our is with more investigative documentary is an in-depth story it's climate because we've got it all going to press ahead with a new stage of the paris climate agreement and examine the pulse of the place the solutions december al-jazeera. britain becomes a 1st western nation to start vaccinating its citizens against covert 19 for the w.h.o. warns that vaccines on their own will not be enough and then countries like zimbabwe saying costs and logistical challenges mean that vaccine rollout might not start for many months yet. allow i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program if you know piers says a u.n. team visiting refugees in the region was shot at after failing to stop at 2

checkpoints. all over are. opposition groups and unions join indian farmers in a nationwide strike as they stepped up their battle with the government. almost a year after the 1st cases of corona virus reported in the chinese city of one hon the world's 1st fully tested vaccine is being rolled out in the u.k. a 90 year old grandmother was the 1st person in the world to receive the approved pfizer biotech jab 800000 people are expected to be vaccinated in the coming weeks with the elderly and health workers the 1st in line u.s. public health officials have published their 1st detailed review of the pfizer vaccine they found an efficacy rate of 95 percent after 2 doses and say that the 1st job offers protection within 10 days regardless of a person. is race weight or age but the world health organization is warning

governments not to rely on vaccines alone it says that public health measures like social distancing and wearing masks will continue to be the most effective defense well into the future when british health chiefs are saying that the rollout of the pfizer vaccine will be a marathon rather than a sprint nieve bachar reports on that 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 drug outside a trial she encourage others to follow her lead. through friends 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 and wales 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 biotech 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 for the vaccine nice to be kept to the round minus 70 degree celsius in england dozens of hospitals with facilities to store the super chilled drug or 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 sedated before the end of the year with 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 and now against all odds a sense of the long march out of the pandemic of. the park al-jazeera london. for another vaccine developments the oxford astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine has been deemed safe and effective in the 1st pair of units phase 3 trials but the lancet medical journal says more work is needed to prove its efficacy rate of 90 percent that was achieved when some trumpeters fence on a stake in a given a half does the vaccine followed by a full dose less than 6 percent of participants got

a smaller dose and under the age of 55 the oxford astra zeneca vaccine is particularly important for tackling the coronavirus and developing well because it's cheaper and easier to distribute. i health experts in zimbabwe have been warning that it could be 6 months before a vaccine is available there because of the logistical and economic challenges around it even though the country has a proven capacity to carry out widespread vaccination programs with chasseur reports on that story 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 measles. children in zimbabwe have been receiving vaccinations since the early 1980 s. it's part of the government's nationwide immunization program and it's free of charge for children under the age of 5. i want my baby to be healthy for she grows up strong 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 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 procedures that is laid out africa aims to have 60 percent of its population vaccinated against cloven 1000 within the next 2 to 3 years that's according to the continent's centers for disease and control prevention zimbabwe is part of a vaccine sharing scheme known as polar bats 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 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 2 g. 21 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 car including. how to reduce. sources of energy to do something that. he did before 2 specially those areas which have record so when the covered $1000.00 vaccines arrive how and where the kit joining transportation and storage will be crucial in ensuring their effectiveness how to al-jazeera how to. all pfizer saying that the u.s. turned down an opportunity to secure more vaccine doses even after interim data

showed the vaccine candidate to be effective washington has purchased a $100000000.00 doses of the pfizer biotech joint venture which is enough to vaccinate 50000000 people but it was just 200000000 doses but that was declined meanwhile both pfizer and compared to madonna refused to attend a vaccine summit held earlier at the white house at that event president trump signed an executive order ensuring vaccines procured by the u.s. will be given to americans 1st before assisting other nations or this comes as the country just reported its deadliest week since the month of april with over 15 and a half 1000 people dying from the virus over the past 7 days taking the death toll there to more than 284000 meanwhile 15000000 infections of now been confirmed health experts say a surge from last month's thanksgiving holiday is still to come so mike hanna joins us live now from washington 1st of all my did anything come out of this vaccine summit at the white house. well it would appear that the summit was organized by

a president trying to claim credit for the unprecedented pace of the development of the vaccine although the manufacturers themselves have contested this particular point vice of for example received no government subsidies whatsoever and terms of developing the vaccine and representatives from both pfizer and the day and the other company that's awaiting f.d.a. authorization were not present at this particular summit president trump taking the opportunity though to praise his administration for what it's done in getting the vaccine under way making no mention at all of the fact that the u.s. has turned down 100000000 doses of the vaccine from pfizer this one of the reasons why the relationship between president tran and pfizer organization is somewhat rocky at present. now what about these executive orders on vaccines that the president on china has signed what's the point of that will

be courses administration would have peer to have made a major mistake by not signing for the extra 100000000 doses when it had the opportunity to do so president trump is now attempting to force these companies to make all their production available to people in the united states before they are vailable internationally now this is a very problematic order given the legal ramifications of that most legal experts say it's simply not in forcible pfizer for example has signed agreements with a number of international countries its began shipping its product to a number of countries as well so this is quite simply an executive order that would appear on the face of it not to be in forcible about does review of president trans anger at the reports that his administration turned down those extra 100000000 doses from pfizer but legally a little way to go for president of this particular issue thanks very much mike hanna in washington thanks mike. meanwhile u.s.

president elect joe biden has unveiled his health team as he prepares to make the current virus his top priority in government california attorney general have you had a sarah has been nominated as the next secretary of health and human services while america's top infectious disease expert anthony found she has biden's chief medical adviser on the virus by missiles unaimed a coronavirus zod to oversee 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 a new u.s.

history. so i had for you on the program on historic signing the israeli football team formed by zionists now are trying to buy an apple down the shape. cap and power here or go climb down into the cockpit of a rocket craft and the record breaking pilot who is made of all the right stuff flying ace chuck yeager dies at the age of 97. the cold air that was sitting over the southeast of australia is enhanced the strength of this cold front as they went through brisbane it set off some pretty big thunderstorm big hail useful rain for the arland just north fright fraser island still suffering from fire but it has helped

a bit now that cold air is also picking up the potential for thunderstorms in the northeast of tropical queensland the temp has risen in melbourne now blame 25 that's a bit more reasonable for summer but look what's happening further west 1st of all perth is warm many ways that he treated a few showers in the science but a significant rain up in the northwest not running through the great sandy desert there's a obviously flood warnings out for the next the next couple of days broome is the focus of it all $32.00 degrees is the standard temperature but showers and thunderstorms are likely for the next couple of days if not $34.00 or 5 days winter proper stays in the far north east of asia so hard in that minus 6 degrees beijing's about plus 6 degrees that cold have a big success again on thursday we get some snowfall carde of the high ground i think in honshu and some useful information in the west of the wave going through pakistan and the far north of india will temporarily stir the atmosphere and improve the air quality.

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welcome back a look at the headlines now and of course our main story is about world's 1st fully tested coronavirus vaccine being rolled out here in the u.k. 800000 people are expected to be vaccinated in the coming weeks with the elderly and health workers the 1st in line. u.s. struck make a pfizer is of it revealed the troubled ministration turned down an opportunity to secure vaccine doses even off the interim data showed the vaccine candidate to be effective number of reported cases in the u.s. has just passed 50000000 and us president elect joe biden is presenting his health team as he prepares to make the coronavirus his top priority in government america's top infectious disease expert and will be biden's chief medical advisor on the virus. well now for a look at what's happening in ethiopia the government has admitted that federal troops shot and detained u.n. staff trying to access the northern take grey region the aid workers were trying to visit account for eritrean refugees when the shooting happened the u.n.

had reached an agreement with the government allowing access to territory under federal control according to a government spokesperson the u.n. team drove through checkpoints ignoring instructions not to be in the area you know some of the u.n. staff where i actually did some so i will show that when i got up and. this country is not no man's land it has a government it only has difficulty in the north so. most of post move but being done it is a service to. in and kind of adventurous the expedition our diplomatic editor james bases at the united nations and says aid workers a struggling to reach to great residents 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 farther pom 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 or report by an american university says the number of afghan civilians killed by u.s. airstrikes has risen 330 percent since $217700.00 civilians were killed last year alone the highest number since the 1st years of the war the cost of war project at brown university says the rise in deaths is change the rules of engagement being relaxed in 2017 report costs lie on u.s. president on john's area warfare policies in the middle east. on all the developments we're following the u.s. state of texas has filed a lawsuit against the states of georgia michigan pennsylvania and wisconsin at the supremes court saying changes made to election procedures during the pandemic were unlawful president elect joe biden won all 4 states the last ditch attempt to end

the result was made on what's called safe harbor day when all states must have certified their results to avoid any interference by congress enough states have already said to fight their results to secure biden's when. now here britain's prime minister boris johnson is going to be in brussels on wednesday hoping for a breakthrough with the e.u. commission president of all the land on the post breaks a trade deal talks follow the u.k. reaching an agreement with the e.u. on post breaks it all the checks and trading rules for northern ireland it means the government has now dropped controversial plans to breach parts of its e.u. exit agreement and potentially break international law the u.k. has until the end of this month december 31st to secure a trade deal with the e.u. bret's and goetia to reportedly believes a no deal breaks it is more likely. clearly be creative force at the moment to lead a move to i would say one big obstacle from the way i hope.

we will see the positive results also coming from these very complex negotiations even though we are fully aware how complicated and demanding. this process it's now tens of thousands of people have joined a nationwide strike in india to support farmers protesting against a controversial deregulation will farmers have blocked most highways entering the capital new delhi for 2 weeks now they say the reforms will mean an end to the government buying their progeny a guaranteed minimum price elizabeth prada reports now from new delhi. the 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 farmers camped on it in their trucks they say the government's recent agricultural 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 the gill aiding the market you can interface with the markets or anybody else is and see what happens fine for yourselves. single has been the epicenter of the protest movement attracted not just farmers but their supporters delhi state leader iron cage iran's political party says police barricaded him inside his home 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 were also put under 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 protest a sash on railway tracks and stop trains that's not a fall as i asked everyone who supported them to shut down all bottom urgency services as a quarterly successful strike. of the country on the streets it usually involves a deadly strike. in support of the big. business. union leaders and single who say the protests have resonated with people and the government is out of touch with what farmers need job ilar your money. 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 say they'll continue to block highways until the laws of 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 elizabeth purana al-jazeera delhi. the u.a.e. chef says the door is open to arab players now off people a 50 percent stake in an israeli football club chef haven't been highly found a hand has committed to invest more than 1000000000 dollars and a tour of the next 10 years base has fans have a history of racism and it was founded by right wing zionists in the 1930 s. a cop is well known for a clip of hardcore fans known as la familia it's the only israeli cup that's never had an arab player. this is good of their own young to go as i think between 16 and 22 but i think they're. brainwashed and i think they're on the dark dark side i think we should extend our home to

enjoy the light and the. harry foster has more now from football clubs and a football club stadium in west jerusalem. so this is a big deal financially in terms of the nearly $100000000.00 investment that the new coalition has been clear for on my own 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 that 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. a champions league

football match has been suspended when both teams walked off the pitch accusing an official of using a racist term players from the turkish team is sample share with incense that a red card was shown to an assistant coach they claim the 4th official described the coach using a racist term and left the pitch the paris and german team also then walked off turkish president is called on to act on the incident the match will resume on wednesday with a new 4th official. now italy's floating city has been flooded off the heavy rain and strong winds took authorities by surprise she's days downpours arrived in venice before officials could activate huge areas which were introduced 2 months ago the system of 78 gates guards the entrance to the venetian lagoon and it protects the city from tides of up to 3 meters they require 40 hours notice to actually be activated in weather but as for cost these high tides. and one

of the world's most famous pilots has died a chuck yeager made history as the 1st person to fly faster than the speed of sound he died on monday at the age of 97 catching up as dan has. 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 tower here you go carmen go out into the cockpit of a rocket ride it was on october 19th $47.00 and at the age of $24.00 that he flew an 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 for his image as an aviation legend to gain greater status in tom wolfe's 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. fans of marking the 40th anniversary of the death of music legend john lennon crowds have gathered in central park strawberry fields on of the artist and rose to fame in the 1960 s. with the baseballs in 1988 at the age of 40 he was shot and killed outside his apo west side apartment in new york. a check of the headlines now the world's 1st fully tested coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out in the u.k. and i'm sure old grandmother was the 1st person in the world to receive the a proof i's a biotech job in a known trial capacity 800000 people are expected to be vaccinated in the coming weeks with the elderly and health workers 1st in line artistic roofers.