we think a lot of the times the most always on the low down we are the ones grabbing from are aware of the media at the end we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. 2 deaths every minute a surgeon coronavirus cases in the u.s. sends california in to get another long down while of a south korean president brings in the military to help step back testing amid warnings in hospitals but soon be over while. you're watching al jazeera live from doha with me for you back to go also coming out ghana is incumbent leader and its predecessor facing off in a presidential election that's being called a battle of 2 giants iran releases more details about the assassination of its top

nuclear scientist saying he was killed by a satellite controlled machine guns and. millions of people across the u.s. state of california are now back under a sweeping coronavirus lockdown balls to stay at home order cases restrictions on the opening of restaurants sad lawns and stores while also limiting gatherings the measures are being implemented as the state reports its highest ever number of infections more than 30000 in a single day their fears some hospitals could run out of intensive care beds while the virus is now killing more than 2000 americans a day that's 2 people every minute is hope the food and drug administration will approve a vaccine sold but it will still take months for it to be fully bowled out heidi reports from washington. new walk downs are being put in place in

a number of regions amid the ongoing surge in infections 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 temple mean that's how people get the now no mortgage no get beautyful holiday and now they should now 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 that would 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 some 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 cope with 19 on twitter calling it the china virus meanwhile the pandemic is claiming the lives of 2 americans every minute. castro al-jazeera washington. south korea's president has deployed the military to assist with expanded coronavirus

testing and tracing 1600 cases were reported on monday the 30th day in a row of triple digit increases rob mcbride reports themselves. this is the 3rd time restrictions have been increased in the past month and it comes as the number of daily infections has continued to rise what worries the or thirty's is that this 3rd wave is far more 'd widespread than previous surges and unless the numbers are curbed hospital resources could become stretched upon the new not there is no center of this wave for us to focus our prevention measures this could result in a much larger threat if the medical system reaches its a limited it will coast great damage to all of us there will be tighter controls on restaurants and indoor gatherings no spectators at sporting events 50 percent occupancy on intercity trains and buses and private companies are urged to get

a 3rd of their staff working remotely from home the measures introduced during this 3rd wave have resulted in a 20 percent drop in the amount that people are travelling and mingling just as it did in the 2nd wave over the summer but there hasn't been a corresponding drop in the number of new infections that's led to further concerns that people have been finding ways around these tighter restrictions and that in a country known for its high level of public compliance even here pandemic fatigue may be setting in robert bright al-jazeera so. and a batch of covert 1000 vaccines from china has arrived in indonesia 2 days after the government approved its use by a pharmaceutical company sign novak is already conducting human trials record numbers of daily infections have been reported in recent days with several politicians testing positive indonesia has the highest number of cases and deaths

in southeast asia. china's economy has recorded as steaks straits month of growth in november exports were up 21 percent on last year rising at their fastest space in nearly 3 years it's being driven by demand for medical equipment and electronics due in part to remote working earlier this year the chinese economy dropped by 6.8 percent when parts of the country were under a lot done. in other world news voters in ghana heading to the polls to choose their president and members of parliament incumbent president for dough is facing 11 challenges but the main ones are cool for dough and the man he replaced 4 years ago john dramani mahama both have signed a pact saying they will accept the officially declared winner 275 parliamentary seats will also be up for grabs in monday's sports let's take a look at some of the challenges ghana faces right now in the west african country

situated between ivory coast total and booking a fossil is a major cocoa and gold producer and over the past decade the discovery of oil has raised prospects of an energy boom it's had a multi-party democratic system since 1902 and has strives towards fair and transparent elections but it's fast growing economy has suffered its 1st major downturn in 4 decades because of the pandemic and lockdowns in april ghana received $1000000000.00 in emergency funding from the international monetary fund although debt remains a major concern leading presidential candidates aquaphor idle and mama have both promised to improve infrastructure ghana's finance ministry has projected the economy will grow by almost 6 percent next year while debt will be reduced. let's bring in al-jazeera is ahmed eateries live in a closet a polling station there so ahmed tell us how the voting has been going so far. so far only the voting has been going on very well the turn noticing for

a civil war here in the capital and from what we hear across the regions people are turning out in numbers some people have been a polling stations hours before opened so it's very encouraging for for now and. officials are talking about a possible increase in the number of people coming to vote in polling stations in the later part of the day they expect numbers to go higher by afternoon remember these polls close at 5 pm local time which is just some 7 hours from now 7 or 8 hours from no a lot of people who are here in trying to assert that they've been gathered here even before the break of dawn and so they want to be eager to vote and that's what they're getting right now. the 2 main candidates for the presidential. there are 11 candidates but 2 major contenders john. dill we've

been here before with the 2 of them but this time around this election is happening after the death of rowling's the former jerry rowlings the former president of ghana who had a huge influence on the political life in gonna how is that going to play into this election who's likely to get the sympathy vote. well basically the shadow of late jerry rolling still looms large of a gun in politics and a lot of people who are not keen on voting told us that they are coming out to vote a lot of people who are really were really really miss. mr rowlings following his death. and especially the presidential candidate would have loved to have him there to lead the campaign to recapture the presidential palace which of course the incumbent president had the opportunity of when former president john paul attended

his rally and called on supporters to reelect him into office again but despite that a lot of people from the and d.c. the party founded by jerry rowlands are still hopeful that they can take back the seat of power from the ruling and the peace so the image of jerry rolling still looms large he is respected widely respected in this country whether or not this will translate into more votes or the for his party or the party is founded we'll wait to see in the next 4 to 24 hours that is when the verdict will be announced by the electoral commission ali thank you for that reporting there live from akron. to indian our athletes from punjab plan to return their medals on monday in solidarity with thomas protesting against new laws they've joined a growing list of celebrities who say they stand by the protesters tens of thousands of farmers have been rallying at entry points to the capital new delhi for more than a week now they're pushing to overturn laws they say will damage their livelihoods

2 rounds of talks with government officials have failed to resolve the dispute so far and is about through on is that the gospel crossing that links the capital and the state of pradesh he says the protests are gaining momentum. we have had some of the country's biggest opposition parties now say that they're going to concentrate in the nationwide protests on tuesday against laws which they've said. threaten india state security destroy farmers and the agriculture sector by more were doing it to put pressure farmers themselves are saying that they're going to block every single road coming into the national capital region of delhi. on tuesday tens of thousands of farmers are already blocking 3 key borders including where we are endowed people between india's most populous state of the british and delhi and elsewhere in the country wholesale. food wholesale produce markets are planning to

shut in the state of rajastan some of the country's biggest transport trade and banking unions said they're going to shut all of their services on tuesday and a number of prominent athletes including a limpet gold medalist from the state of punjab and haryana where many of these promises from have been travelling for 2 days from those states are going to go to the presidential building on monday afternoon return their national awards in protest against what they say is the government's ill treatment of famines and more than 200 people have been hospitalized in india after contracting an unknown illness all the cases from one town in the state of under a dash people have reported feeling dizzy and epilepsy like symptoms on the patients have tested negative for coronavirus health officials are going door to door to conduct medical tests. the governor of the us state of georgia has once again refused to call a special session to overturn last month's election results present on tom sawyer

pushing for republican governor brian kemp to appoint electors to support the defeated president instead of democratic president elect joe biden in a statement camp repeated that a move to name the electors after the election results have been certified or divide. us still ahead on al jazeera at crunch time for breaks it talks the e.u. and u.k. push for a trade deal to prevent chaos at the borders next year and boycotting the vote separatists in cameroon say the regional election is meaningless as we'll find out what they want instead. there's an apparent patent setting out that you're not going to like if you're in italy or the balkans this is the 1st storm system the next one's on its way through

the bay of biscay dowsett storm after storm this was resolved itself into this frontal system as it goes across the balkans but it gave to us 3 days of fairly heavy rain in northern italy snow up in the developments in the austrian alps as well this is result of a lot of rain a river percy's banks the powder river which means more than a had some minor flooding up the back side it so rescues were of course necessary up in the higher ground to the north so this of course raging rivers or at least the streams becoming rivers cause some damage you have to up to 3 to snow in the dollar might set aside the alps beyond into austria the same system calls vicious weather down the croatian coast and that's a result some minor water damage the strong winds in serbia to the strong winds in serbia currently are easing this is inland obviously as this system moves inland but this is not the end of it ok this is the forecast for monday slowly improving but it's repeating itself on tuesday and next system sets up more heavy rain for

northeast knisley snow on the outs a maple's gets the brunt of the 1st wife as well. we've never had a president who has literally for 4 or 5 years repeatedly attacked our democracy. you know blew through letter to every plane so you don't have a narrative i have a question you're hitting there really where people can't get treated and just feel sore even further joining me richelle carey and up front is my guess from around the world take a hot seat and we debate the week's top stories in pressing issues here on al-jazeera.

a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera millions of people across the u.s. state of california are back under lockdown the stay at home order is being implemented as a state recourses highest ever number of kona virus infections more than 30000 in one day south korea's president meanwhile has deployed at the military to help with expanded coronavirus testing and tracing more than 600 cases were reported on monday the 30th day in a row of daily triple digit increases and voters in guy heading to the polls to pick their president and members of parliament the main presidential contenders are not out before i don't know and the man he replaced 4 years ago john dramani mahama of have signed up attached saying they'll accept the officially declared winner. venezuelan president nicolas maduro is claiming victory in a congressional election that was boycotted by the opposition results show 2 thirds

of voters supported proma dora parties but less than a 3rd of all image of all voters took part his rival one by dole says he is still the leader of the national assembly regardless of the results a lot 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 a jubilant president nicol last night made clear by syrian this year 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. read out 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 to be. pawns of

mughal in addition the court appointed a new electoral council also loyal 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. and lower the boom in this voting center in the macoutes a district that is normally a lot of people when there's an election today what you have is a fraud now a country which is clearly to check on my. mother's 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 leader one by gore but that could bring on more international reprisals declarer. 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 door 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 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. iran's top nuclear scientists was killed by a satellite controlled machine gun that according to state media all same factory

saturday died in hospital last month after he was ambushed near tehran iran's president has made me assassination on israel. has more from tehran. these details were revealed why the deputy commander of the revolutionary guard who was speaking at an event to her own university on sunday evening he said that there was the use of artificial intelligence in carrying out this is sas in a sion the nuclear scientist was killed on november 27th he was accompanied by 11 bodyguards in 3 vehicles now the events that the sequence of events that we've heard from this revolution guard commander paints a picture that shows that there was no actual physical people that carried out any components of this attack the commander said that the nuclear scientists was hit there were 13 bullets that came his way and the head of his bodyguard team took 4 of those bullets because he threw himself on top of the to prevent him from being

hits and he was taken to hospital as well and he's believed to be certain ok at the moment he's going to be released shortly the attack is the details that we're hearing now is that there was that gunfight in the beginning of this attack and then there was a large explosion all of which was carried out by remote control that is what the officials here have been saying and we also are still waiting for the official report from the intelligence ministry who is carrying out the investigation. between the u.k. and the european union are said to be on a knife age as they struggle to secure a post breaks a trade deal they can't agree on 3 key issues fishing rights resolving future disputes and how to guarantee fair competition. back in brussels for another go at striking a trade deal with his european union counterparts are going to be working very hard to try and get

a deal we're going to see what happens to negate the day and that will we will be looking forward to meeting oh you're being released later on so thank you 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 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. hell top of the food a lot of businesses you do trade with. and our manufacturing industries are very experienced farming's their experience in 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 barracks. and good thoughts we do not know too well that you will. manage our arts chorus and girls. arts of the iris industry.

to grow really. large 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 that the barber al-jazeera. australian emergency services are working against the clock to evacuate homes in the path of a bushfire in queensland residents of frazier island have been told to leave after the fire burned large parts of the north east coast the braes west ponds by an illegal count fire 7 weeks ago and scorching temperatures are making the already volatile situation worse. demonstrators in moldova have demanded early parliamentary elections thousands gathered in support of incoming president. she is accusing the government of trying to block her ability to fight corruption last week politicians know her predecessor voted to strip her of her

power over the intelligence services the largest party in condiment is aligned with the former leader and is led by a businessman convicted of fraud. to camera now a sporadic violence has been reported in parts of the country during its 1st ever race in elections one voter was killed on sunday in the english speaking northwest region. downtown bomb into 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 embers onya fighting for independence against a central french speaking state that not only oppress is their right to use the english language but profits from their regions natural resources rich and precious

minerals but for ruling party municipal councillors voting for these new regionalism please in the political capital yeah this is an opportunity to have greater local autonomy each of the countries 10 provinces will have a regional assembly made up of both traditional leaders and elected officials will have a say on provincial affairs. if it's a monk or if we want 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 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 a well struggle to stop the rising number of covert 900 architects ready transforming the way we live to avoid breaks. or some hong kong design is a creating a holes and demick 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 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 that 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 depth to 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 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 healthy 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. 90 regulations is

a very developed city so i was say if we want to turn a city upside down it 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 current vice president has been the catalyst for change globally a hands free future living at arm's length is increasingly becoming the new search out to 0 hong kong. again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera millions of people across the u.s. state of california are preparing are going into a new coronavirus lockdown voles the stay at home order is being implemented as a state reported its highest have a number of new infections more than 30000 in one day meanwhile south korea's president has deployed the military to assist with expanded to cover 900 testing in .