feel on the low side in for example cancun and how vanna and rain again will be heavy in costa rica and panama. a warning of dark times ahead as the u.s. struggles to stop the spread of covert 19 and records its deadliest week in 6 months. imo mathison this is all to see a live from doha also coming up new zealand releases a report on the 2900 christchurch mosque attacks recommending stronger anti terrorism and hate crime laws. still it all adds up at a crucial break that trade deal another round of talks between the e.u. and u.k. fails to resolve differences as

a deadline looms. american singer songwriter bob dylan's tells his entire song catalog and what's been the cold one of the biggest ever publishing deals. the u.s. has seen its deadliest 7 days of the coronavirus pandemic since april and health experts are warning the worse is yet to come nearly 2000 americans have died each day and the past week the country's top infectious disease expert says the winter holidays surge hasn't hit yet as people prepare to travel and get together. and what we have now is a challenge ahead of us of the bleak months of december in january where we have a baseline of inspections that literally is breaking records every day with regards

to number of infections number of hospitalizations and numbers of deaths the numbers are really stunning we can do something about it but that's something right now is public health measures in california hospitals could soon run out of beds in the intensive care units and that's why the governor there has imposed a lockdown in parts of the state but this week may also mark a turning point federal regulators could authorize a vaccine in the next 5 days rob reynolds is in los angeles with more on this tractions in california. it's a very wide ranging set of. restrictions which has certainly gotten plenty of pushback from business owners even from law enforcement officials and this is coming on top you know of many many months of restrictions and and warnings from public health officials and politicians and people are very

weary there is a pandemic fatigue that is very pronounced in california and across the united states and this of course for those business owners is the time of year when they make their money this is not a kind of situation where police or sheriff's deputies are going to go door to door and check to see if you're having a party or something like that they are relying on people to act responsibly to wear masks to socially isolate wash their hands all those sorts of things. but law enforcement officials for example the sheriffs of several counties in the state of california said they're not going to enforce the law they call the governor a hypocrite because he dined out without a mask with a party in november and now he's closing down the restaurants and so on so it's a really excellent question as to how people are going to respond will they obey

these rules or will they flout these rules nobody really knows the answer at this point but i got to say that based on past experience specially with these holidays like thanksgiving holiday in november people have not really complied with the rules so there could be really tough times ahead. and just a few hours the u.k. will begin its mass coronavirus vaccination program the 1st doses of the vaccine made by pfizer. will be given on teams day the priority will go to the elderly and care home walk us health chiefs warn the rollout will be a moderate and not a sprint and most vulnerable people. they have to wait until next year to get vaccinated and the barker reports from london. hari show will be among those at the front of the queue to be vaccinated against cove it 19 the racial equality campaigner from newcastle upon tyne in north east england says it's a relief and i have received a telephone call i was really excited i feel you know it's good you know i want the

opportunity of doing get and so i'm not nervous or anything like that i looking forward to the final preparations are under way ahead of the largest vaccination program in british history of the pfizer bio and tech drug approved for use in the u.k. last week have been arriving from pfizer's factory in belgium the logistical challenge is immense the vaccine needs to be kept to the around minus 70 degree celsius everything we need in england 50 hospitals would facilities to store the super chill drug will be the 1st to administer it scotland wales and northern ireland will also begin similar programs and hospitals on choose day it's the beginning of the end of this pandemic we're not there yet it's so important that people keep doing the things we know we need to do following the rules and the basics to make sure we keep this under control but we can now see the light at the end of the tunnel the government's ordered 40000000 doses so far and initial 800000 will be

available in the 1st round of treatment this week capable of inoculating 400000 people with 2 injections 21 days apart this is one of several london hospitals that will begin backs in ating this week because initial supply is a limited those at the front of the line will be elderly people currently receiving treatment in hospital many others over the age of 80 have also been contacted to come forward and get their jobs and care workers who look after the elderly have also been prioritise if there are any doses left to health care workers at serious risk of contracting the virus. immunity starts to build after the 1st dose but becomes fully effective a week after the 2nd and later phases of the rollout boxes of the vaccine that come in packs of almost a 1000 doses will be split up shared around the country and defrosted the vaccine

could be stored at normal fridge temperature but only for a few days as well as the logistical challenges the government's also hoping to build public trust in a vaccine developed and approved record speed. in the wake of the pandemic conspiracy beliefs of gaining ground a sizeable minority of anti vaccination demonstrators believe the pandemic was fabricated by government and the vaccines designed to insert people with microchips . 7 according to research is an oxford university to a quarter of the population could be entertaining such ideas. british scientists say stringent checks of being carried out to ensure the vaccine safety and effectiveness the u.k.'s setting the pace for many other countries what happens here could be a game changer in the global campaign against corona virus. london

canada is said to receive its 1st doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine by the end of the month by mercer just into a go says if approval is granted in the next few days the 1st shipments could arrive by next week in health care workers and vulnerable people including the elderly over the 1st to receive it a high level inquiry into last year's mass shooting at 2 new zealand mosques as found failings by the police and intelligence but it says nothing could have stopped the attack as turning gunman brenton talent is serving a life in prison without parole for murdering $51.00 more shoppers in march last year there are commission has made dozens of recommendations including setting up a new national security and intelligence agency. ultimately this roughly 800 page report came be distilled into one simple premise with some new zealanders should be safe anyone who calls new zealand harm regardless of race religion

sick show orientation gene data should be safe new zealanders deserve a system that does its best to keep you safe and that is what we are committed to building. here wayne has joining us now live from christchurch in new zealand wayne how did the commission reach these findings. very long and detailed reports that has now been tabled in parliament and released to the public 100 pages long hundreds of people interviewed hundreds of submissions received very exhaustive an extensive. it began the report by looking into great detail the events of the actual day and much. and then it delves into the background of the events that led up to that day who. 'd found that he had racist views from quite

a young age when he was growing up and. looked at how he managed to get a firearms license legally when he moved to new zealand despite the fact that he failed to provide adequate references. adequate background checks were not carried out the commission found that the police failed to meet the required standards in handing out that. to. the police commissioner has today apologised to the range of issues as you mentioned the intelligence and security agencies and the commission found that an inappropriate amount of resources. on the. islamic extremism and not enough attention was placed on looking into the groups like white supremacists or right wing groups which. had. that is one of the recommendations going forward that the commission has made not should mention also that the government has accepted or. recommendations but as you

mentioned the overriding theme here is that the commission found that nothing could have been done to stop the attacks taking place. only just being released. the being so far. well we've heard a little bit from some of the survivors family members of those who were killed also the moms from the 2 mosques with the attacks were carried out the overriding theme from those comments is that they support the 44 recommendations they support the findings from the commission but they feel that not enough has been said that the commission didn't know there's also a feeling all we told you so for example the a mom of the elmore mosque behind me says that he made police complaints on several occasions before the attacks took place all of suspicious behavior going on in the

area around his mosque but he was frustrated by a lack of action by the police there was also a sense that the islamic community was becoming increasingly marginalized and that the muslim leaders in various communities around the country on several occasions for years leading up to the attacks raise concerns with various government agencies about becoming the subjects or the targets of hate crimes and hate speech and becoming increasingly marginalized and for the most part those complaints were ignored by those government agencies thanks very much indeed talking to us from christchurch new zealand. still ahead on al-jazeera the u.s. slaps more sanctions on chinese officials as the crackdown on opposition activists in hong kong shows no sign of letting up. people are gonna vote for a new leader will of the candidates different visions for the country.

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meet. your job is you know a reminder our top stories this hour u.s. health experts are warning of dark times ahead in the fight against covert 19 countries already reported its deadliest week since april and there are fears the worst is yet to come as people get together during the upcoming holidays. the u.k. is gearing up for a mass coronavirus vaccination program which begins and tuesday the 1st doses of the pfizer biotech vaccine will be given in england wales and scotland. a high level inquiry into last year's mass shooting at 2 new zealand mosques was found

failings by the police and intelligence but it says nothing could have stopped the attack the syrian government brenton talent is serving life in prison without parole. more opposition activists have been arrested in hong kong those to send detentions calm as the u.s. imposes new sanctions and a travel ban on 14 chinese officials it's in response to hong kong's decision to disqualify opposition politicians last month china's parliament gave hong kong authorities the powers to expel lawmakers who support the city's independence. hong kong is china's hong kong hong kong's affairs the internal affairs of china no foreign country has the right to interfere in it if the u.s. insists on going its own way china will continue to take counter measures to safeguard its sovereignty security and development as well as the legitimate rights and interests of chinese personnel difficult pollens joining us now from hong kong

let's talk about these arrests 1st of all what more do we know about the. that's right we know that 7 more than 7 at least 7 quite prominent pro-democracy figures have been arrested this morning and they include former lawmakers we understand they were arrested for organizing or taking part in a protest which was banned on july 1st now that protest takes has been taking place every year for the past 17 years and marks the handover of hong kong back to china from a british colony back to china this year that was banned the government says due to the pandemic although incidentally that was also the day when the national security law was imposed on home kong by beijing now this seems to be part of a an unrelenting crackdown on opposition voices here in hong kong yesterday about a number of students were arrested from their chinese university campus for taking

part in a protest 3 of them under that national security law last week we saw the jailing of hong kong's a most probably most recognized pro-democracy figures joshua won and the media mogul jimmy lies so this seems to be just a continuation of a crackdown on opposition that we're seeing here in hong kong which is said earlier being muted not only by the national security law but also for seeing lots more arrests of people who took part in protests last year under various other loss ok let's talk about these u.s. sanctions and travel bans do we know any more about these chinese officials that the targeted towards. so what's interesting is they're part of china's top most legislature a very very influential body in china which creates laws and makes decisions but

what is also notable is that the highest echelons of those legislature were not included in those sanctions and bans as analysts say including them on these bans are in this target list would soon be a serious escalation between us china tensions which are already at an all time high now this just so these latest sanctions just follows a number of other actions by washington last week washington in place these are restrictions and those involved in cultural programs that promote promote china are chinese ideology that's seen as propaganda in the u.s. and prior to this there have been sanctions laid on officials both in china and in hong kong for what seen as eroding hong kong's economy autonomy which includes the chief executive i'm on that list to me thanks very much indeed that's difficult talking to us from hong kong. in you and u.k. negotiators have failed to make any headway as they attempt to reach

a post bragg's its trade deal british prime minister boss johnson is set to travel to brussels this week to try to work out an agreement on the 3 critical issues we're in challenge reports. something about brics it seems to have last gasp drama baked into its very d.n.a. the u.k.'s brics it negotiated david frost arrived in brussels on monday for what was being called a final push for a deal again. we will be looking forward to you know your big leagues later on the strength. of pipes that a deal can be achieved before the december 31st deadline have been fading recently briefing european diplomats early in the day frost's a you counter part michel barnier was described as rather downbeat in the u.k. parliament conservative politicians have been repeating their willingness to walk away. we are working to get a deal but the only deal that is possible is one that is compatible with all saw

from t.v. and takes back control of our laws trade and forces. one in agreement is preferable we are prepared to leave on so-called australian start terms if we can't find compromises australian terms is the u.k. government's euphemism for no deal and it's the lack of agreement on issues like e.u. member states fishing rights in u.k. waters that have made it increasingly likely other sticking points of what's being called a level playing field the e.u. wants u.k. companies to play by the same rules as its own to avoid unfair competition the u.k. wants to make its own rules also any future trade deal will need to be governed in times of dispute and there's no agreement yet on how with little tangible progress by monday afternoon it was time for u.k. prime minister boris johnson and the european commission president us live on the line to take stock after a 90 minute phone call they released

a joint statement saying we agreed that the conditions for finalizing an agreement are not there due to the remaining significant differences on 3 critical issues level playing field governance and fisheries we asked our chief negotiators and their teams to prepare an overview of the remaining differences to be discussed in a physical meeting in brussels in the coming days if boris johnson is crossing the channel later this week he must think there's still a deal possible and wants to be front and center when it's done breaks its final last gasp drama perhaps challenge al-jazeera london. romania's prime minister has resigned after his party lost parliamentary elections 95 percent of the votes counted in sunday's poll ludovico band centrist liberal party has been defeated by the leftist socialist party the p.s.t. the p.s.t. did not get enough support to form a majority so it may have trouble putting together a coalition government or bonn said he was resigning in order to make negotiations

for the next government easier votes are being counted in ghana as presidential and parliamentary elections with the results expected in the next 24 hours president. is seeking a 2nd 4 year term his main challenger john muhammad is also a former president. reports from accra both candidates have competing visions and how to rebound the economy. president. arrives to vote at a polling station in his assistant home k.b. hoping to to see to guess his protests as a defeated pretty 16. the president is confident his performance of the past 4 years will earn him another tim in office. we have a mature and civilized people that get their people because we have proved in the past we have seen tents democratic values you know culture

i did have a little cold surprise and this is the school day those who live this across the country. in the northern town of bully his main challenger former president john muhammad voted but raised concerns about shoddy preparations especially with stops and problems with verification machines on voting day no matter what their futures likely i mean he's already saying there's a meeting here at the moment he's got to kind of i got this from a distance and let him in i thought i would have it was one of a regular thing i want to bring you said here with him her time during the exhibition we checked his name or say anything but we got it from his name is something the while the 2 leading candidates differ constance of marie is participating in an election for the 1st time of the late. so so how it's supposed to pull. us out it's very little value. but i want to buy nolo dirty has been voting since when gunness founding president kwame

cooma was in power. i continue to borrow he said to our democracy keep growing not also expect whoever is charities in work to develop the country. of service say this election is a referendum on both candidates a president for 4 years well i think the the the recordings the next one is that the candidates one point i've been presidents. and that gives the the need for the electorates to access them on the basis of the 4 months dunning's also voted to choose $275.00 parliamentarians. a few incidents including gunshots or reported on election day but election officials say these once that difficult enough to affect the outcome of the vote. over attention shifts from polling stations like this to regional and national counting centers the national electoral commission has promised to announce the results within 24 hours

a candidate must call more than 50 percent of the vote to win outright either way he's got names will be asked again to turn out to decide a winner in 3 weeks. we decrease al jazeera across gun angry exchanges are taking place in the congolese parliament politicians that are opposed to president ford it's just that katie's plan to form a new government without the majority party. members of the common front for congo party say the plan is dictatorial and violates the constitution the party is made up of allies of former president joseph kabila and holds most cabinet posts united states the european union and a number of latin american countries say they won't recognize the results of venezuela's parliamentary election allies of president nicolas maduro won the poll was the opposition boycotted people were electing

a new congress the only government branch controlled by opposition parties and their leader one high though as rejected the results and has launched a referendum to come to the vote. the important thing for venezuelans is not to be apathetic about the situation on the contrary it's participation protest and demonstration the response the slap in the face that you want to give mature oh to the dictatorship to poverty to indignity is in the streets and it's on december 12th the organized and mobilized in yet another blow to president donald trump's attempt to overturn the presidential election results the state of georgia has recertified its outcome in last month's vote it confirms democratic president elect joe biden's when this is the 3rd recount and each time biden's victory has been upheld president donald trump had repeatedly falsely claimed the election was rigged and called for a recount. the world's largest music recording company universal has acquired bob

dylan's entire back catalog of more than 600 songs. the u.s. singer songwriter is a winner of the nobel prize for literature his body of work spans 6 decades and has sold more than 125000000 records globally universal music described the deal as the most significant music publishing agreement this century andrew perry's a music writer based in london he says the deal proves to all the artists that music doesn't devalue. i don't think bob needs the money from his. you know i'm sure if you keep yourself in some states. but i think it is partly about time i think the music baseless in general is feeling somewhat jeopardized right now. to be cheering.

and this is still to see a very big message to. that music. is a boss commodity and and will not devalued i think and from the universal side i think they're doing it because something like 600 bob dylan songs is just like gold you know it's something that is going to depreciate in value this will be a major incentive to people looking back still. people who actually hold that publishing could sell. but i mean recently i think only in the last couple of weeks fleetwood mac's saying that stevie nicks is just sold out well apparently about $60000000.00 but there's even sort of dance producers like calvin

harris apparently sold his for 100000000 which i think makes but dylan's work 430400 1000000 actually like a bit of a snit the international olympic committee has agreed to include breakdancing in the 2024 paris olympic games surfing skateboarding and sports climbing will also be added to the list of events new i.o.c. rules allow host cities to hand-pick sports to include in the games based on local popularity and public appeal paris organizers say they want to offer sports like break dancing to attract a new and younger audience. this is al jazeera these are the top stories we're as health experts are warning that the surge in corona virus infections is likely to keep going up and specially after the holidays see.