us in the canary islands with that story thanks so much bonnie. what was meant to be a rally to back 2 senate candidates has turned into an opportunity if it don't
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trump to once again falsely claim that he won last month's us presidential election he's been campaigning in georgia for republicans who are facing runoff votes next month that poll will decide which party controls the u.s. senate our white house correspondent candy how that reports from about our stop in georgia. donald trump was not the declared winner in last month's presidential vote but that didn't stop these georgia voters from attending trump's 1st post-election rally. thousands here believe trump defeated joe biden even as the president's court cases to overturn the election results have overwhelmingly failed and i said joe biden stole the election in one deal like a landslide with our awareness might we see all the fraud we see all of the balance there were piled up there were. already in boxes and in trucks at 3 o'clock in the morning and even though he agrees trump was in this southern state to tell them to
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go to the polls again this time in the upcoming senate elections that will decide whether the u.s. congress is controlled by democrats given biden the ability to push through legislation but there's a new challenge for republicans some supporters say they've lost faith in the vote and may not even show up if you go and change their going away they've already filed the vote. probably are really fraudulent in my opinion but. i'm just on the go bowden and if they don't turn this election around or if the governor don't do something to make me change my mind. both republicans and democrats are spending millions trying to win georgia's 2 senate seats but trump insists republicans will keep a grip on the senate warning georgia voters the future of america is at stake you must go vote because its stake in this election is control of the u.s.
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senate and that really means control of this country the voters of georgia will determine which party runs every committee writes every piece of legislation controls every single taxpayer dollar trump also continues to insist he defeated biden on november 3rd he claims the mail in ballots received after election day shouldn't count he cues as democrats of stealing the election and vows he will take his challenges to the supreme court to win a 2nd term they cheated and they rigged our presidential election but we will still win it we will all right a new poll shows just 25 percent of congressional republicans acknowledge biden's presidential win that's why his supporters are fighting to overturn poll results and to block democrats from winning again in georgia. but democrats are also fighting the day before president trump's visit here former president barack obama
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made a virtual campaign appearance and president elect joe biden will also be making a visit to georgia before its january vote can really help get al jazeera valdosta georgia. well thousands of people have protested in moldova's capital demanding snap parliamentary elections then they angered by a new bill which strips the president's control of the intelligence agency demonstrators see it as a move by the outgoing administration to try to weaken the incoming one pro european maya sundry one last month's election against pro russian incumbent ego totem on results of kuwait's parliamentary election held during its west economic crisis on the out vote has replaced more than hoff of the 15 member national assembly and what's been seen as a blow to the government's plans for reforms that he won in new representatives are due to take up seats for the 1st time that all specially 3 women who contested fails to win a seat. on the united nations has condemned shelling in yemen which killed 6
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civilians at least 10 others were injured in the port city of data it's now the 3rd time in a week that civilians have been killed in attacks aid agencies are also warning of western famine like conditions. well voting is underway in cameron's fast as a regional elections president paul bear hopes the vote will appoint separatist groups and the english speaking west by granting them how is that the opposition is boycotting the election saying that the trying to consolidate his grip on power. 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 these regions in 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
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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 critics say that it was to put the region in the ditch because there was a pretty good crisis that is going to need in the sense of just regions of the country that is interested in regions of. that. we. killings. in the prison cells the streets of. 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 a military intervention against separatist groups as
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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 cameras is dangerous i'm worried for my children family and my community how can i support them from here. for the government of colombia the vote is a step towards greater regional autonomy addressing the aspirations of those displaced in an attempt to bring conflicts pleading cameroon but the campaign has failed to garner the attention of a population accustomed to one party and one man dominating and controlling the political landscape for the last 30 years because hawke 00 farm workers in peru have temporarily blocked a major highway to appeal for better working conditions they're demanding a pay rise of around $7.00 a day they blocked the roads for 5 days last week until previous congress repealed
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a decades old agriculture law of the pharma say they won't stop protesting until new salaries are agree now a u.s. government commission report has found that directed microwave radiation is the likely cause of mysterious illnesses among american diplomats in cuba and in china at least 2 dozen diplomats reported dizziness and cognitive problems during a period of nearly 2 years from late 2016 the study from the national academy of sciences didn't say who was responsible or whether u.s. citizens were intentionally targeted. as a former cia officer he says there's no doubt it's an attack of some kind but the government went specifically blame anyone unless it's completely sure. usual suspects are those governments that are hostile to or they're contending with the united states directly and that's russia china north korea and iran right now and by far the most likely ones are russia 1st and china 2nd that it's. in critical or
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would suspects russia but we don't know it's standard practice and the reality in the intelligence world in the great game behind the scenes a mom competing or hostile intelligence services and powers countries to do things that simply are harassment i know that for decades the soviets and now the russians will do things simply to harass american diplomats or officials they will slash their tires poison their dogs i know people who had their their pet dogs poisoned and killed and simply to mess with the americans and cause trouble for them or to pump their cars and dump them and things things like this. this is. still a level higher and because you can argue it's a cost spell it's
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a cause permanent brain damage to an official of the is what's how is that different and wounding him or her in combat. so it's it is a mystery why they would do this and what they they whoever is doing it are seeking to achieve. well it's about been nearly a month since 2 hurricane flattened in the central america many areas there are still underwater and in honduras thousands have been left homeless that's making the already critical health from the crown of pandemic. 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 i am i we've been here for more than
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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. has been allowed a 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. what that song i think of the people suffered more than myself i thank god because even though i have nothing left inside my home. the 4 walls are still standing and that something. honduras is one of the poorest countries in the
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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 we need i'm really serious they need to know it's easier those families are displaced. destroyer. and it's not a small number. of those dams and in any case i'm sure interim shocker in medicine. the honduran government says state shelters or at capacity meaning that thousands are now left to fend for themselves on the streets and he hopes they have left now depend on the kindness of others who are willing to lend a hand but who ended up a little al-jazeera. while still ahead here on al-jazeera starting the phase in on a high the defending olympic level champion gets to work at the freestyle wildcats
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that's coming up in 4 and. 13 has been in turmoil at least likely without their title and the not like time you're. trying to make a political hole in my city over you from the state representative back in 1991 to me i was out of our game one of the guys without a gun and my brother was killed my hood don't look no different than any other hood out here and michael wow was keel me my son in 15 years and i felt like you know at this my time to stand up. this is the most don't go for us i'm just not willing to accept that way since they had so less displaced. can i get through that's going to speak to a major need from our community that this deal identifies to use violence as
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a public health epidemic last year we had 200 murders the report of violence when it comes to the youth it stretches far and why. we were way. the way the. the old. talking back now as the wild struggles to curb the rising number of coven 1000 cases the architectural community is already transforming the way we live to try to avoid future outbreaks some designers are creating a post pandemic environment that limits human contact to normalise a social distancing changing how we use and interact with spaces sarah clarke reports from hong kong. it's the latest luxury hotel to launch in hong kong the
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harry will open this month it was built before the pandemic started to dept to the social distancing regulation we've been fortunate in some regards to be able to watch what's been going on in hong kong and how the hotel industry and restaurant industry have managed all the social distancing and what the best practices are and whilst we may have wanted to have a big fanfare of an opening that's now going to be rather more located the pandemic is transforming the way we live work and interact with social distancing laws in place architects like john pauline who designed the aquatic center for the beijing olympics are adapting to avert future outbreaks in one of the buildings that we're looking at at the moment that we've got a continuous dream that going through the building with interconnecting stay and this encourages the staff to walk through the building not touching anything and actually taking the demand of the elevators knockdowns have emptied hong kong streets masks
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a mandatory temperature checks are in every building classrooms at this school have been redesigned to be more depth to bill still allowing interaction but with more space incorporating social distancing regulations the space will be decided with more flexibility they could and enable different kinds of learning situation in the library we desire spaces for different kinds of quality there are places for solid team which students can be quiet as they can meditate they can do their own exploration the way we live in hong kong which transformed after the sars epidemic 17 years ago since then the city landscape has been tightly regulated better ventilation has become mandatory and building codes have changed to deliver what the government calls healthier residential building natural ventilation is being increasingly installed instead of a conditioning systems that circulate used for public spaces are also being redesigned to incorporate coverage now. the regulations is
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a very developed city so i would say if we want to turn a city upside down is kind of impossible and will be very costly we also need to create open space teevan public areas green area how we encourage people to stay active the good advice pandemic has been the catalyst for change globally a hands free future living at arm's length is increasingly becoming the new neural circuitry our desire hong kong and it is now time for sports peta stars in the name is back on a world title after mick the son of former one legend michael change the a.f.c. championship in bahrain the german failed to finish in the points in sunday's final race of the season but it didn't matter as his nearest rival lots also couldn't get enough points to overhaul him the 21 year old will make his forward one debut with costs next season. and already understand. the term
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been yet i guess it's going to take a few days maybe. the said. i'm so happy and so grateful to have been working with people and i've got to learn them you know personally and so i really can say that you know all friends of mine and. i want to say i love you to those guys really. the best. meanwhile valtteri bottas will start sunday's formula one circuit a grand prix from pole position he's jabal slightly easier this week without he's in sales teammate lewis hamilton to contend with and watson has already won the championship and is isolating of the testing positive for covert 19 he stand in george russell was not far off though the 22 year old was just 300 subs 2nd slower and he will start 2nd on the grid ahead of the red bulls max of a stop and. obviously incredibly happy to be 2nd in some ways you know it was obviously frustration to lose it by such a small margin about 3 profit on it this weekend. and after p 3 either i had
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a really poor session i just needed to go back to my room lay down just relax and let it come towards me so. yeah halfway home happy french driver remand grows on won't return to racing at the last grand prix in abu dhabi he's recovering from burns to his hands and a broken foot after a horrifying crash last week in bahrain driver is out of contract next season at mercedes are reportedly willing to give him a taste when he recovers. french rally driver sebastian 00 has clinched a 7th will tightly 98 years oh shit won the season ending already of month by 13.9 seconds to finish 8 points clear of toyota teammate eltham evans who had a 14 point lead going into the final race in northern italy but crashed out on saturday. really happy. it's been a difficult weekend and these last days are definitely going to do you come you
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know now you're not jumping in any like crazy because right now we're having a time that you know a lot of people after everything that suffering or about to watch south africa and indians laces the teams are playing in international cricket matches being abandoned because of the coronavirus sunday's one day international poll was called off because of 2 positive covert $900.00 tests at the hotel where the players are staying the positive tests are reported to be hotel staff this is despite the series taking place inside a bio secure bubble front is one day international in cape town was also abandoned after an unnamed south african player tested positive cricket writer and broadcaster neil menfolk says it's too early to condemn cricket south africa for the compromise of the by a secure bubble for now they're simply trying to salvage what is left of the series against england. i'm pretty sure that you're only saying that while screwball are talking positively or trying to be positive about playing the secular.
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shuttle tomorrow night at meudon so wednesday. you have to wonder whether the players staring might be. sufficient to get their best to play a cricket match in their current circumstances i mean what is being so difficult is about being on the morning all the all day and so far no rage has been detected so it's more. disappointment rather than embarrassing but if it is found a proven track and trace to jackson has been a breach of the by a secure environment then it's going to be deeply embarrassing chinese beijing if see your through to the asian champions league quarter finals for the 1st time in the club's history beijing be to see tokyo one mill on sunday brazilian born striker a land formerly known as alan kohler valeo it's called the decisive goal in the 59th minute it stretches beijing's unbeaten run in the tournament to 7 matches and
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since the japanese opponents home. in spain's league a barcelona suffered a shock to one defeat to cut this it was a pair of of autos that did the damage for the newly promoted club jimenez gave them the lead before negredo restored the advantage the win sends cutty's to 5th place in the standings while basso are languishing in 7th 12 points behind atletico madrid in italy in some a land of move to 2nd after a 31 win over belong romelu lukaku opened the scoring at the san siro and it was quickly to know when ashraf hakimi found the net a kenya's goal scoring continued in the 2nd home and secured victory for his side who are now just 2 points behind league leaders ac milan. half marathon world record has been broken again this time by kenyan runner to be what can the year he cross the line in valencia in a new best time of 57 minutes and 32 seconds shaving 29 seconds of the previous
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record set by countryman jeffrey come more order last year in fact all of the top 4 finishes managed to beat the 2019 record time. one of the most famous broadcasters in sport peter alice has died at the age of 89 known as the voice of golf he had commentated on the game since 1961 primarily for the b.b.c. during his playing career he represented britain and ireland in 8 ryder cups and won $23.00 tournaments he also co designed more than 50 golf courses including the belfry and finally some action from skiing's freestyle world cup in finland this is france's purina lafont winning the opening mogul the head of the season showing the kind of skills that have seen her already win 3 straight world titles that's with a 2 year old is the defending olympic champion as well and there is all the sports
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news. thanks so much peace that all that for this news hour but i am back in just a minute with morning. as a 2nd wave of covert 19 brings us surgeon infections a few months ago there were dozens of cases a day now with weeks as 2000 countries enforce new measures to curb contagion this is the 1st step forward for the government in the mass testing the entire population of scientists are on the brink of releasing new vaccines to reduce the spread of the virus will it be enough to bring the global health crisis to an end
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the coronavirus and then the special coverage on a. we've never had a president who has literally for 4 to 5 years repeatedly attacked our democracy. you know lose your letter of the everything that's really i don't have a narrative i have a question you're hitting there really where people can't get treated industrial story even further join me richelle carey on upfront is my guest i'm around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories in pressing issues here on al-jazeera. 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 the water that is going dispensable to economic activity but industrial users and worsening contest of fresh water counting the cost on al-jazeera. we understand the difference is i'm
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