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$10000.00 to come to canada here $7000.00 and not as many in one brave group of indonesia because speak out and seek justice for the exploitation migrant dreams a witness documentary on al-jazeera. and 1000 year old grandmother becomes the 1st to get the pfizer biotech over $1000.00 vaccines the u.k. rolls out a nationwide immunization. you're watching up to 0 life from a headquarters and i'm dan also coming up. we have $800.00 pages of words and now we need them translated to powerful new zealand's muslims call for a change after an investigation on the christ church mosques massacre exposes
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failings of the security agencies. you know was. a nationwide strike in india farmers stepped up their protest against new laws on prop placements. and a desperate journey for a new beginning a rise in the number of child refugees trying to cross into europe from africa. follow the 1st doses of the pfizer biotech coronavirus vaccine have now been administered in the u.k. 19 year old margaret keenan received the 1st vaccination at university hospital in carbon 3 she says it was a privilege. i was thankful for his crew for it because it's free and it's the best thing that's ever happened. at the moment so do please go for it
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that's when i say you know. if i can do it. so can you will 800000 doses of vaccine are now available at 70 hospitals across the u.k. the elderly in care home workers are being prioritized health chiefs caution the rollout will be a marathon not a sprint but 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. well let's. join us from just outside one of the hospitals over in london and rory it's being billed as the day over in the u.k. some saying it's a real opportunity to turn the corner in this pandemic. i think margaret keenan there as we heard expressing the relief of many people around this country that this is a big step towards beating coronavirus it's the biggest mass rollouts
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vaccine in the national health service history it's a huge achievements medically and a huge challenge just equally it's a medical achievement because most vaccines take a huge amount of time longer than this one has taken to get to this rollout stage most vaccines take perhaps a decade of developments before they can be properly properly administered so that the population at large is once taken less than a year and it's not the only one and this is the vaccine but there's the at the ox oxford astra zeneca one that's in the pipeline russia has already been using a its own vaccine although it hasn't been officially approved and there are other vaccines coming down the pipeline so you cite a massive effort from the scientific and medical community to get these vaccines develops and out as quickly as possible it's a huge logistical challenge because this vaccine as the 1st is actually want of the
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more temperamental it's quite delicate quite fragile it needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees centigrade which. poses big challenges for administration and that's why it's being done at the moment in the hospitals like the one behind me it's only established hospitals that really have the proper facilities to get this into people without the vaccine going off so yes there are. people of haiti who are being given the vaccine there are people who work in the in care homes who are being given the vaccine but care home patients people are actually residents in old age homes around the country because of the difficulties of getting the vaccine into the care homes themselves they can have to wait a little bit longer. there is a feeling that i think politically that this is. a really good day for the country it's been. a dark few months we have had in the u.k.
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some of the worst figures for 'd not just economically the way that the economy has been how much but also that the number of deaths that this country has suffered at the leading leading europe. so you face politically is a is it big step forward and i know and a relief i think of the look the minds of the of of the leadership of the country all right thank you for that update from london. well the u.s. has experienced its deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic since april 15000 americans have died from covered 9000 in the past 7 days much of the recent surge has been attributed to thanksgiving celebrations there are warnings that will only get worse as more people travel for the end if your holiday season what we have now is a challenge ahead of us of the bleak months of december in january where
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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. an inquiry into last year's 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 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 mosque to discuss the findings of an independent report into a terrorist attack question the apology from the prime minister from the police
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from the service which is something good will start from here and there what 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 nonda least 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
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the recommendations others are saying the report doesn't go far enough and there is skepticism about any real change because many say the 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 european union and u.k. negotiators have failed to make any headway as they attempt to reach a post for a trade deal british prime minister boris johnson and the e.u.
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commission president are sort of underlying well now meet in brussels this week they're in a race against time to reach a deal on 3 critical issues including in new access to u.k. fishing waters and britain leaves the block on december 31st. at least 8 more opposition activists have been arrested in hong kong there accused of taking part in a band protest rally in july several former politicians are among those arrested it's the number of afghan civilians killed in air strikes carried out by the us and its allies has risen 330 percent since 2017 a report by the brown university called the costs of war project said around 700 civilians died in 21000 that's the most since american troops invaded afghanistan after the $911.00 attacks on the united states in 2001 the report attributes the rise to the us relaxing its rules of engagement 3 years ago julie norman is a lecturer specializing in middle east and u.s.
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policy in the region she says airstrikes from afghan forces have also increased putting the lives of many civilians at risk. we know that in 28 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 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
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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 a nationwide strike by farmers is underway in india transport workers and teachers unions are also supporting the strike tens of thousands of farmers have been camped outside india's capital new delhi for almost 2 weeks they say a new law liberalizing the farming industry will hurt their livelihoods those who have brought them has more from singing outside. 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
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pharmacy 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 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 still ahead on al-jazeera
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normalising hooliganism and violence rights groups criticized abu dhabi for buying a stake in an auto or us is really a football club. chuck yeager the 1st person to fly faster than the speed of sound guys age 97. it's been subzero in the northeast of china to clean hoppin for 18 days doesn't seem very long it's long enough for this to happen if the river there has been to freeze they can cut big blocks of ice which they're going to use to construct the snow and ice festival in harbor now the real cold does state that funnels east is leaking across as you know still open waters has been producing snow in the forecast not so much the whole crowd or this is just a few rain showers because the wind direction has changed
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a little bit so the cold remains where it is much of the sky is clear in northern china now further science the skies are rather more cloudy the rains promise to catch the edge of hong kong and taiwan otherwise it's offshore until it returns in the form of sleet or rain or snow showers for northern japan the full cost of beijing represents that steady state weather 4 degrees or so well subzero by night the rain in the next few days i think will reflect this sort of picture in india in the south not so much as it was but still i'm sure a breeze because the development of all the energy is going to this potential wind to give us a cloud in the arabian sea but there is good weather getting going through lahore and usually by which i mean the air is clearing up. in 1958 charles de gaulle made a famous speech in algeria and began to plan to. but take
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a don't hold back the tide of algerian independence o.-p. france's colonies in africa and the pacific. and the final episode of the series al-jazeera explores how the long and bitter fight for the french empire still resonates today blood and tears french to colonize ation on al-jazeera. or you to. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the world's 1st fully trial the coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out in the u.k. 800000 doses a pfizer biotech vaccine are now available in 17 hospitals elderly people and
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health workers are being prioritized. and inquiry into the new zealand mosque shooting has found failings by the police and intelligence but says nothing could have stopped the attack the world commission's security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of terrorism by muslims. a nationwide strike by farmers is under way 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. health experts in zimbabwe are warning it could take 6 months before a coven $1000.00 vaccine is available because of logistical and economic challenges well that's despite the country's capacity to carry out vaccination programs which also reports from harare. nessus say more than 100 mothers visit this clinic
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in harare every day hear their babies are inoculated against diseases 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 and if she's always seeks she will suffer later on in life public health officials say access to vaccinate sions is good and zimbabweans are generally open to receiving them. that's why health experts are confident they can manage a master all out of covert $900.00 vaccinations when the doses eventually arrive in the country what worries them is misinformation about the vaccines so now we're hearing the vaccine which has been tested in several countries. has been shown to
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be effective so really the problem should know that generally when vaccines are done in this country we are following the procedures that are made out africa aims to have 60 percent of its population vaccinated against close in $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 callbacks more than $100.00 countries globally have 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 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 18 hour power cuts the utilization currently.
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out heritage. sources of energy something that has to. be promoted especially in those areas which have led to 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. and yet another blow to president donald trump's attempt to overturn the election results the state of georgia reconfirmed presidency like joe biden's win this is the 3rd recount of votes in each time biden's victory has been upheld president donald trump had repeatedly and falsely claimed the election was raked. well 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 won the poll what's the opposition boycotted our latin america editor of the c.
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a newman reports. the extreme we know turnout in sunday's legislative elections was a stinging blow for president nicolas maduro to give them a little 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 its 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 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
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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 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 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 could. girls undergo it is there an aside it is the leaders to prioritize the interests of the people and to really come together to start the miniature electrolux issue for us this. is why the law is also
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fighting to maintain recognition nearly 2 years of failing to dislodge mother 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 recognising that the international community cannot stand up to regimes of this type. still in terms of achieving results why those referendum which ends next saturday may be as symbolic as has been his interim presidency c.n.n. al-jazeera santiago well 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
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ukraine russia sent troops into crimea an annex the peninsula and 2014 since then it supported separatist rebels in eastern ukraine a cease fire has been a fact in effect since late july more than 2000 children are among refugees and migrants who've arrived in the canary islands in the last 2 months save the children says it's extremely concerned about their physical and mental health bernard smith reports from gran canaria. it's not much of a red carpet welcome but for this boy's at least the 1st time he's touched dry land in 5 days he'll have spent that time in a fishing boat with around 25 other people crossing rough atlantic seas from west africa. the canary islands is experiencing the largest wave of migrants and refugees arrivals in 15 years and with it what the regional government calls a significant upturn in the number of children. international aid group save the
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children is concerned that the authorities here are struggling to provide for the specific needs of miners even of the kind of conditions to making this a life. i. wouldn't have seen. for example have seen people dying on board and turning to. and on may have experienced violence. on their all these years the biggest here and it's you know. we were at sea for 6 days tells me 6 days he and his friend madiba a 16 years old from mali who. in mali there's a war now so we came here my mother and father over there and they are getting old
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and now there's no money so i came here there were more than 8000 migrants and refugees arrivals just in november breaking previous records spain's migration minister suggested transferring migrants to the mainland to relieve the pressure here but that's been rejected by other ministers just encourage others so new arrivals are being transferred to these military bases or being kept in hotels unaccompanied children are less likely than adults to be sent back to their home countries. shaken baby who runs an aid group that helps african migrants thinks this is why there are more miners making the trip. each person is a community project they're not coming on their own they've got their parents behind them they look for a strategy to make their project successful and they know that their children have more chance to be able to stay in europe because it's the law of the canary islands government says it's open $21.00 emergency centers for unaccompanied minors it says
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it's repeatedly asked the spanish government and the e.u. for more money 12000000 dollars has now been promised by the end of the year not as fast as the migrants and refugees keep arriving burnet smith al-jazeera gran canaria a member of abu dhabi is royal family has bought a 50 percent stake in it is really football club bates are in jerusalem so how much been fully fed in the yen has also committed to invest more than $92000000.00 over the next decade and that's despite bates are being the only top club in israel never to have signed a palestinian israeli player they also have a group of friends known as la familia which has been openly abusive towards palestinian israeli air force that has more from west jerusalem. on the day that it was reported that a former israeli space security chief was confirming the existence of aliens this is perhaps the 2nd most sort of cognitively dissonant story in the media the idea
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that an arab royal family would buy into in such a large way the most overtly arab anti arab group of fans in israeli football and their club base our jerusalem which plays here at teddy stadium in southwestern jerusalem does seem very strange nonetheless the new owner as of 2 years ago at least. a hog who himself says he is a jewish arab because of his parentage coming from north africa he's been trying to shift the perception and change the nature of this club this is a a bit coin or cyber currency tycoon here in israel he's been trying to sort of shift the perception of this club that has stayed with it throughout its history set pretty much since its inception in 1934 and he has signed for example an african muslim midfielder he has tried to really change the way that this club is
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seen nonetheless there it remains this very sizable hardcore openly racist far right group of supporters and it is very much for many of these supporters at the heart in the identity of this club there have been attempts before to try to change the the image of. well one of the world's most famous pilots has died chuck yeager made history as the 1st person to fly faster than the speed of sound he died on monday the age of 97 catalog or. he was one of the greatest aviators of his generation u.s. pilot chunk yeager started off as an aircraft mechanic before becoming a world war 2 fighter ace and the 1st person to break the sound barrier for captain power here you got carved out of a cockpit of a rocket cry it was on october 19th $47.00 and at the age of $24.00 that he flew an
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airplane to the sound barrier at a speed of more than a 1000 kilometers an hour such attempts had killed other pilots before. he would later say he could have gone even faster at the plane carried more fuel. but he did continue to fly faster on other dangerous missions this tests were used by the u.s. air force and nasa to advance research into flight and the u.s. space program. before his success he was already well known in aviation he shot down 13 german planes during world war $25.00 on a single mission he commanded fighter squadrons and flew $127.00 combat missions during the vietnam war. during the 1960 s. he trained air force personnel to become astronauts 26 people he tutored later went into orbit under nasa his image as an aviation legend gained greater status in tom wolfe's
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a bestselling book and later film the wright stuff was dangerous this very day. he later said in one of his requests was not going to college as not having a degree prevented him from becoming an astronaut. never regarded himself as courageous or hero often saying he was just doing his job a job that experts say led to new heights in aviation and space exploration. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the world's 1st fully trials corona virus 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 health workers are being prioritized higher seiko furnish proof because it's free and.
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