the pfizer vaccine has rolled out in the u.k. with the world watching on. the watching all just there on live from a headquarters in doha in derry navigate also ahead a warning of dark times ahead as the u.s. records its deadliest we can 6 months because of the pandemic. a study finds the

number of afghan civilians killed in iraq strikes soared by more than 300 percent in the last 3 years plus. i think the message from the report is that we can and must to be shown new zealand's prime minister promises change after an investigation into last year's mosque shootings finds failings by police and intelligence agencies. hello the 1st doses of the pfizer biotech coronavirus vaccine have now been administered in the u.k. 90 year old margaret keenan she received the 1st vaccination at university hospital in coventry and she says it was a privilege. i think gouffran age movement because it's free and it's the best interest of a husband. at the moment to do please go for it that's true and i say you know. if i can do it. so can you now 800000 doses of vaccine are

available at 70 hospitals 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 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 let's bring in rory chalons for an update he's joining us from st thomas's hospital in london to talk us through the 1st phase of this rollout rory and also the logistical challenges ahead. yeah well it's margaret kane and that 90 year old woman who he's going to be dead by you know all the history books many many more people are being vaccinated in hospitals like thomas's the one behind me over the course of today and of course going forward now an idea of the kind of political capital invested in their

nicholas durgin the 1st minister of scotland said that she got a bit of a lump in her throat watching the footage of margaret keenan being vaccinated feels like such a milestone moment after a tough year for everyone the 1st vaccines in scotland will be administered today and then for us johnson tweeted as well thank you to our national health service to all of the scientists who work so hard to develop this vaccine to all the volunteers to where everyone has been following the rules to protect others we will beat this together and yeah as you say the that the difficulties of this program the biggest mass vaccination in national health service history in the u.k. it has to be stored at minus 70 degrees centigrade this vaccine this very fragile and that's why it's hospitals in the main that are being tasked with doing the vaccinations in the initial stages at least. 800000 vaccines available at the moment there will be 4000000 more by the end of

the month and then 40000000 over the coming weeks and months enough to vaccinate 20000000 people in the united kingdom some day hospitals around the country doing these vaccinations at the moment as you say because of the difficulties in actually giving this vaccine out the hospitals will only be giving it to over 80 year old people initially and those who work in care homes of monks the elderly as well as. from vine and h.s. stuff it's actually the ones who are most susceptible to catching device or the most exposed to it at least once you go beyond that when perhaps the the oxford vaccine comes online which is a bit more of a bit cheaper then i think the the the the vaccine program as a whole will be rolled out so more 'd people across the u.k. but initially it will only be a select few that gets it all right through

a challenge report from london thank you well the us has experienced its deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic since april 15000 americans have now died from covering 1000 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 year holiday season 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. millions of californians are now under strict the strictest stay at home order since the 1st wave of covered $1000.00 infections in

march state officials are saying 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 you should not meet in person with any way you do not live with even in a song and even outdoors with precautions 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 pin demick 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 having holiday parties so we've lost all of our. private party business we've lost our 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. fishel 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 event course 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 relieve 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 finds her and derna 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 heat and they are rewarding people against big family gatherings for the

christmas and hanukkah holidays later this month. 0 loss and. the number of afghan civilians killed in air strikes carried out by the us and its allies has risen 330 percent since 2017 the costs for a project at brown university set around 700 civilians were killed and 29 a lone and that is 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 let's take to julie norman who is a lecturer specializing in middle east and u.s. policy in the region she's joining us from london thanks very much for your time with us julie so the report also seems to suggest that by the pentagon relaxing its rules of engagement for air strikes that aim of doing so was to gain leverage at the bargaining table is that something you agree with. well that is what i would

say is well we know that in 2018 that's really when the united states was trying to get the taliban to negotiate to ultimately come to that agreement that they did reach in february this year but when we see a push for negotiations in that way you usually see both sides trying to gain leverage for those talks and indeed we saw an increase in airstrikes from the united states as well as an increase in ground operations and violent attacks from the taliban over this period as well which has resulted in just a sharp increase in civilian casualties for afghanistan civilians across the board and you know let's just look at the numbers for just a moment because the report says there has been a 330 percent increase in civilian casualties over the past 3 years and also in 2019 more civilians died than in any other year since since 911 i mean these are astounding figures these are indeed astounding figures and sadly even sense that

agreement in february violence really has not decreased in afghanistan already this year we've seen over 6000 casualties and with october on being one of the most costly months since last year so we do not see those numbers really decreasing significantly what has changed is where some of the sources of those civilian casualties have come from the u.s. has in fact decreased its airstrikes sense that 2020 agreement in february but in its place the afghan air force has picked up those attacks so civilian casualties from those attacks are now increasing substantially and the report i suppose highlights the. how important rules. gauge went actually are and any changes when it comes to those rules of engagement have a direct impact on civilians. that's exactly right we know that this increase in

the airstrikes and the civilian costs are directly linked to the fact that in 2017 the u.s. did make a decision to relax those rules of engagement that had been put in place specifically to reduce the number of civilian casualties in 20092015 the u.s. on command at that time and so we know that this is something that happens the u.s. wanted more flexibility for these strikes but the cost is civilian casualties and we see that reflected in these numbers or writes julie norman thank you very much for speaking to us from london thank you still ahead on al jazeera workers across india launch a nationwide strike to support farmers in their protest against new agriculture law as. well as well as opposition takes action as the president's allies when the parliamentary elections details coming out.

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the. coverage on the top stories on al-jazeera the world's 1st approved coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out in the u.k. 800000 doses of pfizer by untag facts ian are now available in 70 hospitals elderly people and health workers are being prioritized. 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. an inquiry into last year's mass shooting at 2 mosques in

new zealand has found failings by the police and intelligence agencies but says nothing could have stopped the attacks the royal commission says security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of terrorism from muslims the australian gunman 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 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 now on the lease 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 say that 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. the u.n. general assembly has adopted a resolution urging russia to end its occupation of crimea a measure that's not legally binding also calls on moscow to immediately stop transferring weapons to ukraine russia sent troops into crimea an annex the peninsula and 24 seen it since supported separatist rebels in eastern ukraine a cease fire 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 the capital for nearly 2 weeks they say a new law covering the farming industry will hurt their livelihoods elizabeth brought them as more from seeing you outside the. we're at the biggest of the 3 protest sides a key highway between the states of haiti and delhi where tens of thousands of fatness 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 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 a school full of 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 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 the video call and as of 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 icons joshua wong 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 and she joined with hong kong is china's hong kong hong kong's affairs a 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 countermeasures to

safeguard its sovereignty security in development as well as the legitimate rights and interests of chinese person now u.s. media is reporting that president elect joe biden is such a true is a retired army general for his defense secretary if lloyd austin is confirmed by the senate then he will be the 1st black american in that role as decades of experience and is headed the u.s. central command under president barack obama biden has promised to choose the most diverse cabinet in u.s. history. well the united states the european union and a number of latin american countries say they won't recognize the results of that as well as parliamentary election allies of president nicolas maduro won the poll what's the opposition boycotted our latin america editor of the c.n.n. . extremely low turnout in sunday's legislative elections was a stinging blow for president nicolas maduro. and a victory for venezuela's opposition which had called for mass abstention you're

the people didn't fall for the fraud or 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 a 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 israeli's 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've 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 wonderful to be honest this is the 1st time i've ever heard of on our own or whether we want 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 but opinion calls on the good as there are no thought it is the leaders to pray that it does seem to us of people and to really come together to start the. transition process. but why though is also fighting to maintain recognition i think nearly 2 years of failing to dislodge moodle despite domestic protests and harsh international sanctions 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 murder. during 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 you see in human al-jazeera santiago. police officers in peru have discovered a tunnel more than 200 meters long leading to a prison on the outskirts of the capital lima of thora you say it was constructed to help inmates escape from miguel castro prison investigators say it had been planned since last year with an investment of about $500000.00 so they suspect the money came from drug trafficking. health experts in zimbabwe are warning it could

take 6 months before recovery $1000.00 vaccine is available there because of a just to go on to economic challengers that's just right its capacity to carry out vaccination programs it's also 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 needles. 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 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 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 the problem should know that generally when vaccines are done in this country we are following the proper procedures that is made 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 kovacs more than 100 countries globally have signed up to it but health officials say covert $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 to. 1000000000 vaccine doses around the world by

the end of 2 g. $21.00 but is struggling to raise the money it needs dandies how to keep the vaccines cold electricity supplies in many parts of africa and reliable zimbabwe has at times experienced 18 cuts the current. how to reduce. sources of energy be something that she used to feed maybe he did happened before to. those areas we chatted. so when the close of 19 vaccines arrive how and where the caped joining transportation and storage will be crucial in ensuring their effectiveness how to al-jazeera how to firefighters in california are battling a fast moving fire 80 kilometers north of los angeles evacuation orders have been issued for residents across. 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 the international olympic committee has agreed to include breakdown saying 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. meanwhile the committee has banned the by the russian president from all of them pick 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 roll family has bought a 50 percent stake in an israeli football club it's our jerusalem should have been

and has also committed to invest more than $12000000.00 over the next decade that's despite bates are being the only top club in israel never to have signed an arab player it also has a group of fans known as la familia that's been openly abusive towards israel's arab minority. one of the world's most famous aviator 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 you 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 the headlines on al-jazeera the world's 1st approved corona virus vaccine is

being rolled out in the u.k. 800000 doses of pfizer by intel scene are now available in 70 hospitals elderly people and health stuff are being.