we asked executive director david beasley how the challenge of combating global hunger would be met in the age of the coronavirus pandemic the nobel interview on al-jazeera. the in the in. the end. back to the negotiating table a u.k. team returns to brussels for more breaks at talks the key issues are unresolved and time is running out. i am. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up as the u.k. gets ready to roll out of her on a virus vaccine u.s. officials say there is a plan to vaccinate millions of people in the next month. venezuelans vote for a new congress an election that's been boycotted by the opposition and referred to as

a sham and building cities to prevent another outbreak the architects designing spaces and social distancing and the tree living in. paris. and the thank you for joining us the u.k. and europe need a breakthrough in their talks on a trade deal and to prevent the prospect of a no deal breaks it talks have resumed in brussels but negotiators are struggling to agree on 3 key issues and there's no the in baba reports there are only 25 days left to find common ground. back in brussels for another go at striking a trade deal with his european union counterparts we're going to be working very hard to try and get a deal we're going to see what happens in a good game today and that will we will be looking forward to meeting our european colleagues later on this afternoon thanks very much to resume talks between david

frost and the e.u. michel barnier came after an hour long phone call between the lion president of the european commission and british prime minister boris johnson their joint statement on saturday mention progress over the last week but said the 2 sides still didn't see eye to eye on 3 critical issues firstly there's fishing rights in other words what access e.u. fishing fleets have to u.k. waters and how quickly any changes happen then there's a more fundamental question of the level playing field that's measures to ensure businesses on one side don't have an unfair advantage brussels wants the u.k. to stick closely to its rules on things like workers' rights environmental regulations and especially state aid to businesses loss leaders governance including how any agreement would be enforced and what role institutions such as the european court of justice would have. if no deals in place by the end of the year the u.k. will be operating on the world trade organization rules with a bloc that accounted for 43 percent of british exports and 51 percent of u.k.

imports last year the british government says it's ready for such a scenario but business groups are warning of major disruption now be no formal cooperation between the 2 sides so all kinds of. health top of the food a lot of businesses you do trade with. and our manufacturing industries are very experienced farming's their experience even fishing is incredibly expensive even if there is a deal customs checks and paperwork could create a real challenge we know that there won't be carrots. and coats we do not know too well that you will. manage our arts chorus and girls. arts of the iris industry. to really. market. and the talks could get overtaken by events in the westminster parliament the monday it set to re-examine the internal market bill which breaks

the terms of the u.k.'s already agreed to protocol on northern ireland that could kill off any prospect of giving negotiations yet another final chance that the barber al-jazeera the u.k. is preparing to roll out the 1st though says of the corona virus vaccine made by pfizer and by own take on tuesday initial batches are being distributed at the hospital selected to administer the jab priority will be given to those over the age of 80 care home staff and the care home residents around 800000 doses are expected to be available during the 1st week but the u.k.'s or did 14000000 in total enough to vaccinate 20000000 people that's roughly a 3rd of the population had a hole is that a hospital in london where the vaccine will be administered. 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

a 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 and the beginning of the end as mr barry said there of an immensely technically and logistically challenging operation is fact vaccine as we know has to be stored in very specific conditions around minus 70 degrees celsius it's got to be thawed before use it can only be moved around 4 times during that process 5 days shelf life all very well in a hospital setting like this much more challenging in hospital settings and then of course as we've been hearing there's bricks it to contend with on the 1st of

january. well the u.s. health secretary says there is a comprehensive plan in place to vaccinate millions of americans regulators will need to review the vaccine candidate from pfizer and by on take on thursday if that's approved this review should begin within just 24 hours i can have reports from washington d.c. new lock downs are being put in place in a number of regions amidst the ongoing surgeon infections health officials are considering ending even outdoor dining and in most of california stay at home orders have been imposed. this a far from 1st of season for the small businesses that rely on holiday trade christmas template mean that's how people get them now no more you know get meal before holiday and now they said now again the food and drug administration is said to review a new vaccine this week it's in a process that in the past would take months but in what amounts to

a life or death situation health officials are hoping it will take a better of hours based on that there isn't it i know i expect the f.d.a. to make a positive decision but of course it's their decision and as you probably know they are totally separated and firewalled from the operation they will make their own judgment based on the data and i hope that the decision will be positive but even when they are approved to to take months before the vaccines are widely available to the general public be thinking in the february march timeframe that you're going to see more general vaccination and by the 2nd quarter of next year will still have enough vaccine for every american that wants it and yet another plea for the public to accept and follow is when i go out i just don't meet with health care providers and governors and mayors but i also meet with community and so i hear community members parroting back those situations parrying that mass don't work

parroting back that we should work towards herd immunity parroting back that gatherings don't result in super spreading events and i think our job is to constantly say those are myths they are wrong the frustration fueled in part by president trump's insistence on continuing to hold mass rallies like this one in georgia where many are not wearing mosques just days after he hosted a crowded party at the white house where mosques were also conspicuously absent. the time when the virus is claiming the lives of 2 americans every minute. washington well staying in the u.s. the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani has contracted cope with 19 donald trump reveals the diagnosis on twitter saying the former mayor of new york had tested positive the 76 year old has been leading trumps efforts to try to overturn

november's election results though a number of failed a number of legal challenges a failed that work has seen giuliani travel to very various states over the past few weeks while his son tested positive last month trump did not specify where the giuliani was actually experiencing symptoms well how did you cast joins us live now from washington d.c. and has been following the story and do we have any more information about giuliani's condition. barbara at this point we do not you know it's curious that the announcement of giuliani testing positive was not made by giuliani himself but rather by president trump on twitter perhaps an indication of just how close are these 2 men giuliani being his most loyal foot soldier in the president's efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election we do know that giuliani was live on fox news just hours ago that happened this morning he was not

obviously symptomatic on air he did look a bit tired but that perhaps was because of his busy travel schedule over the last few days as you mention giuliani has been visiting michigan arizona and georgia all states experiencing outbreaks of coded he notably appeared without wearing a mask indoors in crowds of state legislators in those states in an effort to peddle these these without evidence claims that the votes were off in those states and he notably even asked a witness sitting next to him in michigan to remove her mask at one point and she refused now all of this is happening of course with the backdrop of this outbreak worsening across the u.s. with more than 2000 deaths a day in the united states the state of california is imposing strict lockdown order starting at midnight tonight that will impact 27000000 residents there over

the next 3 weeks and of course all of this happening as the hope in the vaccine getting approval by the end of this week is a hope that continues to be growing barbara as you cast with the latest from washington d.c. thank you. venezuelans have been voting to elect a new congress currently it's the only institution controlled by opposition parties but they are boycotting the election saying it is a fraud the u.s. e.u. and the organization of american states meanwhile all say that they are not going to consider the outcome legitimate president nicolas ventura's coalition is expected to win while the opposition leader is planning his own referendum if there are little extra little going to think when the morning came today i said the day has arrived the hour has arrived we had the patience and wisdom to wait for

this hour to fight for this day to get rid of that nefarious national assembly that hurt them as well and that brought the plague of sanctions cruelty of pain of suffering we were patient we resisted and today we are making justice get the votes well our latin america editor of the scene human is in santiago and says venezuelans appear despondent. i spent hours at a market in a neighborhood that is dominated by venezuelans and everybody i asked kind of laughed when i asked them if they were following the elections they said it was pointless to do that because they already knew what was going to happen they regarded them as fraudulent as invalid most of these people of course left venezuela because they disagreed with the government also of course they were fleeing the economic strife in venezuela but more importantly in venezuela itself we have been seeing that the turnout has been very very low and pointing to data

analysis even before the polls were open less than 30 percent of people said that they were interested in voting and so the queues were very very small and the government until recently wasn't making any reference to the turnout as it usually does it's really pretty clear at this stage that that the the government to a president by bhutto's party will win the majority of the seats in the national assembly because the mainstream opposition isn't even competing in this case. see anyone reporting there will still to come here on al-jazeera an influx of refugees and migrants to spain's canary islands all reports on how authorities are dealing with the crisis plus. the funnel militia said they would kill us because we're to grand. force that in their hundreds every day now sudan faces a problem with the ethiopian russian genius.

but. this does not look like a promising early summer in victoria and a.c.t for example this last cold frontal system is now going up through new south wales were not the temps are back from sydney's 30 dance the low twenty's in due course but we're below 20 now late in melbourne was passing showers in rather persistent cloud now in contrast to that in perth the temperatures going up $33.00 to about $38.00 that's the hot part of australia this is the drop in sydney and then you'll notice showers up through tropical queen's and repeated and enhanced in western australia that's a potential development of a couple cyclists here for at least in broome that give you the forecast the tuesday wednesday and thursday a wet spell of weather for the northwest of the continent now we've seen snow is

far south as hunan is probably not going to produce very much more in the near future that's more like to be concentrated in japan was just eyeing grey skies much as central china and the northeast monsoon move take a walk in the west which i think in heart sing in the wool the rain in taiwan but also change in the weather in hong kong 3 windy and slightly cooler continuation of rain from china southwards is in the northeast monsoon. an invitation to bear witness to all that life office. the highs the lows the trials and tribulations. and soon movements and everyday miracles the injustices the defiance the test of character and the person in the trees the witness documentaries with

a delicate touch on al-jazeera. on the back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera e.u. and u.k. negotiators have resumed the talks in a last ditch attempt to cement a breaks a deal but both sides remain divided over 3 key issues with less than a month until they split potentially with no trade agreement the 1st approved coronavirus vaccine doses have arrived in the u.k. before the 1st people are not related from tuesday the jabs made by pfizer and by on taiko being stored in special freezers ahead of distribution venezuelan still

have a couple of hours left to vote for a new congress it's the only body currently held by the opposition but they are boycotting the poll president nicolas maduro is a socialist party is set to take control. record numbers of refugees and migrants arriving on the shores of spain's canary islands many are making the paralyse journey after losing their incomes during the pandemic temporary camps are being set up by the government to cope with the influx thousands more are being housed in empty tourist hotels and apartments but that is causing local anger well nearly $20000.00 refugees a migrants of reached the archipelago so far this year that's around 10 times as many people as last year a record $8000.00 people arrived in the past month alone around 5 and a half 1000 are being housed in hotels and tourist apartments there are empty because of the pandemic and spain's government says another $7000.00 will be placed

in temporary reception centers which will be built in the next few weeks will bring its mrs on the island of gran canaria which is one of the main arrival points for refugees and migrants. just in the last 24 hours more than $300.00 migrants have arrived here on grand canaria that's about typical in november there were more than $8000.00 the whole month was believed to be a record for migrant arrivals and they all appear on these fishing boats from the north african coast about $25.00 people crammed into a boat each paying around $1000.00 per person the ambition for most of them nearly all of them is to make it to mainland europe to look for better opportunities but at the moment they're not being allowed to leave these islands because the european union doesn't want to encourage more migration the recent bush people still flee from their country they are also it makes recent i mean it means that there are

economic reason because of the crisis of. there are also personal reasons because you know most people coming from west africa it means that you know in this area. because enough of their claim climate change. you know different mean that this can mean for families in a hilarious the last the rescue boat heading out on another mission and more and more migrants heading to the canary islands because it's getting much harder to cross from north africa over the mediterranean into europe because of increased patrolling particularly along the libyan coast the spanish government wants other e.u. member states to agree to take an equitable share of all the migrants arriving here but there's currently little and for that it also wants morocco and other countries to take back those migrants who have no legal right to be here but we coronavirus restrictions on transport but it is also making things extremely difficult which is

why the canaries filling up with migrants. and migration is also proving to be an issue in one part of the world right now because while both sides in ethiopia's conflict trade accusations of war crimes more and more people are streaming into neighboring sudan every day the un says the number of people fleeing the tea great region has suddenly doubled made 4 generations of one family taking shelter together. alan. 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 then said mama 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 our animals and property according to the un 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 sherry west of the regional capital a killer there's a lot of 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 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 i'm on about the only other part 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 viral 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 ramallah lost contact with her husband and children she 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 near the border hoping that her loved ones might show up here at the moment. our 201 day at sudanese ethiopian border. separatists in cameroons english speaking areas are threatening to disrupt the

regional election process it's the 1st such election and a culturally diverse nation and the government says it will give. more autonomy but for some nothing short of independence is even acceptable nicholas reports. downtown by amend the capital of cameron's english speaking region it was supposed to be a day of voting for greater autonomy instead it's another day of protest separatists in the northwestern region have threatened those taking part in the vote calling on people to stay indoors and not take part in what they describe as a sham regional election for them cameron's english speaking region is a country they call embers onya fighting for independence against a central french speaking state that not only oppresses their right to use the english language but profits from their region's natural resources rich and precious minerals but for ruling party municipal councillors voting for these new regional assemblies in the political capital yeah this is an opportunity to have

greater local autonomy each of the country's 10 provinces will have a regional assembly made up of both traditional leaders and elected officials will have a say on provincial affairs. but if it's among called. we want actual step toward decentralization of policy so that we can see changes in areas of health education and local police. for the last 38 years incumbent president old bia has tightened his grip on power giving little room for autonomy for the country's 250 ethnic groups and languages the regional elections were meant to take place 24 years ago following constitutional changes to address cameron's diversity but faced with a growing regional crisis both in the far north and in the english speaking regions where more than a 1000000 people have been displaced and an estimated 3000 killed he agreed to these elections many in cameroon feel this is too little too late. so many songs the government has proposed but they have done nothing. most people don't know what

these elections are about the should explain to us what it's all about many view the new regional body as an added level of bureaucracy to a centralized government controlled by the president with the opposition boycotting the vote the ruling party is said to win all the seats giving even more power to paul b. as government in your own day and even more control over cameron's restive regions nicholas hawke al-jazeera as the world struggles to curb the spread of the coronavirus architects already transforming the way that we live to try to avoid future outbreaks designers are creating a post and then make environment which limits human contact and normalize a social distancing 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 i did to death 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 or 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 an interconnecting stair and this encourages the staff to walk through the building not touching anything and actually taking the demand of the elevators lockdowns have emptied hong kong streets masks a mandatory temperature checks are in every building classrooms at this school have been redesigned to be more dropped a ball still allowing interaction but with more space incorporating social

distancing regulations the space will be decided with more flexibility so a 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 was 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 is a very developed city so i always say if we want to turn a city upside down is kind of impossible and it will be very costly we also need to

create from open space to even 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. search teams have successfully located a capsule containing samples picked up from a distant asteroid the japanese probe touched down in a remote desert in south australia after a dramatic re entry to earth it so the samples could shed light on how water was a pull to earth and some of the mysteries behind life itself the other manned mission took 6 years and it's the 1st time that extensive samples have been retrieved well there's also been a technological 1st for the chinese space program a probe of caring samples of moon rock back to earth for the 1st time in more than 4 decades has successfully docked with another craft the cargo capsule which set

off from the moon on thursday transferred the lunar rocks and soil to an orbiter for the journey back to earth the 2 kilos loaded is due to land in the grasslands of inner mongolia in the next 10 days. thank you. and now here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera e.u. and u.k. negotiators have resumed the talks in a last ditch attempt to cement a brics a deal it comes after a personal intervention between the european commission president and the british prime minister late on saturday both sides remain divided over 3 key issues they are fishing rights fair competition guarantees and how future disputes will be solved but there is now less than a month until they split with no trade agreement.