i'll meet the. preparations for something monumental a horrific past slavery studio to be unscripted on al-jazeera. 0. hello i'm mary you're watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. person becomes the 1st western nation to start vaccinating its citizens against covert 19 but the w.h.o. warns that public health measures not vaccines will prevent further searches in countries like zimbabwe saying that cost an adjustable challenges mean that vaccine rollout might not stop for many months. we're also looking at why the number of

afghan civilians killed by u.s. and strikes has risen 330 percent since 2017 and the arctic records its 2nd warmest years since 9900 we look at what it means for the rest of the planet. and on time how much with all the sport can man united to make it to the champions league last 16 the red devils are currently to nail down against abi likes it in germany. almost a year after the 1st cases of corona virus reported in the chinese city of $100.00 world's 1st fully tested vaccine is being rolled out here in the u.k. this is on a day when the country reported another 616 deaths a mind year old grandmother was the 1st person in the world to receive the approved

pfizer biotech job 800000 people are expected to be vaccinated in the coming weeks with the elderly and health workers the 1st in line and then u.s. public health officials have published their 1st detailed review of the pfizer vaccine they found an efficacy rate of 95 percent off to 2 doses and say the 1st. offers protection within 10 days regardless of a person's race weight or age but world health organization has issued a warning saying that governments are not to rely on vaccines alone it says public health measures like social distancing and wearing lost will continue to be the most effective defense well into the future or british health officials are saying that the rollout of the pfizer vaccine will be a marathon not a sprint algis there is need of baccarat reports on this now from london. it is happening a turning point in the global fight against a virus that killed more than a 1000000 people around the world 90 year old grandmother margaret keenan made

history becoming the 1st person to be vaccinated with the pfizer bio and take drugs outside a trial she encourage others to follow her lead. group for it because it's free and it's the best thing that's ever happened and the moment you do please go for it in a somewhat dramatic turn the 2nd vaccine went to a man called william shakespeare a poetic star perhaps to a new chapter in the fight against corona virus more than half of the people who've died of the virus in the u.k. are over 80 they're getting the injection 1st along with the elderly in care homes and their carers unused doses are going to frontline medical staff the british government's call this a v. for vaccine day but the prime minister warned it's too early to call this a v. for victory in scotland nor non wiles' in england people are having the vaccine for the 1st time and it will gradually make

a huge huge difference but i stress gradually because you know we're not. yet we haven't defeated this virus yet bunches of the pfizer by and take drug approved for use in the u.k. last week have been arriving from pfizer's factory in belgium the logistical challenge has been immense the vaccine he speaks to the around minus 70 degree celsius in england dozens of hospitals with facilities to store the super chill drug are the 1st places to administer it scotland wales and northern ireland have also begun similar programs the government sorted 40000000 doses so far and initial 800000 will be available in the 1st round of treatment this week capable of inoculating 400000 people with 2 injections 21 days apart we've shuttered our economies. and struggle through months of grief and anxiety lives cut short and elderly people separated from their loved ones we've known for some time but the

only sure fire way out of this pandemic is a vaccine and now a shred of hope that miller not too distant future things might start returning to normal its hope so full 1000000 people will be back soon 80 before the end of the year when boxes of the vaccine that come in packs of almost a 1000 doses we split up and sent to doctors' surgeries and care homes around the country the vaccine can be stored at normal fridge temperature but only for a short period it's a day of mixed emotions joy and hesitation most vulnerable people won't get the vaccine until next year but with infection rates going up here in london and elsewhere restrictions may have to get tighter before they get easier. but it is only a matter of some scientists set their minds on defeating this common enemy a process that normally takes many years from now against all odds a sense of the long march out of the pandemic of. the fark al jazeera london.

well the oxford to x. rays astra zeneca corona virus vaccine has been deemed safe and effective in the 1st pair of years of its phase 3 trials but ansett medical channel says more work is needed to prove its efficacy rate of 90 percent that was achieved when some trial participants were mistakenly given a half dose of the vaccine followed by a full dose less than 6 percent of participants got the smaller dose and under the age of 55 oxford astra zeneca vaccine is seen as particularly important for tackling the coronavirus in the developing world and it's cheaper and easier to distribute. meanwhile health experts in zimbabwe are warning that it could be 6 months before a vaccine is available where because of logistical and economic challenges despite the country's proven capacity to carry out widespread vaccination programs how much ass are reports now from harare. nurses say more than 100 mothers visit this

clinic in harare every day here 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 sore she grows up strong if she's always seeking she will suffer later on in life public health officials say access to vets nations 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 that generally when folks in this country we are following the proper procedures that. africa aims to have 60 percent of its population vaccinated against cloven $1000.00 within the next 2 to 3 years that's according to the continent centers for disease control prevention zimbabwe is part of a vaccine sharing scheme known as polar bats more than $100.00 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 one. 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.

our territory for us sources of energy to be something that has to. be promoted especially those areas which are right so when the culvert 19 vaccines arrive how and where they are kept joining transportation and storage will be crucial in ensuring their effectiveness. al-jazeera. well mexico says it plans to vaccinate 125000 people before the end of the year the deputy health minister unveiled the country's vaccination program on tuesday health workers and elderly people will be prioritized when the pfizer and biotech job is administered this month officials are hoping to roll out different vaccines through to 2021 and then south korea says it will monitor the rollout of vaccines in other countries for several months before beginning its own inoculation program the government has signed deals with for pharmaceutical companies to provide millions of doses of vaccines but south korea's health minister says vaccinations won't

begin until the risks have been properly verified the country's in the midst of its 3rd wave of the virus now with daily infections at their highest level since march or pfizer is saying that it turned down it says that the u.s. turned down the opportunity to secure more vaccine doses even off the interim data showed the vaccine candidate to be effective washington has purchased 100000000 doses of the pfizer pantech joint venture which is enough to vaccinate 50000000 people it was just 200000000 doses but declined meanwhile both pfizer and compared to mcdonough have refused to attend a vaccine summit that's just been held at the white house at the event president trump signed an executive order ensuring vaccines procured by the u.s. will be given to americans 1st before helping other nations when it comes as the u.s. reported its deadliest week since the month of april 15658 people died from the virus of the pos 7 days which takes the total death toll there to more than

284015 1000000 infections have now been confirmed and health experts say a surge from last month's thanksgiving holiday is still to come mike hanna joins us live now from washington 1st of all might tell us about the purpose of the vaccine summit that's going on. but it would appear coming just days before the f.d.a. is set to hear discussions with independent contractors concerning its legalization of the vaccine all the emergency use calls for the vaccine it would appear that president trump is attempting to seek credit for the development of the vaccine that's the timing of this particular meeting it's notable as well that the major manufacturers both pfizer and dina who are the leaders in terms of developing a vaccine were not present at this particular gathering now part of the reason is that there were some members of the f.d.a. present who are reviewing the applications for the use authorization but also with

fires in particularly the relationship with president trump has been somewhat rocky insisting that it has received no government money whatsoever and implying as well that the government or the federal government and president trump himself did not play much of a role in developing this particular vaccine however president trump in that course of the meeting the softer noone claiming total credit for the production of these vaccines and the speed with which they are produced now the process now is that the f.d.a. will meet on a friday to discuss ongoing discussions about the emergency use authorization then the c.d.c. will meet again on sunday at which a vote will be taken but in all of this it's the f.d.a. that will ultimately decide on whether or not to grant the emergency use of soroti so this is something that could happen within days thanks very much mike hanna in

washington. u.s. president elect joe biden is unveiled his health team as he prepares to make the coronavirus his top priority in government california attorney general expects sarah has been nominated as the next secretary for health and human services while america's top infectious disease expert anthony found his biden's chief medical advisor on the virus biden has also named a coronavirus to see the entire pandemic response this team this team will help get at the latest at the last 100000000 covert 9000 vaccine at least 100000000 covert vaccine shots into the arms of the american people in the 1st 100 days 100000000 shots in the 1st 100 days and will follow the guidance of science to get the vaccine to those most at risk that includes health care professionals people long term care and as soon as possible will include

educators this will be the most efficient mass vaccination plan in u.s. history. well how did your concert joins us live now from his hometown of wilmington and of course the rollout of a vaccination distribution and logistics going to be a big challenge now just when we're seeing the number of deaths and infections rising what will did we hear from president elect joe biden. marian biden laid out 3 benchmarks that are pretty optimistic for his 1st 100 days in office he said that on day one he plans to sign an order that would help people wear masks however of course he doesn't have that much ability to mandate that across the country only in federal settings or perhaps interstate transit but he said he would make that order as far as they can go biden also said that within the

1st $100.00 days he would want $100000000.00 doses of vaccines to be given out to americans and thirdly that he would prioritize a majority of u.s. schools to reopen safely within those $100.00 days by it is about today in wilmington also was to announce his selection for his secretary of health and human services that biden's pick is javier basara who is the attorney general of california and would be the 1st latino to become the secretary of health in the u.s. if confirmed but sarah may have been more of an unlikely pick he doesn't really have a medical background he's comes from law and immigration are his main expertise however he was also the primary leader of the defense of the affordable care act leading 20 states along with california and defending obama's signature health care act joe biden said that of course this will be

a critical time for basara and the rest of his name health team to be taking over in distributing this vaccine biden also urged the trump administration to. purchase many more doses of this vaccine as we've been talking about and it's notable that no mint no member of the biden transition team was invited to this vaccine summit that just occurred in washington d.c. and in fact president trump eluded saying that he wasn't sure who would be the next president again not conceding and porson forward with his unfounded claims that he was the victor in the election. thanks very much heidi jocasta unwilling to. well the u.s. state of texas meanwhile has filed a lawsuit against the states of georgia michigan pennsylvania and wisconsin the supreme court saying changes made to election procedures amid the pandemic were on rule full president elect joe biden won all 4 states last ditch attempt to up and the results come in what's called a safe harbor day in the u.s.

that means all states must have certified their results by the end of the day to avoid any interference by congress in all states have already certified their results to secure the bidens when. you with the news hour live from london much more still ahead on the program ethiopia says a u.n. team visiting refugees in the tehran region was shot after failing to stop the 2 checkpoints fate is revealed by new zealand's mass shooting the government apologizes for security agency mistakes. and then later in sport the summer olympics is breaking with tradition at the half hour a bit later in the program. a report by an american university says the number of afghan civilians killed by u.s. airstrikes has risen 330 percent since 2 101-7700 civilians were killed in

2019 alone which is the highest number since the 1st years of the war in afghanistan after the 911 attacks in 2001 the costs of war project at brown university says the rise in deaths is juge the rules of engagement being relaxed in 2017 report costs light on u.s. president donald trump's area warfare policies in the middle east. morgan is the author of a forthcoming book on the u.s. military in afghanistan he's also a former defense reporter at politico he joins us from washington by skype and did you see a significant difference or a shift between v obama and trump administrations when it came to. warfare in afghanistan. yes i mean i think it's less about obama versus trump specifically than it is about the new strategy that the u.s. military implemented starting especially $28.00 of using air power to try to bring it along to negotiating table as they saw it so i think essentially you saw

a massive increase in the overall number of strikes a number of sorties number of bombs dropped and types of targets struck so it's essentially stands to reason medical what are the signs of the air campaign you're going to see civilian casualties go up as well. and the afghan government is now at the negotiating table with the taliban. and as part of a broader offensive. as strikes by the afghan air force on the rise i guess that would be aimed at increasing leverage at those talks essentially and the same way that the u.s. military was using strikes in last year to try to get this all on to the table u.s. military now has a degree and it has dropped off in interest rates that it's doing but the afghan government after a government forces are fighting for their lives and the afghan air force is doing what it can it also has its because let's discerning about civilian casualties and then the u.s. military is billed as

a function of technology and training i envy just to show themselves to be i think a little less careful with civilian lives in top gun control territory. i suppose you've been speaking about civilian casualties and afghanistan for many years now and obviously it's all posses haven't taken the steps that they need to to stop civilians being harmed and lives being destroyed is there i mean heaven likely to be any source of justice or accountability for this. well i think i meant you know justice and accountability there are different types as they do encounter at least some civilian government occurred in negligence and strikes some are getting the mistakes that happened in the course about her campaign that is simply large now and strikes they're happening quickly not on the battlefield that sums that some straight skills that only arms through genuine mistakes i think the basic problem is there's a lack of transparency in the u.s. military in afghanistan even compared to the u.s. military in iraq or syria or somalia as far as what it's investigating what

conclusions it's retained and how it's investigating civilian casualty incident the headquarters in kabul is notoriously secretive about those kinds of things compared to its side its peers in other countries as the morgan thank you for sharing your thoughts with us thank you. now 14 senior officers and soldiers have been fired or suspended at the fort hood army base in texas after a string of deaths and sexual assaults 25 people have died that this year alone through suicide murder all accidental and independent of us all want to adopt their remains of a 20 year old female soldier found in a shallow grave. we need the right leadership i've determined the issues at fort hood are directly related to leadership failures. leaders drive culture and are responsible for everything the unit does or does not happen to do

i am gravely disappointed that leaders failed effectively create a climate that treated all soldiers with dignity and respect and this failed to reinforce everyone's obligation to prevent and properly respond to allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault. if european now the government has admitted that federal troops shot and detained u.n. staff trying to access the northern tip grey region the aid workers were trying to visit account for eritrean refugees when the shooting occurred the un and reached an agreement with the government allowing access to territory under federal control according to government spokesperson the un team drove through checkpoints ignoring instructions not to be in the area you know some of the un staffs when i actually did in some way showed that when that happened. this country is not no man's land it has a government it only has difficulty in the north so they went on and in some of you

know as new in mosul post move but then then it is a service to. in kind of advantage of the expedition. mohamed valve brings us more from sudan's capital heart. lots of reports about the situation been getting more difficult inside to grace up there are 3 criticisms leveled against the chokers by international aid agencies and the other groups basically that to continuous cult of information coming from site to great. difficulty is to get access or to grant access to n.g.o.s bringing aid to people who might be victimized or victims of this conflict so that we have this report about about each open army opening fire on what it's called void that has been confirmed by the beach opiates themselves they said because those convoys did not to it here to the roads they did not think they won't try or try to go beyond the the line that was drawn for them so that means there are areas that they can't

reach and this is subject to criticism by the aid agencies. well diplomatic editor james bays is at the united nations and says aid work is struggling to reach to grade residents who are in need of urgent care. it's now a week since the u.n. signed a deal for humanitarian access into t. great province with the government however the u.s. and its agencies and international n.g.o.s is struggling to get supplies in they have aid workers food medicine and other humanitarian supplies that can't get across the border the u.n. secretary general antonio good terraces had a number of phone conversations with the prime minister. mr terraces spokesman says somewhat delicately they're still trying to operationalize the deal if the question is are we getting unfettered clear humanitarian access. at

this point no right and that's why we're still in discussions with the government to try to get to where we want to be the u.n. is particularly concerned about an incident on sunday when 4 members of its advance security team were farto poland and then detained for a time by the theo puno authorities for now it doesn't look like the situation is going to be further discussed here at the un security council african members of the council say regional mediation should take priority currently this month the security council is chaired by south africa. an inquiry into last year's mass shooting at 2 mosques in new zealand has found failings by the police and national intelligence agency it said security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the a c. threat of attacks by muslims but also said nothing could have stopped the attacks happening a gunman is serving life in prison without parole for killing 51 people when he

reports just now from christ church. 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 the intelligence 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 tag 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 of the commissions 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. to have fun on the program at sea on their own and a long way from home a growing number of unaccompanied refugee children heading to the canary islands by all the. opposition groups and unions join indian farmers in a nationwide strike as they step up their battle with the government and then in sport covered $1000.00 cases at the n.b.a. as the league prepares for its new season. the orientation of the weather patterns of europe is changing but it's of twisting a bit like this so many places been sitting in funk for

a while in eastern europe even the british isles alyse that changes the wind picks up the stormy weather we've have through italy and particularly in the northeast that's moving a bit further south for the next tranche so wednesday sees the wet is where the light being greece so those must tonia for example still some more snow to come through the alps and it's creeping up too low in parts of germany as well but the next thing is diving into the bay of biscay every story throughout southern france most of the higher ground not entirely so and then we see development over but for the south as sardinia sicily and towards greece i think beyond thursday century or plain european plain still disappointingly cloudy and cold but there's a sort of change taking place warsaw for example sees a slow warming trend as some of the down here gets tucked up through eastern europe that in the immediate future we still got the cooling trend for places like robots in algiers and tunis from on shore wind clouds and rain it does improve some degree

of thursday. lagos at $34.00 degrees is surprised me warm for this time of the year . covert 19 is grounded global travel for countries dependent on tourism like kenya the effects of devastating. livelihoods vanish people in power reveals the hardships facing affected communities and the efforts being made to protect wildlife from the threats of increased poaching in the wake of the pandemic kenya. virus. we've never had a president who has literally for 5 years repeatedly attacked democracy. you know. i don't have a narrative i have

a question you're hitting there where you're treated and even further join me richelle carey and up front is my guess from around the world take a hot seat and we debate the week's top stories impressing you here on al-jazeera. the world. welcome back a look at main stories now the world's 1st fully tested coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out in the u.k. 800000 people are expected to be vaccinated in the coming weeks with the elderly and health workers 1st in line. a report by an american university says the number of afghan civilians killed by u.s. airstrikes has risen 330 percent since 2 101-7700 civilians were killed in 2019

alone highest number since the 1st years of the war in afghanistan. and ethiopia's government has admitted federal troops shot and detained at un staff trying to access the northern territory region government spokesperson said the un team drove through checkpoints ignoring instructions not to be in the area. or the british government's next priority is going to be delivering the vaccine to care homes across the country which have been badly affected by the pandemic despite the logistical challenges the roll out is providing much needed hope for care home residents some and some haven't had more than a few hours with their family members since march john holl reports now for me a cost so. badly hit by the coronavirus care homes have had to devise innovative ways to allow families to meet. they actually goes. a sanitized pod in the garden half hour slots it's no substitute for physical

contact but it's as close as many are able to get. it is not. so the vaccine is especially good news here with the government promising delivery within weeks it's sparked cautious excitement i think realistically we're looking at probably february march next year and that's because of the logistical challenges do you think yeah the more and more information that we're hearing from public health and various other sources i believe it's going to be a very difficult program for them to roll out and so. talking to various people again this morning i think that's the realistic day of course we'll welcome it sooner but we just got to be patient with the program and make sure that it works and do it right. peter is visiting his parents ron mary both forced to self isolate after mary's return from a spell in hospital. doctors. as mum surely couldn't brochure.

although why they're having to do it the hard way there are large i'll know there's not much but there are more decorations out this week. farther up this morning. it would be lovely to go in there and to give them a hard. to. get up close but you called do it but often those people in that situation so you just get the most the most of a lot for months residents and staff at care homes have lived a precarious existence full of emotional stress and on certainty families have been deprived of close contact the vaccine offers the hope of an end to all that it's music to all of our is and i just think you know it's what we've all been waiting for everyone was hope he was going to be this side of christmas but you know it's

not worth washing everything's been so patient for most of this year haven't we in it which is no point rushing it just to say christmas so let's just wait let's do it right. but we're best to try to hold al-jazeera newcastle or britain's prime minister boris johnson will travel to brussels on wednesday hoping for a breakthrough with the e.u. commission president sort of on the line on a bracks a trade deal in person talks follow the u.k. reaching an agreement with the e.u. one post breaks it all the checks and trading rules for northern ireland it means the government has now dropped controversial plans to bring part parts of its e.u. exit agreement and potentially break international law the u.k. has until december 31st the end of this month to secure a trade deal though the brakes go shows reportedly said it believes a no deal exit is more likely. now more than 2000 children are among the refugees and migrants who arrived in the canary islands in the past 2 months save the children is saying it's very concerned about their physical and mental health

from gran canaria but it's myth reports. it's not much of a red carpet welcome for this boy's at least the 1st time he's touched dry land in 5 days you have spent time in a fishing boat with around 25 other people crossing rough atlantic seas from west africa. the canary island is experiencing the largest wave of migrant and refugee 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 children is concerned that the authorities here are struggling to provide for the specific needs of miners in the county and in making this a life. doesn't have to. have seen people dying on board and turning.

on. the british and all these years the biggest here and it's. we were at sea for 6 days tells me 6 days he and his friend madiba a 16 years old from mali. in mali there's a war now so we came here my mother and father over there and they are getting old and now there's no money so i left and 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 saying they'll 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. mom 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 the 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 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 but it's moved al-jazeera gran canaria. hundreds of people people protested in armenia as capital yerevan after the prime minister nicole pashtun ignored a deadline to resign dozens were arrested in scuffles with police opposition

politicians and given the out of faith leader until midday cheers data quits. popularity plummeted after he struck a ceasefire deal with azerbaijan of the nagorno-karabakh weekend he agreement which ended 6 weeks of conflict handed azerbaijan territorial gangs the opposition is now expected to launch a civil disobedience campaign until passion on steps aside. now italy's floating city has been flooded after heavy rain and strong winds took the authorities by surprise cheese days downpours hit venice before officials could activate the city's huge flood barriers which were only introduced 2 months ago a system of $78.00 gates guard the entrance to the venetian lagoon and protect the city from tides of up to 3 meters but they require 40 hours notice to be activated and weather bulletins hadn't forecast such high tides. well an annual report measuring warming in the arctic has found the region has had its 2nd warmest year

since 1900 continuing a pattern of heat ice melting and environmental transformation at the top of the world arctic sea ice reached its 2nd lowest point ever measuring just 3740000 square kilometers in september 2005 when the arctic report card 1st began the september average was 5600000 square kilometers of arctic sea ice thin thin a sea ice is leading to walmart to waters it it means that sea surface temperatures in august will want to 3 degrees celsius above the 982 to 2010 average the average over that period the warmer waters were also connected to warmer air of on plans including a record hot summer in siberia it also led to the lowest june snow cover in eurasia since records began in 1967 overall the annual snow cover on land has been decreasing since 1901 a rate of 3.7 percent per decade oric toman is

a coed it's year of the arctic report card joins me now via skype from fairbanks alaska tell us more about what struck you from this report what it reveals about the way in which the arctic has changed over the past 1020 is. good evening the arctic report card this year illustrates that continuing pattern of a warmer less frozen and biologically changed arctic this year a lot of the headlines were in your asia particularly siberia and the oceans just offshore of siberia last year the extremes were in alaska and the adjacencies a couple years before that it was greenland what this illustrates it is at this point in the arctic it's always extreme some where the exact areas vary as the storm tracks and what's going on in the oceans and deep ocean currents vary with

time but it's now always some places extrude why is this important why does this matter what does it say about global climate conditions. at this point we have seen setter dramatic wasin the volume of ice 30 years ago most of the ice in the arctic had been around for several years that was very thick ice very resilient to melting storminess in the summer now 70 percent of the ice is 1st year ice that's much thinner ice much more fragile much more easily disrupted and so we're seeing things like changes in the seasonality of the ice it isn't just the ice minimum but when there's ice there at all this year we had the northern sea route across the north coast of siberia then

down through the bering strait open longer than it ever was it wasn't that long ago it was almost never passable by nano sprayer ships so this is changing commercial shipping it's impacting the biology of the oceans in the way hands it's changing national security considerations and of course there's active science research how is the warming arctic affecting the weather and climate as i wanted to ask you about that because obviously there are implications that the safest security and of course the takes on an ecosystem but what does this mean how is this going to feed back to the rest of the wild. so that's that's open research on how it will affect weather and climate at lower latitudes it's pretty clear at this point you take away that ice replace it with water it's going to have impacts on the global circulation right now we can say for sure when that jet stream gets way to so more

of a north the south rather than west the east well that the changes in the arctic can have a big effect when the flow is more west east like we saw last winter that cold air gets bottled up in the arctic so we know that when the when the storm tracks are favorable changes in the arctic can have a big effect at the middle latitudes thanks very much coeditor of the arctic report card right time and thanks for joining us there from ask you. now tens of thousands of people have joined a nationwide strike in india to support farmers protesting against a controversial deregulation little farmers of blocks most highways entering the capital new delhi for 2 weeks they say the reforms will mean an end to the government buying their projects at a guaranteed minimum price and as about prada reports on this now from the daddy. these crowds are growing at the single border crossing between the states of hyaena

and delhi and so too is their resolve to occupy this national highway for nearly 2 weeks the road has been closed to traffic as thousands of famines camped on it in their trucks they say the government's recent agriculture laws allow large corporations to set prices for projects when farmers are already struggling to make ends meet. the government. being i don't want to be predicting you know any more by they get laid in the market you can interface with the markets all by you also and see what happens fine for yourselves. single has been the epicenter of the protest movement attracting not just farmers but their supporters delhi state leader irene cage iran's political party says police barricaded him inside his heart and after he came here to sing good to express support for farmers on monday and a number of other opposition politicians who spoken out in support of farmers also

put on the house arrest ahead of the nationwide protest on tuesday. but that didn't stop many other opposition groups and unions around the country from demonstrating in support of farmers in the states of maharashtra west bengal and odisha protesters sat on railway tracks and stopped trains that's not to follow as i asked everyone who supported them to shut down all bottom urgency services and the 3rd illicit system strike. the country on the streets it usually involves a deadly strike. in support of the big. business. calming indeed as i'm single to say the protests have resonated with people and the government is out of touch with what farmers date dogville law you have had. the government says it's proud these built in our interests of the government to tell

does not know how they will benefit farmers it was the farmers who informed them about the flaws in the bids. the government has indicated it's open to amending the laws but pharma said they'll continue to block highways until the bill was a repealed they came to delhi to protest off to so when they went to crops and say they don't have to return until they. need harvesting in april elisabeth al-jazeera deadly. news hour and historic signing the is right the football team formed by zionists now. find out why host an asian champions cattle will join at the european qualifying for the 2022 wild copy.

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air. back and back and you a chef says the door is open to ara plays after a 50 percent stake in an israeli football club chef ahmed been honey for a hand has committed to invest more than 1000 $1000000.00 in the next 10 years bates has fans have a history of racism and it was founded by right wing zine is the 1930 s. the club is well known for a group of hardcore fans known as la familia it's the only israeli crop that's never had an arab player even though i was make up 20 percent of the population. this is good actually there on your own youngsters the group serves i think between 16 and 22 now i think they're muslim brainwashed and i think they are on the

dog dark side and i think we should extend our home to the shore the lights and get a. high force has more from the football club stadium in west jerusalem. so this is a big deal financially in terms of the nearly $100000000.00 investment that the new cohen a shaky been khalifah on my arm is pledging over the next 10 years it's a big deal politically because this club is very much linked to right wing jewish nationalist politics in this country to the likud party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu who himself on tuesday endorsed this deal saying that it showed how quickly arab israeli normalization was progressing but above all it's a really big deal in terms of the really toxic culture of racism that has so long attached itself to this club there was an attempt to change that in the early 2000 with the signing of an african muslim player he was counted out by the hardcore right wing supporters there was another 10 to 2013 to chechen muslim players

resigned and there's a mass walk out from the stadium when one of them scored his 1st goal and just last week there was another protest at the training ground with nearly 100 supporters invading the pitch disrupting training and chanting anti arab anti muslim slogans in protest at this very deal there also be protests from the other side of the argument palestinian israelis who are opposed to normalization also saying that this deal is another sign of just how wrong that process is but as for the relatively new owner as of 2018 a cyber currency tycoon he says that this is another way that he wants to try to shift the perception of the cloud he says that he of north african parentage is an arab jew himself but he doesn't want. to retain its racist image and indeed that is something has also been at code by his new tone or the shaker saying that the door is now open to the signing of an arab player that would be the 1st time in this

football club's history another unprecedented move all right it's time now fast for santa. thank you very much marian will compete in the european qualifying up for the 2022 world cup but with the host using the matches as preparation for the term and while the group that the asian champions will join is likely to be group a which features european champions portugal and the republic of ireland play their home matches and europe and as hosts they have already called fives for the 2022 torment so their result will not count towards qualification. or the road to the asian champions league glory is a little clearer for the 4 remaining own contenders in this year's competition which is taking place in qatar in a secure bubble the teams have discovered who they'll face in next following the quarterfinal draw at doha as education city stadium is and. play beijing f.c.

of vessel called take on some songs looing. both games that happen on thursday. and this in yes there's availability for their match is in question after the spanish star picked up a sigh injury during their round of 16 when against shanghai s i p g on monday. and now the champions league clash between palin and istanbul descended into chaos on tuesday night after both sets of play is walked off amid allegations of racism is some bull alleged 4th official said best coty still used a racist term to his assistant coach from cameroon p.l.o. book the match was suspended midway through the 1st half is set to resume on wednesday with a different 4th official meanwhile manchester united are on the verge of being

knocked out of the champions league there down the street 2 to our man united went into this match in germany knowing a defeat would eliminate them and event is our leading barcelona 3 nil at camp nou use a star christian or not will score twice that against barcelona messi this is the 1st standard to stop players go head to head since ronaldo left today on madrid in 2018 both sides have already called for the knockout round. and breakdancing is set to make his debut on the world's biggest stage it's being confirmed as an official sport for the paris 2024 olympic games new i.o.c. rules allow host cities are to hand pick a sports included in the games based on local popularity and public appeal with paris organize a saying they want to attract a new and younger audience the sport will officially be known as breaking other

sports have also been included such as skateboarding sport climbing and surfing these however will debuted the delayed tokyo games in 2021 what we've been speaking to lead to a breakdancer singo who plans to represent great britain not the paris games he expects his sport will prove the critics were wrong. has been very very much regard to as a dancer not foremost for many different things that are and i believe that debate is still going on still a little bit controversial however a physical exertion and in a competitive nature does make it a sport search and i think people realize that once they do chewing into it and it and it gets it shall not platform is a little bit high and sometimes when you do see some of the negative comments about break in a more break in is i think that's due to having a lack of understanding about what it is that we actually do because a lot of people still think that break in and b. boying of breakdowns is just on the street with a view box and

a heart or doing the robot arm for many clubs but it's come such a long way from that i guess something like this which is unique and different allows the use to become intrigued is it has a social aspect my allowed people to get involved and something like this is much much much different to the traditional sports are currently in the olympics and some that haven't yet featured and which might get the youth and the participation levels up with myself doing what i do in the nature of it and the nature of what we do as a whole lympics would be a dream come true to be able to represent on that scale. because i'm so competitive and i enjoy what i do i'd love to have a shot at doing nearly. 2024 australia avoided the t 20 says it can sweep against india on tuesday and they did so in front of more than 30000 fans at the sydney cricket ground an easing of restrictions and the state of new south wales that means outdoor stadiums can now operate at 100 percent

capacity spectators said to see the home side to win by 12 runs matthew wade starred for the all these with 80 runs all 53 balls india however win the series 21 . and a new n.b.a. season that may be getting underway in just over 2 weeks but positive koren a virus that cases are having an impact on pre-season training the portland trailblazers have shut down at their training facility for deep cleaning up after 3 positive cases the toronto raptors who are playing at their season out of florida have had their staff members a call and tracked the virus. and just before we go a quick update on the champions league manchester united have been knocked out of the tournament they were beating it 32 by rb lights it and that's it for me mariya thank you santa that wraps up the news hour bobbie back in just a couple of minutes with a full person for you around on the day's top stories coming up shortly.

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