people through knowledge. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on al jazeera. the 1st approved covert 900 vaccinations are administered in the u.k. with the world watching on. watching not just here on live from headquarters and. also ahead a warning of dark times ahead as the u.s. records its deadliest week and 6 months because of the pandemic. i think the message from the report is that we can and must to be sure new zealand's prime minister promises change after an investigation into last year as 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. hello thanks for joining us the world's 1st approved coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out in the u.k. take a look at this 19 year old market margaret's kenan received the 1st official dose at the university hospital in coventry she says it was a privilege well 800000 doses of the pfizer by a vaccine will be available at 70 hospitals right across the u.k. the elderly and care home workers are being prioritized health chiefs caution the rollout will be a marathon not a sprint but the prime minister boris johnson is calling it a huge step forward the british health secretary has described it as the beginning of the end off this pandemic let's get an update from joining us from just outside

st thomas's hospital that's over and london rory so you're saying the vaccine has now been administered talk us through what this 1st phase of the rollout entails. yeah well margaret kate and that 90 year old woman in coventry will be the face in the history books away from the cameras many many more people today are going to be getting the same injection. as we understand a $100000.00 study says being made available immediately and then about $4000000.00 more by the end of the month and then some $40000000.00. the coming weeks and months that will be enough to vaccinate 20000000 people in the u.k. they're holding it the biggest vaccination rollouts in the history of the u.k.'s

national health service it's a huge undertaking a nice shipley these vaccinations will be done only in hospitals because this is a project of vaccines we know the following is a pantech vaccine has to be stored at ma. 70 degrees centigrade so only hospitals really have the disabilities in the know how to do that at the moment as things become more proficient and there will be a team sent out say into care homes where there's a huge need for vaccination but initially it's mostly in patients people who are in hospitals like this over the age of 80 you will get it some people coming in for procedures will get it as well frontline n.h.s. staff who are particularly vulnerable to infection will get it as will people who are working out in in care homes looking off to the elderly they will get it 1st to . the amazing thing is that this has to happens so quickly it was only 10

months ago that a vaccine. efforts got on the way most vaccines take 10 years to get to this stage 10 months if you treat all right thank you very much for that update from london well the us has experienced its deadliest week of the current virus pandemic since april 15000 americans have died from co the 19 in the past 7 days 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 of your holiday season. 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 regards a 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 meanwhile millions of californians are now under the strictest stay at home orders 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 rob reynolds 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 are now closed until we get through this way should not meet in person with any way to not live with even in a small 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 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 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 like you used to some law enforcement official 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 dither over financial relief legislation economy's not going to recover until we vanquish the virus is that simple as that basic and people are suffering now that's the cost of inaction. and action on real comprehensive bold covert relief legislation. and so now my back's against a wall with a 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 fazer 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. an inquiry into last year as a mass shooting at 2 mosques in new zealand has found failings by the police and intelligence but says nothing could have stopped the attacks the royal commission says security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of terrorism by muslims the australian gunmen is now serving life in prison without parole for killing 51 people when hey 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 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 nandan beasts 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 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 $44.00 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 christchurch. well joining us from all clans is audio downsize and she's the

government's engagement lead for the islamic women's council off new zealand thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera you say you're disappointed with the findings of this report why is that so. we believe that justice hasn't been served in particular there is significant evidence that wasn't delved into and there is evidence that they've avoided or appear to have waited and we raise those concerns with the commission hope that they would address them but because of the terms of reference the commission themselves are limited in how much they could investigate in as a result we haven't had a full 'd hearing of the evidence that was out there before the other part of it is we were not even actually allowed to be inside to test the evidence and question the people who are giving evidence so we don't know the full veracity of that information that's out there i mean the report does detail shortcomings by various agencies as well as failings by the police system for vetting gun licenses we know

that 44 recommendations have also been made in this report but what questions than still remain unanswered for you. for example there were global sharpshooters and terrorism training in christ church on that day there is no answer as to why that occurred or what they were doing at the time that's one example there's another example where there 'd was an actual threat that i myself reported to the police february 20 at had the location of the person. identified as christ church and the police have said the person was located in a different region and we have questioned whether or not they mobilized in christ church at that time and so there are there's questions related to that amongst a significant other other things for example that role commission was not allowed to investigate into social media and what. you know so they're saying he's alone whoa but we don't know that because we haven't investigated fully who he was

communicating with and those are just some examples it's a huge report 792 pages long we are comfortable with a lot of the recommendations related to social cohesion but they're seeking to expand the security agencies that have failed us and we want to make sure that their information they're providing is true and accurate they gave conflicting even inside their own agency that was completely in testimony between people some saying that they had information some not and they've chosen to. just not address it and say that they were at fault. let me ask you this you know now that this report has been published we heard from the prime minister she came out on spoken and these recommendations has happened manes as a muslim new zealander does this make you feel safer. well we

felt relatively safe i mean you zealand it's a strange country overall it's just if there are lonely people or small groups of people who want to do us harm are the security agents going to pick them up in there are they going to be adequately looking at it it's not the prime minister herself that has failed us it's the public service and the agencies that are supposed to be protecting us. our rights are we thank you very much. for speaking to us from all clint thank you. thank you. so had on all jazeera workers across india launch a nationwide strike to support farmers in their protest against agricultural longs last month as well as opposition takes action as the president's allies when the parliamentary elections details right after the break.

the quads and foggy weather this been afflicted a good part of europe is on its way out and has to be more and more windy and wet and cloudy the whole thing is tipping in this general direction so we've had some cold weather in these stormy systems and some very wet weather did you know it could snow in corsica when he does this surprising as the snow has been rather continuous in the tirol in austria but rain has been the probably real problem maker that's been for it tilly and we saw this yesterday the flooding is still around where the put our river burst its banks is not directly flooding because the amount of rain in any one place it's just full not river on the river just cannot cope there is the breach for example that has more rain to come the nexus was already one the xs one storm after another is coming into western it's aliso naples get hit 1st as you can see but then to choose a that strong winds up the croatian coast again more rain in ne ne if the and more

snow if the dollar buys the italian alps york and also for western austria they pose for cross reflects this on choose today but it quietened down quite happily on wednesday and thursday so the following storms may be in the same place i think that is true this is choose to his general picture as the cold is pushed up through germany the next storm is diving further south. but. we've never had a president who has literally for 45 years repeatedly attacked our democracy. you know all those years later it isn't financially i have a narrative i have a question you're hitting every where people can get treated and just feel sure even further join me richelle carey on upfront it might get them around the world take a hot seat and we debate the week's top stories in pressing issues here on al-jazeera

. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the world's 1st approved coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out in the u.k. 800000 doses a pfizer biotech vaccine are now available in 70 hospitals elderly people and national health stuff are being prioritized u.s. health experts are warning of dark times ahead in its fight against covert 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. an inquiry into the new zealand mosque shooting has found failings by the police and intelligence but says nothing

could have stopped the attack the royal commission security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of terrorism by muslims. health experts in zimbabwe are warning it could take 6 months before a coven 1000 vaccine is available there that's because of logistical and economic challenges that's despite its capacity to carry out vaccination programs 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 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 vaccinations 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 covert 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 about generally win votes and in this country we are following the procedures that. africa aims to have 60 percent of its population vaccinated against covered $1000.00 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 kovacs more than $100.00 countries globally have signed up to it but health officials say call but $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 wants 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 80. cuts the. out of it to. sources of energy something that maybe he did before taped. video as we chatted. so when the club in 1000 vaccines arrived how and where the caped gin transportation and storage will be crucial in ensuring their effectiveness how to al-jazeera had the number of afghan civilians killed in air strikes carried out by the us and its allies has now risen to 330

percent thought since 2017 the cost of war project at brown university said around $700.00 were killed and $29000.00 alone that's the most since the 1st years of the us invasion following the 911 attacks the group attributes the rising figures to america relaxing its rules of engagement 3 years ago the un general assembly has adopted a resolution urging russia to end its occupation of crimea the measure which is not legally binding also calls on moscow to immediately stop transferring weapons to ukraine russia sent troops into crimea and annexed the peninsula in 2014 since then it has supported separatist rebels in eastern ukraine the ceasefire has been in effect since late july a nationwide strike by farmers is 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 elizabeth purana has more from single just outside new delhi. biggest of the 3 protest sides a key highway between the states of haiti and delhi where tens of thousands of fondness remain camped out and it's a similar scene at 2 other protest fights 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 transport unions have all been protesting in a number of states and in the states of maharashtra odisha and west bend goal protest as were actually sitting on train tracks and managed to stop trains and that's because of the farm the school for people to shut down their services all

their services if they supported them now we do have police 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. at least 8 opposition activists have been arrested in hong kong they're accused of taking part in a band protest rally in july several former politicians are among those arrested it's typical pollen is in hong kong with more. these are very prominent pro-democracy figures some of them as you say are former lawmakers here they were arrested for taking part in that protest 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 on hong kong now this seems to be just the latest in

a number of arrests yesterday we saw another 8 arrested 8 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 icon's joshua wan 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 the united states has imposed sanctions and a travel ban on 14 chinese officials it's in response to hong kong's decision to disqualify opposition politicians from its legislature china has reacted with anger . with 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 in development as well as the legitimate rights and interests of chinese person now. the european union and u.k. negotiators have failed to make any headway as they attempt to reach a post trade deal british prime minister boris johnson and the e.u. commission president under lyon will now meet in brussels this week they're in a race against time to reach a deal on 3 critical issues including e.u. access to u.k. fishing waters after britain leaves the blog on december 31st votes are being counted in ghana as presidential and parliamentary elections with results expected later on choose day president not a seeking a 2nd for your term his main challenger john muhammad is also a former president of the dreams reports from across the. president before i do i used to poke at a polling station he's a sisterhood k.b. hoping to to do seat against this protest as you defeated 16. the president is

confident his performance of the past 4 years will in him and other 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 you know counts and i do have a molecule surprise that this is going 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. if you want to make you know i mean he's already saying this i mean you are just going to kind of i got this from the station that had me and i thought oh it although it was one of iran's people have already sent you here with have heard during the exhibition we checked

his name with a good bye we got it from his name is something while the 2 leading candidates differ constance over here 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. i continue to buy 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. it's one point on i've been president. and that gives you 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 were reported on election day but election officials say these once that difficult you know 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 called more than 50 percent of the vote to win outright otherwise the names will be asked again to turn out to decide the winner in 3 weeks. al-jazeera across gonna international olympic committee has agreed to include breakdancing in the 2024 paris olympic games surfing skateboarding on 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 as well as public appeal paris organizers say they want to attract

a new 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 protected athletes who have expressed political views protests against the president's 6 term have continued for months thousands of people have been detained a member of a. family has bought a 50 percent stake in is really a football club bates are jerusalem so how much. has also committed to invest more than $92000000.00 over the next decades that's despite bates are being the only talk club in israel never to have signed an arab player they also have a group of friends known as left which have openly been abusive toward israel's arab minority. one of the world's most famous obvious or is known for breaking the

sound barrier has died u.s. pilot chuck yeager made history in 1907 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 pilot died on monday at the age of 97. and the again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the world's 1st approved coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out in the u.k. 800000 doses of pfizer by untag vaccine are now available in 70 hospitals elderly people and national health software being prioritized 1000 year old margaret keenan was the 1st person to receive its. artistic roofers roofers because it's free and.