the threads on a. al-jazeera . over there i'm having a hit in the endo help with the al-jazeera news are coming up for you in the next 60 minutes the u.n. court sentences a fugitive hezbollah member to see 5 life sentences over the 2005 assassination of former lebanese prime minister rafiq carried. jubilation among troll abortion rights supporters in argentina after congress's

laura house approves a bill that would legalize terminations after a long night of wrangling leaders agreed to a much more ambitious emissions cuts 55 percent by the end of the decades and the rise of a so-called saulo services suite as the business is adapting to survive the pandemic. i'm going to ask over the sport as possible star le bron james is named time magazine's athlete of the year for his work off the court against beta suppression. here opinion leaders meeting at a summit in brussels have agreed to a much more ambitious carbon reduction targets they've pledged to slash emissions by at least 55 percent compared to 1990 levels by the end of this decade

well the increase in the previous 40 percent targets encountered resistance from some states like coal reliance poland's well as more and i live from brussels for brennan joins me from there and paul let's start with those i can't sing emissions reductions target that seems like quite the deal to have been struck with markey tell us about that. well it's an enormously ambitious targets to slash carbon emissions by the european union as a bloc by more than half as you say 55 percent and within the next decade previous targets was 40 percent so this is a big step up from that and the overall intention is for the european union to become carbon neutral by the year 2050 that said it won't be spread evenly across the whole block there were some concerns by poland which is heavily reliant on coal for its energy as an energy source that it would be sort of disproportionately

penalized by the fortunately impact that what we don't know is what kind of concessions poland has been given by the other member nations we know the concessions have been made but shell michel when he announced the 55 percent agreement didn't spell out exactly what poland to been given in order to persuade it's a sign up so this deal said it is big and it's it is impressive so you know there are many people here who believe that it's a very welcome step forward given the current crisis across the planet and they the european leaders of all so they've had quite a lot on the agenda and one of those things has been the drilling disputes in the eastern med sereni and they've night society to come up on a program of sanctions against turkey.

yes. kind of a sideline frankly by all the other things that have been going on that even got sidelined as well to be honest but because the budget was the big dominant thing on the 1st day that said just before they all wound up and started disappearing off they let it be known that the european union is going to start preparing a range of sanctions so they haven't yet. posed them but preparing a range of sanctions against circus individuals now more harsh measures but won't come until probably march of next year but it's an indication i think of a hardening attitude by the european union to war. over this gas exploration the turkey 'd is an engaged in around cyprus he has had. it's had a strained relationship with the european union and with nato over various different things such as the purchase of russian made weapons system and it's clear that the

european union is not happy with the way to use going about things so we haven't seen sanctions imposed yet but they are willing to do so and the people who be targeted in them would be individuals associated with that gas exploration individuals and companies most likely with asset freezes and travel bans ok paul brennan now joining us live from very rainy brussels it looks like both thinking. well the turkish president's time parents are on house responds aides and he had this to say a short time ago. very sure didn't look you fired these sanctions will harm all the parties it is not benefiting either side despite all this we believe common sense about shared interests would cause the right steps to be taken any difference can be resolved through dialogue despite the sanctions turkey's doors will remain open to all investors both the us and e.u. administrations should not listen to the n.t.

ticky lobbies rather go back to common sense practical policies. and on the brakes at front there's been a frank admission from the european commission she fears of underlying negotiation teams have until sunday to decide whether to press ahead with negotiations for an easy u.k. trade agreement on the lines admitted for the 1st time that it's more likely that no deal will be done but will decide on sunday whether we have the conditions for a an agreement on not in the meantime the commission has proposed for targeted contingency measures today they provide a short term fix to ensure basic connectivity in air and roach transport for 6 months and we are also proposing to the u.k. to ensure reciprocal access to each of us waters for next year one way or the

other in less than 3 weeks it will be new beginnings for old friends unfortunately at the moment is as you know there are 2 key things where we we just can't seem to. to make progress not it's going to ratchet close they've got into keep the u.k. locked in to whatever label to do in terms of but they just ration it's almost as work and then there's the whole issue of fish where you know we've got to be able to take back control of our about water so there's a way to go. a bill to legalize abortion in argentina has cleared a major hurdle passing of votes in the lower house of congress but it's expected to face more resistance in the senate so there is a ball reports from one of these. was a much awaited vote this is the beginning of the end of a battle this women have been fighting for a very long time the legalization of abortion in this mostly catholic country.

congress passed the bill on thursday by 131 vote 217 it now goes to the senate and i know i mean is it up when you would end up in 2018 we were disappointed because we lost in the senate but we hope this time it will be different it is a right that we deserve to see women's lives. activists gather outside congress abortion is a divisive issue in argentina although a large sector of society wants to cede legalized others do not want to see the bill turned into law. pope francis is from argentina and can influence how politicians fold. the plaster in front of congress were separated by a fence and security forces were there to prevent violence between those in favor of abortion and those against a 1000000 of us. in the midst of a pandemic were invited to discuss a bill in 10 days and express bill tell me if this is not genocide when they don't

want to show what an abortion is this is it they don't want to show it they're hiding the truth we're not foolish people. in 2018 the bill was approved in congress but failed to pass the senate women rights groups say thousands of private abortions are already happening in argentina and women are suffering because of it . was a woman are far. more worked up when i look up. hunger for the mother of. her 6 abortion was her life not burden free not the mother manohar the world. he says that argentina's abortion legislation could set a precedent in the region when he was our reflow all the other countries in the region back to the bank to have that happy she was there 10 back in the fifty's it

happened again i would have to be a leader of the enemy i would say i am told that the whole has nothing to bury and here's where we finally have it be communication i think some of you have a very high up in the me. the government says they would like to see the vote in the senate before the year's end. this women say they'll be here again to see the bill turned into law and women gain the rights they have long demanded that he will win the hightest. prominence hong kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon jimmy lawyer has been charged under the controversial security law that was imposed on the city by beijing you know locations include that he's colluded with foreign forces was already in jail after being denied bail over a separate matter the vehicle pollen has more from hong kong. now jimmy law is

facing a number of cases mostly related to his pro-democracy activities and his own involvement in protests but this charge of collusion with foreign forces against the national security is the most significant asset he faces the biggest penalty if found guilty possibly life in prison jimmy lies well known here he's a billionaire is a media mogul he's a founder of hong kong's biggest pro-democracy news outlets he's also known for his very close ties with the trumpet ministration in fact last year he held meetings at the height of the hong kong protests last summer with the u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe and with the vice president mike pence it is perhaps his close relationship with the u.s. that has put him in the crosshairs of the national security law and incidentally this latest charge comes just days after the u.s. it leveled the latest round of sanctions against chinese officials for what they

say is eroding hong kong's autonomy but the crackdown on hong kong seems to have intensified as we come towards the end of the year in fact just today around $100.00 people are facing cases and charges in court for protests and pro-democracy related activities. the u.s. is sanctioned a number of alleged human rights abusers including the leads are over russia's chechnya region ramzan kadyrov. president vladimir putin 5 other individuals with close ties to putin have also been sanctioned have 3 people in haiti and 5 connected to humans who see rebels the sanctions being imposed sanctions are being imposed on what's known as the magnitsky act. has become the 4th arab nations normalize ties with israel the u.s. brokered the deal promising in exchange to recognize miracles claim with the disputed western sahara region stephanie decker reports. the announcement came in

a presidential tweet calling it a historic breakthrough and a massive breakthrough for peace in the middle east morocco and israel agreed to full diplomatic relations it's another victory for the israeli prime minister america follows the u.a.e. bahrain in sudan in recognizing israel and establishing full diplomatic relations this is the foundation on which we can now build this peace will resume liaison offices quickly between israel and morocco and work as rapidly as possible to establish full diplomatic relations we also institute direct flights between morocco in israel and israel morocco giving this bridge of peace and even more solid foundation this will be a very warm peace in return the top administration has gone against decades of u.s. policy and agreed to recognize the disputed western sahara region as moroccan. western sahara has been disputed for decades between morocco and the pro

independence police are your front 1st country in the world. countries. and siding with. only the united states recognize the claims. process. or a law and. international law concerns. in order to get. the palestinians have condemned the agreement saying it's yet another country to break a promise of not recognizing israel until the establishment of a palestinian state but more and more arab countries are stablish in ties with israel whereas the reality of a palestinian state seems to fade further and further away it's hailed as yet another victory for israel another unilateral move by this outgoing administration

. i have little more than a month left in office stephanie decker al-jazeera. still to come on the news are indian doctors go on strike wage that practitioners of traditional medicine will be allowed to perform surgery and as supports the football coach it was racially abused in the champions league thanks his supporters. as government says it's returning eritrean refugees to camps in the north and to grow a region they fled to the capital addis ababa during fighting between to graze if i sing in tikrit rather is in the local forces and federal government soldiers with the un sense there returned to greece all soon is absolutely unacceptable but ethiopia says they'll be safe there are 96000 eritrean refugees registered anything

opiah most live in tikrit which borders eritrea. and at least 4 aid workers have been killed city theo p.s.g. grey region international rescue committee and the danish refugee council and once those deaths. a mass vaccination program is a step closer in the united states after a panel of advisors told regulators that pfizer vaccine is safe and effective it paves the way for the shot to be authorized in a country that's lost almost 290000 lives to cope with 1000 particle hain reports. good bye to the continuation of the go to court it was at times a little hard to understand but that may have been the point to let the thousands of people watching the f.d.a. meeting know that they did their homework this was an independent panel of

scientists and doctors going on line and in essence putting the phaser vaccine on trial hour and hour of testimony against the frightening backdrop of coppa death in the us and that made it about $55.00 about like every month over the next few months in the end after more than 8 hours of testimony the panel voted to we do have a. urging the food and drug administration to authorize the use of the 1st vaccine that is shown to be highly effective at immunizing people against the virus once final approval is given almost $3000000.00 doses of the vaccine will be shipped out for immediate delivery within days health care providers and residents in long term care facilities will be given the 1st doses it won't be enough to stop the case counts rising along with a record number of americans who are now dying every day while health care workers are begging people to take the virus seriously we're exhausted we are exhausted and

there will be no care for your family members if just continue. and $95.00 we can not have a drink of water for hours. we are so idiot hi dana. you know and we're doing everything for eyepieces because we know that they cannot see their family. but in much of the country many elected leaders are also not taking steps to stop the spread restaurants bars even bowling alleys remain open to the public and with hospitals filling up health experts are warning they may have to start rationing care basically deciding who can get treatment and who can't fight or says once it gets the approval it expects to be able to produce around $50000000.00 doses by the end of this year the one hopeful sign for a country in a terrifying fight one that right now it appears to be losing. al-jazeera marilyn's. australia's prime minister says his government won't rush approval of

the pfizer vaccine after trials of a homegrown vaccine had to be abandoned scott morrison says he will soon shuras trail ians have full confidence in for sever vaccine comes through trials over the local one produced false h.i.v. positive results in some of the participants. and yet another setback airily trials show a vaccine developed by pharmaceutical companies sanofi and g s k produced an insufficient immune response in participants its land to launch another trial in the new year. meanwhile astra zeneca will start testing a combination of its experimental vaccine with russia's sputnik visual arts russia's sovereign wealth funds which is bankrolling spit mcphee made the announcements the view is the move is lengthly to be viewed in busha as a long awaited vote of confidence in its vaccine that could prove controversial

elsewhere as moscow has been accused of rushing it let's get more now from peter drew back he's a global health and infectious diseases experts at the university of oxford and joins us now by skype kids have you with us on the news are one of the big issues with this. vivax seen has been the lack of transparency over the release of dates and the results and the testing and so on do you think that a partnership with astra zeneca will help them in this regards. well transparency is so critical and that's why we've been pleased to see publication of data from the pfizer vaccine from the auster astra zeneca oxford astra zeneca vaccine recently and it is a concern with the vaccine coming out of russia we've seen some phase one in 2 trial results published in medical journals but no yet data from the ongoing phase 3 trial there always is a concern to approve

a vaccine before you have that validation of safety and efficacy now it's being announced today as this possible trial of the century combining the 2 vaccines would be done in a clinical trial setting and it has you know some promise the idea sort of 2 it's almost like cross training in athletics where 2 different sports can make it better athlete so rather than giving the the 1st dose of the booster dose of the same vaccine maybe giving different types of vaccine for the 1st and 2nd doses might give you a stronger or more durable immune response so that's something that i think will we'll see through various trials in the months to come and i think it's always promising to see collaboration it's bit which you say is ethical it's a partner for astra zeneca and sulks for it's a partner on this drug that's i mean let's face it is being administered to people with i fool confirmation that it's actually saith. well my understanding is that that this trial if it moves forward would be

a clinical trial which means it will have to go through a rigorous safety and ethical review before it would be approved and so that would mean that there would need to be some demonstration that the russian vaccine met safety and efficacy benchmarks to allow the trial to move forward again we don't know what data exist we just haven't seen it because it hasn't been it hasn't been published yet presumably there are some interim data they just haven't been released but certainly a trial in the u.k. or elsewhere would not go forward if there were ongoing concerns about safety in terms of having confidence i mean when we yes it's good to work together with people but you need to be able to to trust your part knows and of course i posed were raised back in july when the british government announced that russian hackers sabine attempts to steal coronavirus dates and clinical trial data from academics and pharmaceutical institutions around the world is in this context

so that we do see this potential partnership. with the makers of the russian vaccine to be rewarding bad behavior or if you can't beat them join them. you know i don't know if it's rewarding bad behavior we're talking about a partnership between the galileo institute and astra zeneca and the researchers in oxford which i think can be viewed potentially as separate from some of the both the political dialogue and then some of the other elements you know that you just mention you know the reality is that we need scientific cooperation you know my view is we need the best vaccines we need them to be available the best approaches and it doesn't matter where they come from as long as it's done in a way that is rigorous and ethical and transparent so that we can have full confidence of the vaccines are going to be successful and you don't think this will damage the astra zeneca brands. i don't believe so again the astra zeneca

vaccine is still going to go through its review with regulators in the you can elsewhere based on the data that they published so far and this is simply on the side one of several potential trials to look at different combinations of different vaccines to see whether that could further boost the effectiveness so i don't see a problem with this proposal ok peter drew back it's great to get your thoughts thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and expertise with us here on out to sea appreciate it. thank you hala. the improvements in ghana's public high school system has led see declining involvement some closures of many private schools but as last many students spending months on waiting lists and critics say it's causing a rise in social problems as young people turn to drugs and prostitution reports from just outside ghana's capital accra. after 3 months or 2 these students are back and class among them many who transferred from private schools

after the government declared education free in public high schools had not been dad's most students were in school now linda had the opportunity to be school and that is what can beat those tests for. the best to cope with this is then. the school year has changed from one of terms to a university semester system but when the schools have struggled to accommodate all the students who apply for places that means while some students attend classes for months others are forced to stay home and wait their turn. so that it will has and has 2 children in junior school the free. implementation the problem every parent is worried about a fellow who don't want to wear black when we pay for i think their mug of government. is about $500.00

a mug. for about $500.00. but if today you are told they've been a rule on for years. and then even if talk comes back you know after another $400.00 or $500.00 that is to pay for. said it was concerned that with a lot of free time on their hands many students cultivated bad habits including drug abuse smoking and prostitution. private schools where once the exclusive preserve of middle and upper class can ends but there's been a exodus to public schools for free education. the private. high school. closed down because most. interested in this free free thing the government argues that improvements in the performance of high school graduates is evidence that the free high school system works but critics say it is running private schools out of business and creating other social problems. for many parents who struggle to find

the money to pay high school fees the free education program is a huge relief however they urge the government to address the social problems caused when students have to spend months of tool waiting to place in class comment increase. or gotten. one of the men found guilty over the murder of lebanon's former prime minister has been sentenced to 5 life times. a fugitive was tried to and sentenced in absentia he was trying to plead a leading role in the bombing that killed. 21 other people in 2005 the sentence was handed down by the special tribunals for lebanon a court based in the netherlands let's get more now from zena holder who joins us from beirut and so you know that's a hefty sentence has been handed down but a largely symbolic one would simply. join the.

well yes some would argue that this symbolic sentencing even the guilty verdict which was handed down in august because the man who would be tried you know found guilty of executing this assassination was tried in absentia and he remains at large and many feel that he will never face justice because hezbollah this is the group that he's affiliated to has repeated time and time again that they're not going to hand him over to the international court that they consider the courts a political tool that is being used against them and in the words of the hezbollah secretary general we're not concerned with the verdict so at the end of the day he has a lot controls political and military power in this country if any security agency would even try to attempt to arrest the salim if they knew where he where he was it could trigger some sort of strife even the son of the prime minister who was the

slain prime minister prime minister doesn't that. he welcomed the verdict back in august and he called on hezbollah to cooperate but like i said the balance of power today is in favor of hezbollah and its allies in fact things the killing of heidi the balance of power has been in favor of hezbollah and its. allies and the same will sort of impact is this verdict. on lebanon on the whole. it seems to many people will be questioning whether justice has been served to so. well it will not heal the divisions his killing his killing was a political earthquake it's heightened tensions in the country it heightened especially sectarian tensions he was not just called mr levin on he was the head of the sunday community and now the man who is being accused of killing him or executing this this murder belongs to

a sheogue group so it plays into the sunni sectarian tensions not only in levanon but across the region this country the society is deeply polarized and many feel that the leadership of hezbollah should also be taken into account so that the big help to account because they don't believe someone like sending my yash would carry this act all by himself in fact the court says that he was in communication with a very known hezbollah commander was the focus of the dean who died in syria a few years ago so the court is not allowed to try countries or groups but it directly implicated as well as leadership in this murder and so for many here especially the victims' families they're saying this is just not enough we want the leadership to be held to account for this crime ok father they're bringing us the very latest line from beirut saying that thank you. there is lots more still to come on this new siren including

a total lockdown is in the capital as the government tries to bring the pandemic under control. and the formula one champion covance a return for the final race of the see. coming up later in the. the latest news while not all of those this plays out within the recount they say that there is they heard from family members and relatives enough to make them come here rather than think that detail coverage challenged the government faces is aware that it can persuade people to keep abiding by restrictions when they need to work. from around the world the so-called swedish model may be under some pressure but a full lockdown is unlikely and perhaps even impossible. frank assessments colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there is only one

doctor and one nurse $4200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bomb ministration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like you live get the vaccine when there's no money at all the rest of the rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera quote right off the top stories for you know he has been a fugitive convicted in the assassination of lebanon's former prime minister rafiq hariri has been given 5 life terms solely my actual sentence in absentia as

a human corpse in the netherlands a bill to legalize abortion in argentina has cleared a major hurdle passing the folks in the lower house of congress supporters of the change we saw lights a celebration it would be hard to use the my goes to the upper house senate it faces a tougher votes to get approval. and european union leaders may to get to some us in brussels have agreed to cut carbon emissions by these 55 percent by the end of the decades and auction from here to 9090 levels is seen as a big step up from the current coal. talks as in india are going on strike anger that traditional medicine practitioners are being granted permission to perform surgeries last month the government said i evaded doctors would be trained to perform more than 50 procedures in the us medical association is condemning what it calls a retrograde step of mixing modern and alternative medicine elizabeth purana has

more night from new delhi. we're the headquarters of the indian medical association it's the country's oldest and largest group of medical professionals with more than 300000 members and there are signs up outside the building which they say no to mix up with the that's what the association holds the mixing of traditional and modern forms of medicine that follows the government's decision to weeks ago to allow practitioners graduates of a traditional form of medicine called. to train and practice 58 surgeries including a number of ear nose and throat. even of plastic surgery because medical professionals around the country are on strike today they are choosing not to perform known called and non-essential procedures and protest against the government's decision for 12 hours on friday and this follows nationwide protests by medical professionals on tuesday now the government of prime minister not in the

mood he set up a ministry of alternative medicine in 2014 it's invested a lot of money in the ministry to promote alternative medicines and medical professionals say that they're not against different forms of medicine but what they are against is the mixing and they're asking the government to go back on this decision and also its plans to integrate all the different forms of medicine in india under a body nation one system bad medical professionals say that would be the end of modern medicine and via. has been a record 7 percent dip in suits or emissions this year according to preliminary figures from the global carbon projects the group of sciences says the drop which they say is temporary is largely because of coronavirus shots and industries and transport emissions fell 12 percent in the us and 11 percent in europe but only

marginally in china. well apart from 2020 global greenhouse emissions of grown every year since the paris climate accord was signed by almost $200.00 countries in 2015 the un says emissions must fall 7.6 percent per year by 2030 to reach the temperature cap of 1.5 degrees celsius the signatories also said they were source limiting emissions to levels that the earth can naturally absorb. well bangladesh's last was thought to be the world's largest so cold climate refuge project time their child reports from coaxes designer. muzzammil hawke was 17 years old when his father died at sea during a devastating cycle on that hit southern bangladesh in 1901 an estimated 140000 people were killed and 10000000 lost their homes he managed to survive the storm

along with his mother and 4 siblings but those memories still haunt him. the place where i was born went totally in the sea there is nothing there but the ocean of family took refuge in a government lending cox's bazaar after 3 decades of government provided us with a permanent home here praise along migrants living on government land face the constant threat of every action as they don't have any rights to stay in most of the people living here in cook of the supplements in cox's bazar our climate change migrant many fled their island homes decades ago due to the impact of global warming as part of his new strategy the government has started providing permanent homes to many of the families here. life is seldom easy for these migrants many workers day laborers or rickshaw pullers woman mostly work as domestic helpers or in clothing factories etc john likes a new home but says it's not easy living here she now runs

a small shop to get by ready to vs you know we became. our home got washed away in 1901 after 30 years finally our prime minister has provided us with homes here but this place is too isolated with little opportunity to make a living plus there are no schools no mosques or graveyards. according to the world resources institute bangladesh is one of the country's worst affected by global warming despite having one of the lowest carbon footprints bangladesh government says it loses one percent of its g.d.p. every year due to the impact of climate change.

and garment experts say the 2015 peri segment is still the best hope to contain the facts of global warming but for bangladesh the impact of climate change is already a harsh reality and dealing with climate internal migration has become one of its biggest challenges. cox's bizarre. speaking of climate evidence here with the weather. how low there it's looking pretty unsettling prosecute parts of europe at the moment really anywhere away from that eastern side of the continetti a civil oppression bringing some very wet sand windy weather and at times wintry weather as well not a little area of low pressure center in the mediterranean more wind and rain a little rolling during the course of the next few days and that will warm things

up but ahead of that it has been a very wintry this is the same in the western austria where we're seeing over a meter of snow in just the past few days and that's what heartless like ok rebuff 1500 meters here but still an awful lot of snow hope a little quiet for austria as we go through saturday wet some with weather and wintry weather pushes a little further research into were remaining a wintry mix that just pushing over towards ukraine towards belarus and up towards the baltic states the more snow coming back in across the alps as we go on through saturday they start to shift a little further a swiss as we go on into sunday more wet weather very heavy rain you notice there down towards the southeast into greece and turkey pushing up back towards a bowl garia there we're looking at that wet and windy weather starting to stream its way in from the atlantic over the next couple of days but at least the temperatures are on the rise. processors have returned to the streets of haiti's capital saying the government is failing to deal with violence and instability

close burn tires and set up barricades denouncing president juvonen maurice well armed gangs control large parts of port au prince and are blamed for a recent string of kidnappings canada's prime minister says the 1st 30000 doses of the pfizer vaccine will arrive in the coming days the government is planning to have a quarter of a 1000000 doses within weeks. if you're feeling relieved and hopeful you're not alone this is the good news we all need but remember this is only the 1st step in would be a massive project over a long winter i announce to the premier's that the federal government will be covering the cost of these vaccines as well as the supplies needed to administer that not only will doses be free for canadians but provinces and territories won't have to use their funding to pay for this vaccine. chile is in the grip of another

wave of corona virus infections which is bigger than the resurgence right break in europe authorities have decided to reimpose restrictions in the capital santiago where things are particularly bad here's our latin america it's time to see in human. this is downtown santiago on the 1st day of new restrictions aimed at getting massive numbers of people off the streets and as far away from each other as possible chile's health minister says authorities had no choice but to roll back on the confinement measures give them what we want to show the progress of the weekly surge of cases in the capital of increased by 53 percent in less than a month from 1775 cases to 2698 decisions are based on the data shows that we're in a critical situation and. faced with the 2nd wave of coded 19

much sooner than expected that government has limited restaurant capacity to 25 percent and only outdoors the. cold lockdown will be enforced on weekends residents can travel outside of the metropolitan area and no more than 20 people can gather outdoors although no one seems to be paying much attention. to blocks away cynthia was mair and governor appealed for understanding and discipline and. it's a harsh measure without a doubt but let's not forget that santiago already suffered one of the world's longest lock downs $144.00 days and nobody wants to go through that again. at the peak of the pandemic chile had one of the world's highest mortality rates per capita from cold 19 hospitals warned that their staff are too exhausted from the 1st wave to deal with the 2nd one affected. i mean the new restrictions will hit

small businesses most crash woman and he was counting on christmas sales to survive an effect it's the uncertainty of not knowing if we'll be able to work anymore we've worked all year to sell the and it's not just some travel that in trouble 11 other regions have been declared critical some have been caught under total lockdown authorities say that they hope to be able to relax some of the restrictions by the end of your holidays but there is no guarantee especially since there won't be a vaccine for anybody here before the 1st quarter of next year we see a new of an al-jazeera sent out. a normally time magazine names its prior susan all of the year will in 2020 it's persons of the year this year's job komla harris well the u.s. president elect and his running mates beat the man that they're replacing all trump

other finalists for person of the year included us infectious diseases experts. and america's front line health care workers as well as the racial justice movements. most food for thought there coming up after the break about the sport with joe when she'll have all the action from the u.s. women's open including this hole in one from the 1st round leader. and a far from game over we'll take a look at the industry that's sarai just sharing the pandemic to stay with us. business leaders does want to buy no bras paul.

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for south korea and japan had been managing their coronavirus site breaks well for many months but both are now grappling with rising infection numbers not everyone is struggling with this though but mcbride had a look at businesses that have come up with novel ways of staying afloat. serving up ramen noodles in this tokyo district for 15 years this is yes shiro her last day in business has regulars lined up for one final ball like many other small businesses here's hasn't been able to survive the pandemic. that the coronavirus has drastically changed the movement of people for example in business districts the number of workers during the daytime has dropped a lot so restaurants can stay open other tokyo businesses are adapting to survive

this newly opened sauna caters for individual customers in their own steam rooms and business is brisk for your one hour session you need to book 2 weeks in advance any. we felt they would be a strong demand for solo services and i think businesses aimed at individuals will catch on even after the pandemic is also changing the way that libraries in japan operate with the installation of ultraviolet light machines to sterilize books being taken out and returned an important safeguard especially as many of those who rely on libraries are elderly then there's the question of what to do with the huge numbers of face masks we use and discard every day last month south korea alone produced more than 600000000 of them well one student here has a novel solution furniture design student kim handle takes used masks and turns

them into stools melting down and molding the mostly plastic fabric it takes about $1500.00 masks for each 3 legged creation for humans masks protect us from the virus for 40 earth they are big source of environmental pollution and they're proving popular with fellow students as a reminder of a year that many would probably want to forget including those whose. this is what make it into next year rabbit bride al-jazeera so. 5 this part here's joe keller thank you very much bron james has been named time magazine's athlete of the f.a. has what against photo suppression the l.a. lakers star helped his team to the n.b.a. title any of this year but it's his work against social injustice has been rewarded after his more than a votes organization helped drive wreck or turn outs in this year's u.s. presidential election i don't want to lose sight of le bron james is awesomeness on

the court. and he is the greatest basketball player of his generation arguably of any generation and he won a 4th title this year that's no small thing but his true influence was what he did off the court and le bron has had a remarkable influence across activism frankly it's a rounded world he has used his unparalleled platform as not just the most talented basketball player in the world but one of the most popular figures in the entire world to create space for other athletes to bring their full selves to their sports and no longer feel there was a trade off between success on the court principle off specifically this year with his more than a vote organization he engaged directly in the democratic process registered

hundreds of people to vote tens of thousands of volunteers to work at the polls and he used his leverage to persuade the n.b.a.'s 1000000000 their owners to convert many of the stadiums and arenas into polling places enabling more people to vote safely will social distancing i think it is not an overstatement to say that he had a direct impact on the presidential election. le bron's participation next year's olympics in tokyo is still up in the air but if he goes and raises social justice issues at the games he'll be supported by his country's olympic committee us o.p.c. has announced they won't punish athletes who peacefully and respectfully demonstrate that goes against rule 50 of the and pick charter which prohibits any kind of demonstration but it comes in response to calls to change that rule from team u.s.a.'s council on racial and social justice in a statement on thursday the council said the silencing of athletes during the games is in stark contrast to the importance of recognizing participants in the games as

humans 1st an athlete 2nd. the controversial sale of half of israeli football club beta jerusalem to an erotic shape continues to divide its funds 2 opposing protests were held at the club's training ground on friday more than $100.00 fans gathered to show their support for a new owner shake haven't been wholly for a while a few dozen hardcore fans known as la familia protested it police arrested 4 people after scuffles the club's owner who brokered the deal which will see a $90000000.00 investment over the next decade has also reported threats against his family. because. i wanted to be known that baitullah jerusalem is not a racist team it is a great team in israel i want the stigma to be taken out of its name because we can achieve good things and racism is like a glass ceiling preventing us from doing so. p.s.g. and instable structure his walk out during their champions league match was

a milestone in the fight against racism that's the view of the turkish clubs assistant coach pierre weber the cameroonian was shown a red card for protesting a refereeing decision before the 4th official used a racist term towards him both teams players then walked off in protest. what the referee said was that everyone had heard and seen everything on t.v. as a holder of the u.a.e. for professional license he crossed the line when it came to values especially for a referee i would like to thank everyone who supported me including our club president and also to kish president richard type one who was one of the pillars of support during this moment of great difficulty. ukraine's f.a. has launched an appeal against you waive his decision to award switzerland victory in a game that was forfeited because of a current virus outbreak the nations league match in november couldn't go ahead after the ukraine team were placed in quarantine when 6 players test positive european football's governing body handed switzerland

a 3 mil win which saw ukraine relegated to league b. ukraine want the much to be rescheduled. it was hamilton's return to the track for practice ahead of the abu dhabi grand prix the formula one world champion recovered from cove in 19 has been close to race after completing 10 days of quarantine and will to miss sunday's compre after contracting krone virus in bahrain meanwhile how much is extreme each team has got a new high profile member 9 time rally world champion sebastian lope will race for habitants x. $44.00 team in the off road electric series next year he's partnered with spanish race a christina gutierrez who's finished the deck already 4 times the series aims to raise awareness about climate change by racing in some of the world's most remote and harsh environments. well number 68 amy olsen is the surprise leader after the 1st round of golf's u.s. women's open in houston this hole in one on the 16th made it

a day to remember 32 year old even if she doesn't end up winning the event olson has never won a major but a 4 under par $67.00 means she has a one shot lead u.s. women's open is one of 5 majors on the women's golfing calendar all right that's the sport for now more for me later hala thank you very much joe. finally there's a long list of industries that have been suffering story the pandemic the video game business though it's thriving with people locked up at home sales have skyrocketed and the successful year has been celebrated at the annual game awards says nicolas cage reports. it's one of the biggest knots on the gaming calendar and if you're due to the coronavirus pandemic the industry's game awards went digital live streaming new games and recognizing the year's best and it's been

a big year for the sector with millions of paypal stuck at home searching for new forms of entertainment gaming is seeing record revenue record in gauge mint and record numbers of new players the global market is estimated to generate nearly 100 $60000000000.00 in revenue in 2029 point 3 percent growth from this time last year there are so many drivers to wire it. just like star is a very. 'd vital thing for a while before the pandemic hit the industry was already thriving games are now easy to access on mobile devices and evolving into the most you graphically striking forms of entertainment that the many can compete who feel and it's being recognized gaming will be a category in next year's try back a film festival in new york. and for the 1st time a composer was nominated for

a major astray in music award for a video game soundtrack i think. in the games industry provide. creativity. as vaccines are rolled out in other industries reopen many experts are confident the gaming sector will continue to grow especially with more government supporting it with subsidies and incentives. it's. recognizing. sure it. has. just. radio. station on a one minute 2600000000 people around the world the rest mated to play video games and gaming giants microsoft and sony are hoping to further benefit from people spending more time at home boys releasing new consoles weekly gauge how does iraq

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