if you read. a warning the cover 19 in the u.s. will get worse california is going into another lockdown to try to stop the spread of the virus. i'm about as in this is 00 live from doha also coming up a low turnout his voting ends in venice where his general election that the opposition has boycotted calling it a fraud. seeking to avoid a no deal breaks it even british negotiators try to reach a trade agreement to prevent a chaotic parting at the end of the year. and we take

a look at how the coronavirus pandemic is changing the way architects design buildings. millions of people in parts of california are facing the harshest lockdown in the u.s. california recorded its highest ever number of daily covert 1000 infections with more than 30000 cases and that are fears that intensive care units there could run out of beds that's prompted new restrictions including stay at home orders in some counties with infections and deaths in many states still on the rise a former food and drug administration commissioner says things are going to get a lot worse the f.d.a. is going to review a new vaccine on thursday officials say distribution could begin within 24 hours of approval i did jocasta reports from washington d.c. . new walk downs are being put in place in

a number of regions amid the ongoing surge in interactions health officials are considering ending even outdoor dining and in most of california stay at home orders have been imposed this far from festive season for the small businesses that rely on holiday trade christmas template mean that's how people get the nails done more good not get beautyful holiday and now they sit down again the food and drug administration is set to review a new vaccine this week it's a process that in the past would have taken months but in what amounts to a life or death situation health officials are hoping it will take a matter of hours based on the data that 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 fired 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 it will 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 soon will have enough vaccine for every american that wants it as health officials continue to call on americans to follow social distancing measures and no other member of trump's inner circle who hasn't followed that advice has fallen ill to the virus rudy giuliani personal attorney was reportedly hospitalized sunday after he tested positive he traveled the country last week trying to help the president overturn the election. it was trump who announced his lawyer has colbert 19 on twitter calling it the china virus meanwhile the pandemic is claiming the lives of 2 americans every minute. castro al-jazeera washington voting has ended in venezuela in an election that's likely to see the opposition lose control

of the national assembly people are choosing a new congress which is the only government branch current the controlled by opposition party its opposition leader has called the poll a fraud and says he is still the legitimate leader of the assembly a latin america at its embassy in yemen reports. it wasn't necessary to wait for the official election results to be announced to know the outcome as it jubelin president nicolas maduro made clear that we will help us in the cia we had the patience the wisdom to wait for this hour to wait for the state to get rid of that nefarious national assembly that the opposition used to bring the plague of sanctions on to venezuela now with this vote we will have just going to the only witness when i know we are in israel as mainstream opposition boycotted the legislative assembly poll which they say lacked the minimum conditions of a fair and free election the pro-government supreme court had taken over 3 of the 4 principal opposition parties appointing new leaders were accused of being pawns of

mughal in addition the court appointed a new electoral council also going to the government. and there were no independent observers only staunch supporters like former bolivian president evo morales despite threats to withhold subsidized food boxes to those who didn't vote the turnout was poor but get them and their hope that regardless of a person's political position it's our civic duty to vote that's what they teach us at school. my goodness foreign allies like russia china and iran will likely applaud the elections which could give their commercial agreements with venezuela a stronger legal framework with which to circumvent u.s. and european sanctions but the united states the e.u. and many latin american countries say they won't recognize the new parliament. mother who plans to ask the new assembly to appoint a special commission to try enemies of the state especially opposition you know one

by the law but that could bring on more international reprisals declare. i think it would be better from a juror to leave quite all alone and play cat and mouse with him grab him by the tail and let him go what will the world see an opposition leader who once had 61 percent support and now has half of that and is losing more by the day. my dog has been recognized it when israel is interim president by more than 50 countries but his legitimacy has rested on being the elected leader of the national assembly and have come january when the new legislature is sworn in the opposition will lose the only state institution it controlled destroying what critics regard as the last remnant of democracy in venezuela. you see in human al-jazeera the writers pantelis is a political analyst in the venezuelan capital he says low voter turnout shows there's little interest in the result. that now is that you know. we expect but

it will be about 70 percent what it was because of the 15 words it was 75 percent it is like for the. chill it is speaking out about most of the population doesn't take it seriously in that think they can take it seriously because they knew it was for sure what the got it it's what. is it will be if it is the model we have or won't we as it was stated what the major parts are what they will not stay in their . job most of it misled us don't speak good about his election and they can say and have been following the next image they know this isn't. the one living in israel is why does its best only outside of that have as good as you can say its a little above group where most know where your state interests and absolute is

working more or less outside of that i guess it's really hard people the endowed by most of the worst of it didn't. know that it was that. so outside of god i guess who can say that it is us and they got out that. the u.k. is getting ready to roll out the 1st doses of the corona virus vaccine made by pfizer out of biotech on tuesday many have been distributed to hospitals selected to administer it priority is going to be given to those over the age of 80 frontline workers care home residents and stuff but the u.k. has ordered 40000000 doses in total that's enough to vaccinate 20000000 people john hols at 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 as a 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 hear 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 it's being described as the final throw of the dice in the u.k. and europe are struggling to secure a post bragg's it trade deal they can't agree on 3 key issues fishing rights fair competition guarantees and how to resolve future disputes in baba has the latest from london. 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 to get the day and that will we will be looking forward to meeting our european colleagues later on 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 of especially state aid to businesses lastly there's 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. held up. a lot of businesses you do trade with europe and our manufacturing industries are very experienced farming's their experience even fishing is incredibly exposed even if

there is a deal customs checks and paperwork could create a real challenge we know that there will be carrots under a deal of. course carrots and code but we do not know to what extent you will allow manufacturing arts cars and girls. arts of the iris industry to grow really into markets and the talks could get overtaken by events in the westminster parliament from monday it's set to re-examine the internal market bill which breaks the terms of the u.k.'s already agreed protocol on northern ireland that could kill off any prospect of giving negotiations yet another final chance with the barber al-jazeera still ahead on al-jazeera boycotting the vote separatists in cameroon say the original election is meaningless we find out what they want instead taking the road

less traveled more on the inspiring woman who takes books to children in remote regions in pakistan. there has been snow is fast scientists who are not in china to rebut here there's still a battle fair amount of cloud around not much more for the concentration is going to be in hawkeye due or increasing the enduring tuesday on the western slopes of the high ground in home sure northeast monsoons take a bit of a wobble to it which means enhanced rain in in taiwan and in hong kong you'll probably feel a bit of a chill no overcast conditions might well come in with a spot or 2 of rain by serbs day before the sun returns after that and that relatively cool air in hans's the shouts of vietnam you follow it down it kills

away just north of the equator and south of the equator potential develop into a tropical cyclone which means jakarta could be could be in the zone where you get a line of thunderstorms produced and forced through and that's certain the case in singapore we've got same potential in singapore for monday tuesday and wednesday the rain in the northeast monsoon is continuing as it should do for this ties he's inside of indians potential development in the arabian sea or the cyclon once more the last mass of whether it's on its way out syria iran that a good day or 2 of quiet weather throughout the levant and the arabian peninsula but with the sheer mama set up in the gulf. so many al-jazeera london broke our center 2 special guests in conversation people think that racism is having personal vitriol towards black people and there's no understanding of what systemic racism is unprompted uninterrupted success comes

with a physician if you're not upsetting people you're not saying anything f. or her needs any kind of there is not a family in britain i believe that has not been touched by empire studio be unscripted on al-jazeera. we want to go to 0 remind of our top stories this hour most of california is going into the harshest lockdown in the u.s. since record of its highest daily covert 900 infections more than 30000 of them health officials say the distribution of a vaccine could begin soon if it gets approved this week. vote counting is underway

in venezuela and then election that will likely see the opposition lose control of the national assembly the people are picking a new congress which is currently controlled by opposition parties but they boycotted the elections saying it was a fraud. in the u.k. negotiators to resume talks in a last ditch attempt to cement a break that deal but both sides remain divided over 3 key issues with less than a month until the split with no trade agreement. but u.n. says new fighting in ethiopia is northern region of gray is forcing more civilians to flee into neighboring sudan more than 1000000 people integrate have already been displaced by the month long conflict how much valid reports from hyundai aid the sudan ethiopia border. alec. the father mother children grandchildren great grandchildren relatives neighbors all crowded into one tent then among the latest if your kid refugees to cross the border to sudan then send

them the final militia said they would kill us because we're to grand they told us you have 24 hours to leave 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 cliche is due to a new round of fighting in the area of shitty west of the regional capital killing there's a lot of. the. 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 the bottom on the other but. 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 our 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 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 home. or to see our day at sudanese ethiopian border. more than 300 people have been arrested in the belorussian capital in yet another weekend of protests against the president demonstrators are demanding an end to alexander lukashenko 26 year rule they held smaller rallies to make it harder for security forces to target them protests have been taking place since the disputed election in august or so look for sanko win a 6th term their cues and of rigging the poll. romania's prime minister says he's won enough support in elections to form the next government exit polls suggest the race is still too close to call those of a whole bunch has told supporters of his centrist p.-l. party he'll be able to form a coalition with several possible partners has been in power for a year pledging to make romania more proly european is left wing opposition held

control of parliament and blocked his plans demonstrators in moldova have descended on the capital demand early parliamentary elections there doesn't have gathered in support of incoming president maya's son do she's accusing the government of limiting her ability to fight corruption that's after the parliament stripped son due of a power over the intelligence services the largest party in parliament is aligned with the former leader and it's led by a businessman convicted of fraud. sporadic violence has been reported in parts of cameroon as it holds its 1st ever election to appoint regional councils one voters being killed in the english speaking northwest region nicholas haq reports. downtown by mend 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 north western 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 ambers 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 call it we want our actual step toward decentralization of policy so that we can see changes in areas of held education and local policies for the last 38 years incumbent president colby a 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 times the government has proposed to do something but they have done nothing. that most people don't know what these elections are about they 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 and 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 cameras restive regions nicholas hockey al-jazeera. a sterling emergency services are working against the clock to evacuate people in the path of a bushfire in queensland residents of fraser island were told to leave their homes

on sunday a huge fire has burned large parts of the north east coast it was started by an illegal campfire 7 weeks ago and scorching temperatures are making the already volatile situation even worse at this farm fraser all in is a marathon not a sprint there's no significant rain in the forecast and really rain is the only thing that's going to put this far out so it will continue as far falling if it's for the coming days and perhaps even weeks ahead of us heavy rain and snow has caused flooding and landslides and it's of these northern region strong winds complicated rescue operations which have been underway for 2 days road and railway lines have been closed due to the risk of landslides and access to austria has been cut off from the italians and as the world struggles to stop the rising number of covered 900 cases architects are already transforming the way we live to avoid future outbreaks and the sarah clarke reports from hong kong designers are creating

a post pandemic environment that limits human contact and encourages social distancing. 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 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 dream that going through the building with interconnecting still 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 must a mandatory temperature checks are in every building classrooms at this school have been redesigned to be more adept a bill still allowing interaction but with more space incorporating social distancing regulations the space will be decided with more flexibility so 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 covered 90 reg. it's hochul 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 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 circle al-jazeera hong kong. more than 20000000 children in pakistan between the age of 5 and 16 are not getting an education in other nations says it's got the world's 2nd highest number of out of school children and the situation appears to be getting worse as schools across the country close for a 2nd time because of the pandemic one university student is trying to help there's

a story my name is. and i'm a psychology student i've i've pression for imparting knowledge so i'm running a small library in. a small village a remote village in the northern areas. i used to work in islamabad i had a good job then i felt i can do better than that so i moved in here because i always wanted to do something for the community of this region i came to know about the move by library that was founded by a japanese lady called new xeno i started working with them. in the middle of to be sure is and there more to do always have threats we never know what can happen next because the glacier outburst the landslide ings they're very common here. we go to different villages we provide the kids with book the books are all like for different age groups. literacy rate of foster's 100 person i think of education system in pakistan is very poor. there are 2500000 kids in pakistan who are out of

school right now is books are not for sale we don't sell them it's been few months i've started running it along with my team we're thinking to expend it more we want to go to more school more villages where kids don't have access to good books because these books are very send these are modern that every kid should get i think kids of pasta are super lucky to have these votes by library i think what attractive as compared to a library packed in a room so it's more attractive cute kids get attracted when they see them all by library coming they're all drawn to us at all we need books i appreciate their passion for books that would be great if we have more more by libraries like this because having books at your doorstep it's a great thing. because the government there should make such initiatives. such great ideas everybody tries to send your kids to school to good school and get them good education so get there get good jobs or maybe scholarships and go abroad and

you know they can make their earnings when you have love for something you get it search teams have successfully in the case of the japanese capsule containing the 1st extensive samples of asteroid dust the probe touched down in a remote desert in australia after a dramatic we entry to earth and saturday took the samples could shed light on how water was brought to us and some of the mysteries behind life itself. this is all jersey are these of the top stories most of california is going into the harshest locked on in the u.s. the state recorded more than 30000 new daily infections that's the highest number to date health officials say the distribution of a vaccine could begin soon if it gets approved this week vote counting is underway in venezuela and then election that's likely to see the opposition lose control.