when there are no international headlines. al-jazeera really invests in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. negotiators are in brussels for a long stitch grex the talks reports suggest the cabinet is none is backing a possible no deal. and again i'm starting to tell you this is al-jazeera life and also coming up venezuelans vote for a new congress but critics say president maduro is trying to seize the last state body controlled by the opposition. the report from spain's canary islands on the plight of thousands of african migrants poverty and violence. and thinking outside

the box we need some designers creating spaces a for a post condemning while. and what's been described as the final throw of the dice a british and european union negotiate as a scrambling to try to secure a postbox a trade deal so follows saturday's talks between prime minister barak johnson and european commission president on july and now the u.k.'s chief negotiator david frost has arrived in brussels are going to be a few very hard to try and get a deal we're going to see what happens in the case today and we'll be looking forward to meeting the european colleagues later on so thank you very much. well britain formally left the e.u. back in january but has until december 30 fast 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 the dean bob has more for us from london i don't think anyone knows what the chances are unless they're actually in that room where are david frost the u.k.'s negotiator and michel barnier the chief e.u. to go see 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 recognising the the u.k. is fully sovereign and needs control over its territory and its laws were very accuse the british side have accused the e.u. of. reasonably trying to impose a long transition period before those fishing quotas or access to british waters would change the use denying that george used as the u.k.

environment 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 access to the single market and 450000000 consumers on the outcome of those banks that talks could impact the u.k.'s kovac 19 vaccination program that's usual out from cheers dame joan hall has more from outside a hospital in london. predictably it's already being described as the largest immunization program in history as we speak hundreds of thousands of doses of the pfizer vaccine are in the country being held in ultra low temperature freezes at

secure locations being tested rigorously we're told to ensure that they've survived the transit ok over the water from belgium where they were manufactured there then be moved in the next 24 hours or so to 50 hospital hubs that will act as the 1st vaccination sites one of them is behind me here the royal free in north london. and they'll begin that roll out on tuesday initially going for the most vulnerable sectors people over the age of 80 and also care home staff and workers then spreading the program out possibly quite quickly the government has told general practitioners in local clinics to be ready and on standby from the 14th of december perhaps the start of ministering the vaccine of local level then and then of course expanding more widely than that to the mass population probably only in the new year including things like sports stadiums conference venues and the like but this is the beginning in 2 days as i say at sites like the one behind me the

1st vaccine doses will be handed out take a listen to what a senior executive from the national health service in england had to say this morning as a doctor this is a really exciting moment n.h.s. staff 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 course it's a marathon not a sprint and it will take many months for us to vaccinate everybody who needs vaccination. well the u.s. health secretary says there is a comprehensive plan in place to deliver coronavirus vaccinations to millions of people across the country president elect joe biden said on friday that his incoming administration had not seen a detailed plan that acts as our quote biden statement nonsense he said the rollout was being managed by the minute cheney and the private sector well it's peter our correspondent mike hanna who's in washington d.c. for us and i guess the question that everyone wants to know is how soon could we see this all start happening. well that's

a very important question indeed and of course the situation here is utterly dire as these church bells ring behind me here as they have every day since the 1st recorded case of coronavirus with the united states and an absolutely stark statistic is that from that date it took 100 days to register 1000000 cases in the past 5 days you a 1000000 cases of corona virus have been recorded in the united states this is a massive search what is happening this week the food and drug administration will begin a review process it meets with independent health experts to review the data collected on a new vaccine now this is a process that would normally take months health officials are hoping that it could take a matter of hours and certainly this is something that everybody is looking to as a bit of a silver lining but that is only the beginning of what is going to be

a new struggle the health circuitry pointing out that it's going to take months before the general public will receive a vaccine once it is approved this is what he had to say. we're going to focus on those most vulnerable and those most on the front lines of treating people with kovan with the initial 40000000 doses in the next month and then we're just going to progressively keep adding more and more people so be thinking in the february march timeframe that you're going to see more general vaccination and by the 2nd quarter of next year we'll see we'll have enough vaccine for every american that wants that but more and more people are just going to keep progressively getting vaccinated week by week as the product was offline. and not seen health officials have said that it could be as soon as 24 hours off the f.d.a. approval that the vaccine is being shipped out but there's still questions about that you heard the health secretary saying that the military and private sectors are going to be doing distribution but it would appear that it's being left through

the law actually to the states there is no clear federal plan in place of this particular point to push out the vaccine it is going to be up to the states to distribute once it gets to the states the military says it is only serving a logistical role in this so not quite clearly how the vaccines are going to be moved from central locations out to the states what we do know is that is then going to be up to the states not the federal government to move those vaccines to individuals mike hanna there with all the latest for us from washington d.c. thanks so much mike well a batch of 1000 vaccines from china has now arrived in indonesia 2 days after the government approved its use by a pharmaceutical company sign of acas already conducting human trials then daily infections have seen record numbers and recent days with several politicians testing positive as well indonesia has the highest number of cases and deaths in

the southeast asia region. and we do want to venezuelans are choosing a new congress in an election that's being boycotted by the opposition the u.s. the e.u. and most latin american countries are calling it a sham voters they say it will enable president nicolas maduro is the ruling socialist party to take over the last state body currently controlled by the opposition and euro says he'll step down if his party doesn't win the voters while our last in america at a tell you stand you minutes following all the events for us from chile's capital santiago you see i know you were in this popular market for venezuelans that just how engaged is the diaspora in this election. we've been speaking to a lot of venezuelan migrants here at this market and in other parts of the city venezuela has what i mean chile has one of the largest venezuela migrant communities in all of latin america and the world so there are a lot of people here and just about everyone we've spoken to has number one described these elections as a fraud and b.

they're saying you know we're not even keeping track of what's going to happen because the outcome is a foregone conclusion now this this comment by president my little that he would resign if he didn't win and by when he means to have total control 2 thirds majority of the national assembly well that's a rather hollow promise or threat because it's completely out of the question that the ruling socialist party won't win 1st of all because the opposition isn't taking place and when i say opposition i mean the mainstream opposition there are some very very small parties that are more or less beholden to the government who are participating but this is like an election where if it were the united states the democrats were participating or it would germany the christian democrats and the social democrats weren't allowed willing to take part so that's the reason why there isn't really much mystery about what the outcome will be the only real question is how many people will actually go out and vote and and that is a big question because according to the latest data analysis poll. less than 30

percent of venezuelans have the intention of going out to vote and yet high ranking members of the government are openly threatening those who don't vote would not giving them. the number 2 person in the government has said that those who do not vote will not eat and i'm quoting him directly and he's referring of course to the government food boxes that are distributed for a very low price to venezuelans and poor venezuelans at least depend on them in order to survive there's clearly a lot on the line to stand given the opposition leader mainstream opposition leader who is boycotting this vote he's essentially giving up his role as well in the national assembly where does all of this leave him. when he doesn't give it up because just don't able to participate 1st of all because he is barred by the government from even running and more 8 and more importantly because they are boycotting it where that leaves him is really the big question he's hoping that

the international community will continue to back him but that is a very very big bet so far in january it will be 2 years since quiet ball was declared the interim president of the country and nothing has changed so many people are beginning to question the strategy of keeping him as a nominal. transition presidential government that hasn't brought any results yet so they may be thinking about changing their strategy and that means reducing or or withdrawing support from all latin america editor least in yemen for us in santiago thanks so much to. still ahead here hair on al-jazeera will follow the prize of ethiopian refugees who fled fighting into st john i think. and a possible microwave attack why radiation is looking like the cause of a mysterious illness among american diplomats in cuba china.

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 high ground of course and in afghanistan during the rest of monday in the tail end will produce a few showers probably were too 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 their house forecast reflects that breeze it tends to drop the temperature we're down to about $22.00 and not times middle teens is quite cold as times a year but beyond that the weather is fairly quiet and this year in turkey or cyprus terrans or see the sun come out during tuesday africa's seas no rains are getting sorted out now as a good line dancer here suzanne bears zimbabwe and towards the middle of mozambique

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energy. and again i'm the south let's remind you of our top stories here this hour britain's chief threats of aggression to david frost has arrived in brussels for more discussions the u.k. and u.s. dollars odds less than a month before the deadline to reach a deal on the outcome of those breaks the talks could impact the u.k.'s kovan 1000 vaccination program that's juss roll out from choose day there are concerns about delays at the borders as the u.k. gets used to trading under the new system. and the u.s. health secretary has shot back at president elect joe biden after he criticized the

trunk administration's plan for rolling out a coronavirus vaccine there alex as our says there's a comprehensive plan to deliver vaccinations to millions of people across the country. the united nations says near fighting ethiopia's northern region of grey is forcing even more civilians to flee into neighboring syria don more than 1000000 people in tikrit have already been displaced by the month from conflict reports from hyundai at near the sudanese ethiopian puerto. father mother children grandchildren great grandchildren relatives neighbors all crowded into one tent then among the latest ethiopian refugees to cross the border to sudan through them said number the final militia said they would kill us because we're to graham 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 cliches due to

a new round of fighting in the area of shooting west of the regional capital killing a lot of the rest men. they also reckon there's a lot of fear. community. 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 this is the city 3 of dividing the 2 countries and these 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 upon 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 i'm on the bottom 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 send 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 america lost contact with her husband and children she's 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 near the border hoping that her loved ones might show up here but both. are just one day at sudanese ethiopian border. while campaigning for monday's presidential election in ghana has now ended incumbent president. faces 11 other challenges but many gun ends believe the race will be

between a quiver and the man he replaced 4 years ago and that address has more from the capital accra. gardens handling of the corona virus pandemic maybe one of the best in africa as candidates make a last push for. most of the supporters set aside protocols. at 76 incumbent president. is fighting the biggest battle of his political career losing this election is into. so he took his keys not only to supporters but members of all political parties. here i am gonna have and i delivered on the work you gave me for 4 years i strongly believe i have so i'm asking for another term everyone regardless of party affiliation should give me another chance. and his good course . his biggest challenger 62 year old former president john dramani mahama is capitalizing on widespread discontent over allegations of corruption in the current

government. and 2000 with a message of going to see this is good we have a lot of the young people on our side to my job the young people do not see a good future with this present government and i willing to make a change but political analysts say there is little difference between the 2 dominant parties which have been rooted in power among themselves for the last 28 years the n.b.c. and the n.d.p. has nominated has won a nation's and i formed government dog on a somewhat. these 2 paths. to the lead. if you look at a lot of some piece conducted by institution a cause the country and outside the country specifically the economy can tell us you need support the a 4 by a meter so b. and some other surveys suggest that gun years have become mean fed up as a final day of competing to a cools voters are aware that even with 10 other candidates on the ballot the

research will be between the 2 arch rivals for many game years this election will be determined by what voters think about the rough handling of the covered by different demographic its impact as well as on the book it will also depend on voter turnout. nearly 18 percent of goma 17000000 registered voters decided or may not vote at all and these are the votes both parties are targeting a candidate for school more than 50 percent of the vote to win in the 1st row in a border runoff. across the governor. well thousands of people have protested in moldova's capital demanding snap parliamentary elections there they're 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 weaken the incoming one pro european liason do one last month's election against pro russian incumbent. 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 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 when carl is a former cia officer he says there's no doubt of that attack of some kind but that the government won't specifically blame anyone unless it's completely sure. usual suspects are governments that are hostile to or 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. in critical or 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. 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 in the things things like this . this is. still a level higher and because you could argue it's a cause a spell it's 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 record numbers of migrants and refugees are arriving in spain's canary islands and take a look at the scale of the problem nearly 20000 refugees and migrants who reach the island's shores so far this year that's around 10 times as many as the previous year 8000 people arrived just in the past month that's a new record arrivals in the canaries well out of there has been a smith has more for us from the island of gran canaria but what has caught the spanish authorities off god seems to be the sheer volume of numbers coming in i'm joined by the church of the numbers is a lawyer who works with an ngo that looks after these migrants 1st of all patricia why have the numbers caught people off guard why the sudden increase again we have to understand you know migration people something that has been happen in the cold

spain in so to europe seen 30 years ago when one. is close to my own people will go over all the other as well as now say though you may leave. one coming that's why they're going this way they're coming this way because you know they don't have another option there is no legal way to come to you and the source of all of this. are actually. closer than they are tell you to reach europe by other ways and an idea iceland is a place where it's used to be a reception place for my own people from moral core from other and also from western africa who as the world struggles to curb the rising number of coven 1000 cases architects are already transforming the ways we live to try to avoid future outbreaks designers are creating

a post pandemic environment that limits human contact and normalizes 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 harry will open this month it was built before the pandemic added to depth 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 so we've got a continuous tree in the 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 other birds knockdowns have emptied hong kong streets masks a mandatory temperature checks are in every building classrooms at this school have been redesigned to be more adaptable still allowing interaction but with more space incorporating social distancing regulations the space will be decided with more flexibility so they could and and they both 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 stay 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 public spaces are also being redesigned to incorporate covered. regulations hong kong is a very developed city so i always say if we want to turn a city upside down it's kind of impossible and it will be very costly we also need to create open space teevan public areas green area how we encourage people to stay active the crowded bus pandemic has been the catalyst for change globally a hands free future living at length is increasingly becoming the new circuit al-jazeera hong kong. while south africa and england's latest attempt at playing an international cricket match has been abandoned because of the current a virus sunday's game was called off because of 2 positive covered $1000.00 tests of the hotel where the players are staying positive tests are reported to be hotel stuff that's despite the series taking place inside a biased security bubble friday's one day international in cape town was also

abandoned off to an unnamed south africa player tested positive cricket writer and broadcaster says it's too early to condemn cricket south africa for the compromise of the bubble for now they have some pay trying to salvage what's left of the series against england. while. positively or trying to be positive about playing the same. games as should you look tomorrow night at meudon said wednesday special you have to wonder whether the players stadium aren't. sufficient to give their best and play 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 breach has been detected so it's no. disappointment rather than embarrassment but if it is proven track and trace to james it has been a breach of the by

a secure environment that is going to be deeply embarrassing. plentiful sound is there and these are the headlines present chief beck said negotiator said david frost has arrived in brussels for more discussion with the u.k. and the e.u. tell us odds are less than a month before the deadline to reach a deal on the name baba has more from london we're hearing that michel barnier a brief bus it is on the latest developments on monday morning if there is anything to to report on monday evening boris johnson again will speak to the head of the european commission to see whether any progress has been made because in the words of a british cabinet minister on sunday we are into the last few days of possibility of striking a deal because the contentious points.