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one brave group of indonesian workers speak out and seek justice for the exploitation migrant dreams a witness documentary on al-jazeera. the 1st covert $1000.00 vaccinations are about to be administered in the u.k. with the world watching on. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also coming up a warning of dark times ahead as the u.s. records its deadliest week in 6 months because of the pandemic. i think the message from the report is that we can and must be shown. new zealand's prime minister promises change shafter
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a high level report into last year's mosque shootings finds failings by police and intelligence agencies. and chuck yeager the test pilot who broke the sound barrier dies at the age of 97. thanks for joining us within the hour the u.k. will become the 1st western country to begin a mass coronavirus vaccination program 800000 doses of the pfizer buying tag vaccine will be available at around 70 hospital hobbs' across the u.k. the elderly and care home workers are being prioritized or health chiefs cautioned the rollout will be a marathon not a sprint but the prime minister boris johnson is calling it a huge step forward and the british health secretary has described it as the beginning of the end. of this pandemic roy chalons joining us from just outside st
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thomas' hospital over in london so the vaccine rory's being distributed to a network of hospitals across the u.k. just set the scene for us tell us what we expect to happen. calling this the biggest vaccine rollout in n.h.s. history as you say these are going to be. ministered in hospitals 800000 doses to begin with. and there will be about $4000000.00 more by the end of the month the u.k. has ordered $40000000.00 doses in total that's enough to vaccinate about $20000000.00 people a huge undertaking there's a strict hierarchy of people that are going to be vaccinated. and that includes people over 80 frontline and those are who are a particular risk of catching coronavirus and people working. amongst the
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l.t. they'll be in the line. that this particular vaccine is quite fragile it has to be stored at minus 70 degrees centigrade which is why this is only being done in hospitals so far because it's only hospitals that have the facilities and then to be able to do this effectively without much of this vaccine going to waste so the people who are going to be vaccinated 1st already know because they've been notified at the end of each day there will be a small amount of the vaccine that's given to. the most risk they'll be the ones who use up the days vaccines make sure that nothing goes to waste so really what is the mood like as this massive rollout program is set to begin. what huge relief i think is the people who off in the queue to get this vaccine
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they've been speaking saying that this means that people can start living normal lives to a certain degree again you know you go out and get on public transport if that's something you've been avoiding for the last 10 months you can. enter into the public shopping again if you know that something you've been avoiding. for the particularly vulnerable this is a huge step in a return to a normal state for the country as a whole it's a big step too because it means that the u.k. which has been particularly badly affected in terms of debts and in terms of the economic impact can start taking steps in the right direction medically it's also a huge achievement vaccines take 10 years to get from inception to this stage to be able to actually vaccinate people in the real world
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this is taken 10 months and it's not the only one there are other vaccines that are of course in developments the russians have been using a vaccine already been officially approved. there is the oxford oxford which is coming down the track to many other vaccines so. the medical world says take him. the devil on the shoulder and has produced. affective medicines in a very short space of time and that's something to be afforded all rights for a challenge thank you for that update from london. well over in the u.s. it's experienced its deadliest week of the corona virus pandemic since april 15000 americans have now died from close with 19 in the past 7 days alone much of the recent surge has been attributed to thanksgiving celebrations and there are warnings that will only get worse as more people travel for the end if year holiday season. what we have now is
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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 millions of californians are now under the strictest stay at home order since the 1st wave of covered $1000.00 infections in march state officials say it's the only way to prevent the health care system from becoming overwhelmed reports from los angeles. the new rules prohibit gatherings of more than one house will close down personal service businesses like hair and dale 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
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are now closed until we get through this way should not meet a person with any way to not live with ethan. and even outdoors with precautions if you have a social it is now 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 we're 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.
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generally speaking i would say a lot of people would normally be getting together for having holiday parties so we've lost all of our. private party business we've lost all catering business i understand the concern 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 what 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 and to revamp course the virus is that simple is that basic and people are suffering now that's the cost of inaction and action on real
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comprehensive bold covert relief legislation. and so now my back's against a wall with a warming 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 search dating back to the thanksgiving holiday in november has not yet heat and they are rewarding people against big family gatherings for the christmas and hanukkah holidays later this month robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. the number of afghan civilians killed in air strikes carried out by the us and its allies has risen 330 percent since 27 seen the costs of war project at brown university said around 700 were killed in 2900 and that's the most since the
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1st years of the us invasion following the september 11th attacks in 2001 and the group attributes the rising figures to america relaxing its rules of engagement 3 years ago a high level inquiry into last year as mass shooting at 2 mosques in new zealand has found failings by the police and intelligence but says nothing could have stopped the attack the royal commission says security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of terrorism by muslims the australian government is serving life in prison without parole for killing 51 people when he reports. in march last year this place of worship became a scene of terror now it's hoped it can be a symbol of change as muslim leaders and survivors gathered at the elmore mosque to discuss the findings of an independent report into a terrorist attack less in the apology from the prime minister from the police from that service which is something good will start from here and there we undercut for
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the change. after hundreds of interviews in britain submissions the commission of inquiry findings were made public it found that intelligence and security agencies were too focused on islamic extremists and didn't pay enough attention to others including white supremacists like brenton terence who carried out the attack on 2 mosques in christchurch and it found police failed to meet required standards when they issued him a firearms license without proper character references or background checks while the commission made no findings that these issues would have stopped the a take these were failings. and for that on behalf of the government i apologize terence was among those interviewed for the report but his comments have been permanently suppressed to avoid them being used by others as motivation to carry out similar attacks some in the muslim community are welcoming the recommendations others are saying the report doesn't go far enough and there is
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skepticism about any real change because many who say they've been raising some of the same concerns outlined in the report for years and no one listened and no one acted until a gunman entered the mosques and killed 51 people the government has accepted in principle all 44 recommendations which include strengthening laws on hate crimes of which many muslims say they've been victims the commission's ultimate finding was that nothing could have been done to stop the attacks many in the community that was targeted by the gunman disagree saying if they had only been listened to a long time ago the lives of 51 people could have been saved wayne hay al jazeera christ church. still ahead to an al-jazeera workers across india launching a nationwide strike to support farmers in their protest against new agricultural laws. run as well as opposition takes action is the president's allies win the parliamentary elections.
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hello if you watch the satellite picture it gives away the pattern of the weather it comes in here and it turns around it goes up through central europe now it is edging slowly eastward so the 1st of those storms is this one here over remain here and that's a frontal system during tuesday giving snow as funnels as sweden the next one coming in is almost a repeat performance significant very richly including in the northwest been fighting significantly more snow in the dollar amounts italian alps the austrian tirol as well and the code then creeps up through the heart of europe because the higher temperatures that's a joke 5 is a high temperature one in zurich for example and the same is true on wednesday is this tries to progress into the balkans once more the cold creeps northwards you go
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up to 7 in london but innsbrook reflects what's happening up in the mountains austria real cold not minus 11 the obvious minus 3 at this time the years of the cold have definitely iran and now given what's happening the west and that is hardly a surprise to see that the on shore weather from morocco to tunisia is windy cloudy and often with not particularly cold breeze only about 30 degrees now g.'s so won't feel that good. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or $1.00 to $200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day global headlines how will a place like good luck get the back seat when there's no money at all the rest of
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rich countries are fighting for inside story on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the u.k. has officially launched its mass coronavirus vaccination program the 1st doses the pfizer biotech that scene are now available in 70 hospitals across the u.k. elderly people on national health staff are being prioritise us health experts are warning of dark times ahead in its fight against cope with 19 it's reported its deadliest week since april there are fears the worst is yet to come as people celebrate the upcoming holiday season. and inquiry into the new zealand mosque
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shooting has found failings by the police and intelligence but says nothing could have stopped the attack the royal commission says security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of terrorism by muslims. health experts in zimbabwe are warning could take 6 months before a covert 1000 vaccine is available because of logistical and economic challenges that's despite its capacity to carry out vaccination programs are reports from harare. nurses say more than 100 mothers visit this clinic in harare every day here their babies are inoculated against his eases such as polio and measles. children in zimbabwe have been receiving vaccinations since the early 1980 s. it's part of the government's nationwide immunization program and it's free of charge for children under the age of 5. i want my
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baby to be healthy so sore she grows up strong if she's always seeks she will suffer later on in life public health officials say access to vaccinate asians is good and zimbabweans are generally open to receiving them that's why health experts are confident they can manage a master a lot of close at 19 vaccinations when the doses eventually arrive in the country what worries them is misinformation about the vaccines so now we're having to focus in which has been tested in several countries. has been shown to be effective so really it's a problem should know that generally when folks in this country we are following the procedures that is laid out africa aims to have 60 percent of its population vaccinated against cloven 1000 within the next 2 to 3 years that's according to the continent's centers for disease and control prevention zimbabwe is part of a vaccine sharing scheme known as callbacks more than 100 countries globally have
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signed up to it but health officials say call that $900.00 vaccinations likely won't start until mid next year because of cost and logistical challenges. the scheme that the w.h.o. helped to create once to deliver. 2000000000 vaccine doses around the world by the end of 2021 but is struggling to raise the money it needs then there's how to keep the vaccines cold electricity supplies in many parts of africa are unreliable zimbabwe has at times experienced 18 hour power cuts the utilization current. out of it to us sources of energy something that. is special. so when the call that $900.00 vaccines arrives how and where they are kept joining transportation and storage will be crucial in ensuring their effectiveness. al-jazeera. a nationwide strike
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by farmers is now underway in india transport workers and teachers are among the other unions supporting the strike tens of thousands of farmers have been camped outside india's capital for almost 2 weeks they say a new law liberalizing the farming industry will hurt their livelihoods let's find out more with elizabeth program she's joining us from sing with us just outside new delhi so what are you hearing about the protests not only in delhi but elsewhere in the country. hello diary so i'll start with the protests in delhi because they remain the biggest we are at the biggest of the 3 protest sides a key highway between the states of haiti and delhi where tens of thousands of pharmacies remain camped out and it's a similar scene at 2 other protest sites on 2 other highways on the outskirts of delhi elsewhere in the country we are hearing that farmers from the state of punjab have blocked and now the highway in the capital chandigarh and student trade and
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transport unions have all been protesting in a number of states and in the states of maharashtra odisha and west bend goal protesters were actually sitting on train tracks and managed to stop trains and that's because the farm the school for people to shut down their services all those services if they supported them now we do have police are on the borders of daddy saying that they're making sure that no one who wants to shut down their service whether it's a shop or a market or transport no one is being forced to do so and what's the government's been saying about all of us and as a. so as well as increase in security the security presence which was already really high what we're seeing is opposition leaders being put on. house arrest we have delhi's chief minister the
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national capital region chief minister. has been placed under house arrest has a party the common man party as they're known and wish they say that after he came here to single on monday to express his support for farmers and returned to his residence police went there barricaded his home they're not letting anyone go in all come out and they're also saying that police be top members of the state assembly who went to have a meeting with the chief minister on monday now police are denying this and saying that any action that they have taken is to prevent any kind of violence but we're hearing of more opposition politicians including in the state of which borders delhi india's largest which is ruled by the country's governing body the jump the party we're also hearing that politicians opposition politicians there have been rounded up and placed under house arrest even ahead of this they call for a nationwide protest all right so let's have prime thank you for that update. at
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least 8 opposition activists have been arrested in hong kong very accused of taking part in a band protest rally in july several former politicians are among those arrested. the 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 poll what's the opposition boycotted arline america editor of the sea a new man reports. it streamed we know turnout at sunday's legislative elections was a stinging blow for president nicolas maduro a good book. and a victory for venezuela's opposition which had called for mass abstention. the people didn't fall for the fraud or threats but now it's opposition who don't turn to show that his counterattack has teeth. all this week venezuelans at
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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 strong 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 model 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 bold 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
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a bit of 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 if he goes under good is going to fight it is the leaders to pray that it does seem to it is that people. really come together to start the. process. when the law is also fighting to maintain recognition i think nearly 2 years of failing to dislodge 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 that strategy of killing murdering and censorship and it would be recognizing that the international
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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 battling a fast moving fire about 80 kilometers north of los angeles evacuation orders have been issued for residents across signs of power power companies have shut down the power grid to prevent electrical equipment starting anymore fires globally it's been the hottest november on record that's according to the european union vote survey in counseling gonna presidential and parliamentary elections with results expected later on tuesday president. seeking a 2nd 4 year term his main challenger john muhammad is also a former president of the drinks reports from across. president.
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arrives to protest a polling station and he's a sister katie hoping to to see to guess his protests as a youth 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 civilized people that get it and keep it as we have proved in the past we have deep attachment democratic values no doubt so i do have a little tall surprise that this is the school day there is scrutiny of this across the country. in the northern town of forli his main challenger former president john muhammad voted but raised concerns about shoddy preparations especially with the late stops and problems with verification machines on voting day. you're just like you know i mean i was already saying this i mean you are just going to kind of
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i got this from the station that hit me and i thought oh my god why don't i remember that i was over having you stand here with him heard during the exhibition we checked his name or say goodbye we got it from his name is something a lot while the 2 leading candidates differ constance of memory is participating in an election for the 1st time of the late. so still 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 donna's founding president kwame cooma was in power. don't you my 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 yes well i think the the the recordings the next one is that the
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candidates one point on i've been to presidents. and that gives the ok we need to put 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 were reported on election day but election officials say these once it difficult enough to affect the outcome of the vote. with voting officially all of our 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 was cool more than 50 percent of the vote to win outright either way the names will be asked again to turn out to decide the winner in 3 weeks. al-jazeera across gonna the international olympic committee has agreed to include breakdancing in the 2024 paris olympic games so surfing skateboarding and sports
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climbing will also be added to the list of events new i.o.c. rules or allow host cities to hand-pick sports to include in the games based on local popularity as well as public appeal paris organizers say they want to attract a new and younger audience. meanwhile the committee has banned the by the russian president from all olympic events including next year's games in tokyo the i.o.c. says the country's olympic committee headed by alexander lukashenko hasn't protected athletes who have expressed political views protests against the president's 6 term have continued for months and thousands of people have been detained a member of family has bought a 50 percent stake in an is really football club bates our jerusalem. has also committed to invest more than $92000000.00 over the next decade that's despite bates are being the only top club in israel never to have signed an arab player
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they also have a group of fans known as la familia which has been openly abusive toward israel's arab minority. well one of the world's most famous av horrors known for breaking the sound barrier has died u.s. pilot chuck yeager made history in 1947 when he successfully flew an airplane faster than the speed of sound he became famous decades later when the movie the right stuff turned him into a household name the world war 2 fighter pilot died on monday he was 97 years old. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the u.k. has begun its mass coronavirus vaccination program the 1st doses of the pfizer by untag vaccine are now.

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