of interest poaching in the wake of the pandemic kenya the unstoppable virus on al-jazeera. a warning of dark times ahead as the u.s. struggles to stop the spread of covert 19 records its deadliest week in 6 months. and keep it al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. i think the message from the report is that we can and must be show you zealand's prime minister vows change after a high level reported last year's mosque shootings finds failings by police and intelligence. position activists are arrested in hong kong for taking part in the

band protest in july last. american singer songwriter bob dylan sells his entire song catalog and what's being called one of the biggest ever publishing deals. the u.s. has seen its deadliest 7 days of the corona virus pandemic since april and health experts are warning the worst is yet to come early 2000 americans have died each day in the past week the country's top infectious disease expert says the winter holiday surge hasn't hit yet as people to prep prepared to travel and to 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 well in california hospitals could soon run out of beds in their intensive care units that's why the governor there has imposed a knockdown in parts of the state but this week might also mark a turning point federal regulators could authorize a vaccine in the next 5 days brannon's reports from los angeles. the new rules prohibit gatherings of more than one house will close down personal service businesses like hair and bale salons and restrict stores to 20 percent capacity restaurants are closed for indoor and outdoor dining with takeaway and delivery allowed even children's playgrounds are now closed until we get through this way you should not meet in person with any way you do not live with even in

a song and even outdoors with the cautions if you have a social level it is now topped triggering the measures hospital intensive care unit capacity falling dangerously low just above 10 percent remaining in southern california the viruses 3rd wave is still battering the state hard and fast hospitalizations were now over 10000 patients in our hospitals 72 percent increase over the last 14 days you can see how quickly this grows the restrictions will remain in effect for 3 weeks predictably there was pushback from worried business owners and a pandemic weary public this is the busiest time of the year for restaurants. and generally speaking i would say a lot of people would normally be getting together or having holiday parties so we've lost all of our. private party business we've lost all catering

business i understand to be concerned but at the same time it's hard i mean i have kids so we've been inside for so long and now again we have to be inside even longer want to go back to normal and live your life like you used to some law enforcement officials said they would refuse to enforce the rules riverside county sheriff's department will not be blackmailed bullied or used as muscle against riverside county residents in the enforcement of the governor's orders with so many businesses facing ruin the u.s. congress continued to do their over financial relief legislation economy's not going to recover until we vanquish the virus is that simple is that basic and people are suffering now. that's a cost of action. and action a real comprehensive bold covert relieve legislation as we're now backs against a wall of the forming deadline looming we're racing to accomplish what should been

done months ago outgoing president donald trump announced a so-called vaccine summit at the white house for tuesday but pfizer and moderna the 2 companies with vaccine candidates under review have declined to attend official say the surge dating back to the thanksgiving holiday in november has not yet pete and they are warning people against big family gatherings for the christmas and hanukkah holidays later this month robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. u.s. media is reporting that president elect joe biden is said to choose a retired army general for his defense secretary if lloyd austin is confirmed by the senate he will be the 1st black american in the row is decades of experience and head of the u.s. central command that the president barack obama. level inquiry into last year's mass shooting at 2 new zealand mosques is found failings by the paintings and intelligence it says nothing could have stopped the attack australian gunman

brenton terran to serving life in prison without parole for murdering $51.00 in march of last year the world commission has made dozens of recommendations including setting up a new national security and intelligence agency ocean at least this roughly $800.00 page report can be distilled into one simple premise with some new zealanders should be safe anyone who goes new zealand harm regardless of race religion sexual orientation gender 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. when haye has more now from christchurch. very long and detailed reports that has now been tabled in parliament and released to the public will mice a 100 pages long hundreds of people interviewed hundreds of submissions received a very exhaustive an extensive. it began the reports by looking into in great

detail the events of the actual day and much. when the gunman brinson attacked the 2 mosques in christchurch and then it delves into the background of the events that led up to that day who was brenton terence i when i found that he had racist views from quite a young age when he was growing up in australia it 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 character references and that adequate background checks were not carried out the commission found that the police failed to meet the required standards in handing out that firearms license to brenton terence and for that the police commissioner has today apologized so it looked to a huge range of issues focused a lot on the intelligence and security agencies and the commission found that an inappropriate amount of resources was focused on combating islamic extremism and

not enough attention was placed on looking into other groups like white supremacists or right wing groups which clearly branch in time and had those views are clearly that is one of the $44.00 recommendations going forward that the commission has made not should mention also that the government has accepted or $44.00 of those recommendations the overriding theme here is that the commission found that nothing could have been done to stop the attacks taking place. at least 8 to opposition activists have been arrested in hong kong it's a response to an annual protest march that took place on july 1st it was deemed an illegal assembly a number of those arrested which included several former politicians were announced on their social media pages difficult holland has more now from hong kong dear what else can you tell us on these arrests. that's right these are very prominent pro-democracy figures some of them as you say are

former lawmakers here they were arrested for taking part in the protests which usually takes place every year for the past 17 years on the anniversary of hong kong's handover from a british colony into a chinese territory but this year that was banned the government says due to the pandemic although incidentally that was also the day that beijing imposed the national security law in hong kong but this seems to be just the latest in a number of arrests yesterday we saw another 8 arrested age students for a protest on campus 3 of them under the national security law and last week we saw what's possibly hong kong's most recognizable pro-democracy icons joshua walling and the media mogul given jail time here in hong kong so just seems to be part of an ongoing crackdown on any kind of opposition or dissent and particularly those who took part in protests in recent months and even last year and the arrest do

seem to be adding up meanwhile the u.s. has announced a new sanctions against some form not former sometime these officials for their apparent role in expelling some opposition legislators in hong kong what more can you tell us on that front. that's right so the people targeted were part of the national people's standing committee that's one of the highest bodies and most influential bodies and the chinese politic political structure they make decisions and last which also included hong kong's national security law that those targeted were some of the highest ranking people on that body but not the top most echelons of that body as analysts say if they were targeted that would be ratcheting up the u.s. china tensions even more nonetheless china did respond beijing did respond and the foreign ministry gave

a comment ahead of this and to anticipate seeing these sanctions ahead when it was 1st announced it was pretty much a standard response here's what she had to say. hong kong is china's hong kong hong kong's affairs are purely 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 person now. now those are words we've heard many times before this is just the latest of forcing tim's actions against beijing most recently there were visa restrictions on chinese funded call cultural programs which washington dean does propaganda programs and prior to that there were more sanctions on chinese officials and even hong kong officials restricting assets restricting travel and even restricting access to the international financial

system and that includes hong kong's chief executive who now no longer apparently has no access to the international banking system and that receives her her salary in piles of cash it is said. ok thank you for that update the fallen live from hong kong. still ahead on al-jazeera. and so on not nobody saw anything like that. at the front of the queue we need people preparing to take the 1st doses of the crown of ours vaccine as the u.k. prepares for mass and occupation. venezuela's opposition takes action as the president's allies win the parliamentary elections. the nor'easters gong a cold is still there that is the door resource warehouses and seaway and then

there's a massive amount of cloud disappearing off the east coast this won't make it into a nor'easter but the cold air is tucked in behind it because these high temperatures 9 degrees in atlanta only 15 new orleans for example where there was quiet we got a fog warning still around the northwest and to some degree in the upper midwest as well as quite cold air and that red flag warning means windy weather not just in southern california california is dry and breezy now with that risk still with you and an interesting change in the weather type was all the eastern side stays cold temps is actually starting to rise may not be obvious yet but it will be i think of the next few days colder east than the mountain west shouldn't really be the case this time of the year we get to wednesday casper wyoming is it 10 degrees in atlanta 13 and a half is one hint of that change in pattern now as a cold front drugs its tail end through cuba and answer honduras will be

significant showers set up following that the tensions i think will they look at cape fear on the low side in for example cancun and have ana and rain again will be heavy in costa rica and panama. but. an invitation to bear witness to all that life office. the highways the learners the trials and tribulations. and soon movements and everyday miracles the injustices the defiance the tests of character and the curse not the trees the witness documentaries with a delicate touch on al-jazeera.

there are challenges there a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. health experts are warning of dark times ahead in the fight against cover 19 reported its deadliest week since april and their affairs the worst is yet to come as people celebrate the upcoming holiday season. high level inquiry into last year's mass shooting at 2 new zealand masks is found failings by the police and intelligence it says nothing could have stopped the attack israeli gun and brenton talent is serving life in prison without parole. but it's in hong kong have arrested at least 8 opposition activists and former politicians for taking part in the angle july 1st hand of a march those latest attentions come as the u.s. imposes new sanctions on 14 chinese officials. now in just

a few hours the u.k. will begin its mass coronavirus vaccination program the 1st doses of the vaccine made by pfizer and biotech will be given on tuesday the priority will go to the elderly and care home workers health chiefs warn of the rollout will be a marathon and not a sprint and most vulnerable people will have to wait until next year to get vaccinated the vaca reports from london. hari show will be among those at the front of the queue to be vaccinated against covert 19 the racial equality campaigner from newcastle upon tyne in north east england says it's a relief. i was really excited i feel you know it's good you know. the opportunity of doing good and so on. or. looking forward to final preparations are under way ahead of the largest vaccination program in british history but years of the pfizer biotech drug approved for use in the u.k.

last week have been arriving from prizes factory in belgium the logistical challenge. immense 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 in 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 to the banks seen developed and approved record speed. in the wake of the pandemic conspiracy beliefs of ground

a sizable minority of anti vaccination demonstrators believe the pandemic was fabricated by government and the vaccines designed to insert people with microchips i don't want. according to researchers at oxford university up 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. is setting the pace for many other countries what happens here could be a game changer in the global campaign against coronavirus barkha london. south korea says it secured millions of corona virus vaccine and made a growing surge of infections for pharmaceutical companies will provide vaccines to cover almost 2 thirds of the population but the inoculation program will only begin after monitoring other countries rollouts for

a few months of mcbride joins me now live from seoul robb's to tell us more about south korea's vaccine plan and particularly this bit about waiting to see how the rollout goes elsewhere 1st. absolutely this is been a long anticipated plan south korea like every other country wanting to know just when they can be vaccinated now after a lot of planning it seems behind the scenes the government has come out with with its plan the vaccines are going to be sourced from a number of different places some of the vaccine will come from the w.h.o. supportive program but mostly it's from the big pharmaceutical companies those that have become now household names astra zeneca pfizer cetera we're going to be seeing nothing back seemed to vaccinate pretty much the whole of the population it's enough for around $44000000.00 people but interestingly the 1st of the vaccine isn't due to arrive here in south korea until next march now we know as elsewhere

the 1st people to receive the vaccine will be those priority groups the elderly those are the underlying conditions and also front line medical workers but they rest of the vaccine will be arriving in stages with this rolling vaccination program that extends all the way through until 2021 the end of next year it does seem as though as anticipated the south korean government can afford to wait it doesn't have the kind of emergencies acute numbers as elsewhere in the world yes we are into a 3rd wave the numbers have risen but there is a sense here that the government can afford to wait and see how the vaccine plays out in other parts of the world and also to undergo its own testing on those same vaccines just to make sure they are absolutely safe before they go into the 1st south korean army. south korea also i was interested to see ramped up its seasonal

standard flu vaccine program this year and encountered some problems with misinformation and fair from the public could their response to that now serve as a sort of blueprint for how countries might deal with the corona virus world. that's right they rolled out this general vaccination campaign against the common flu number of weeks ago now what they wanted to avoid of course is the so-called twin demick where you have the 2 competing viruses and their worst concerns at the very beginning because of course with such a large population being vaccinated you are undoubtedly going to have some people are going to die of other causes there they are vulnerable groups the elderly people with underlying conditions so you might expect to see some of those people pass away but these are all carefully monitored and in fact when the they did have a number of people die in the early stages there were real concerns here that you might lose the public confidence in this vaccination campaign so the government

realizes that it has been very quick to analyze the cause of death of each of these people and it says and has published its findings that none of these deaths can be related directly back to the vaccine so there does seem to be a general confidence here in the public in the general flu vaccine that's going out the government says it's on target at the end of this flu season to administer this general flu vaccine which does seem to increase confidence that when the coronavirus vaccine comes along people will accept it so that communication isn't hey thank you so much for that robin bride insult. canada is set to receive its 1st doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine by the end of the month prime minister justin trudeau says if approval is granted in the next few days the 1st shipments could arrive by next week frontline health care workers and vulnerable people including the elderly would be the 1st to receive it. brazil's most populous state is set to

begin its krone virus vaccination program in january sao paulo's gov wants to begin the drive ahead of a national vaccination plan they'll be using a vaccine developed by china but not yet approved by brazil's health regulator that's calls tensions between state and federal officials. no. we're not turning our backs on the national vaccination plan but we need to be more so we're participating i asked myself why stop vaccination in march if we can do it in january why starbucks nation that saves millions of lives later losing more than $600.00 lives per day in the united states the european union and a number of latin american countries say they want to recognize the results of venezuela's parliamentary election allies of president nicolas maduro won the poll which the opposition boycott it and their leader has rejected the results and wants to referendum to count a vote in america editor of san human reports. extremely low turnout in

sunday's legislative elections was a stinging blow for president nicolas maduro. it was and a victory for venezuela's opposition which had called for mass abstention you're the people didn't fall for the fraud or materials threats but now it's opposition you don't turn to show that his counterattack has teeth. all this week venezuelans at home and abroad are being asked to participate in a mainly own line consultation the kind of referendum it asks of in israel and to say if they want out and new fair and free elections as well as stronger international action to protect the israelis democracy and its people from crimes against humanity trouble is most don't even have regular access to internet their main concern is finding enough water food and medicine rather than voting in

a referendum that will be ignored by mother. the opposition is counting on millions of venezuelan ex-pats who have left their country in the majority of who oppose the movement of government to vote in their online consultation but judging from what we're hearing from venezuelan migrants here in chile the opposition is going to be very disappointed. almost everyone we asked said the same thing the other for you to be honest this is the 1st time i've ever heard of it on our own or whether we watch or not all protests really it's not what the. truth sunday's legislative elections were dismissed as fraudulent and invalid from washington to brussels that opinion calls on the good is that an aside it is the leaders to pray that it does seem to disagree as a people and to really come together to start a minister an electrolux issue process. but why though is also fighting to maintain

recognition after nearly 2 years of failing to dislodge moodle despite domestic protests and harsh international sanctions and many are suggesting it's time for a change of strategy and leadership a notion why board dismisses. to say that our strategy has worn itself out is simply to say that the dictatorship was right with its strategy of killing murdering and censorship and it would be recognizing that the international community cannot stand up to regimes of this type. still in terms of the cheating results why those referendum which ends next saturday may be as symbolic as has been his interim presidency c.n.n. human al-jazeera santiago. firefighters in california are about like a fast moving bushfire about 80 kilometers north of los angeles evacuation orders have been issued for residents across santa paula power companies have shut down

the power grid to prevent electrical equipment starting any fires globally it's been the hottest november on rec orse according to the european union. the world's largest music recording company universal has acquired bob dylan's entire back catalog of more than 600 songs. over. the us singer songwriter is a winner of the nobel prize for literature is a body of work spend 6 decades they sell more than 125000000 records globally universal music describe the deal as the most significant music publishing a frequent this century music journalist and author andrew perry says the deal is a reminder of the last thing valuable for music the music business in general is feeling somewhat jeopardized right now. and this is still to see a very big message to the business world. music is

a vast commodity. and will not be valued i think from the universal sol i i think they're doing it because something like 600 book dylan songs is just like goals you know is something that is going to depreciate in value . the international olympic committee has agreed to include breakdown sing in the 2024 percent of the games so things 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 house organizers say they want to offer sports like break dancing to attract a new and younger audience. a member of world family has bought a 50 percent stake in an israeli football club they tell drusilla. has

also committed to invest more than $92000000.00 over the next decade that's despite spate of being the only top club in israel never to have signed an arab player they also have a group of fans known as la familia which has been openly abusive towards israel's arab minority. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder now top story u.s. health experts are warning of dark times ahead in the fight against covert 19 it's reported its deadliest week since april and there are fears the worst is yet to come as people celebrate the upcoming holiday season. a high level inquiry into last year's mass shooting to new zealand has found failings by the police and intelligence but there's nothing could have stopped the attack australian gunman brenton terrence is serving life in prison without parole.