a diverse range of stories from across the globe and from the perspective of our networks journalists on al-jazeera. 0. 00000 i maryam namazie you're watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. vaccine collaboration developers team up to better protection while the u.s. is told to expect daily death tolls in the thousands for at least 2 more months. the european union agrees to get tougher on climate action but not all member nations are happy with the plan. 5 life sentences for a man convicted of murdering

a former lebanese prime minister it's unlikely you'll ever see the inside of a jail cell. and said abrasions and anger as a landmark abortion bill takes a step closer to becoming law in argentina i'm john nash with sports as fief announces it shortlist for the best men's footballer of the year award robert levin dusky the behind me a competitive strike at the everyone you can stop little messi and cristiano ronaldo from winning yet again. hello welcome to the news hour our top story approval for the u.s. rollout of the pfizer biotech coronavirus vaccine appears imminent and it can't come soon enough as the world's worst affected countries trying to grapple with the death toll growing at a staggering rate more than $2700.00 fatalities reported on thursday a top u.s. health official expects that pace to continue for the next 2 or 3 months with daily

death tolls equivalent to 911 and pole harbor traumatic events that reshape the country for decades and infection rates are growing as well america has recorded more than 210000 cases every day on average this week meanwhile in other parts the world in europe calls are growing for top. a lockdown measures in germany as a country reports record increases in infections and deaths switzerland is forcing restaurants and bars to close early while whales might go back into lockdown after christmas and in baba begins our coverage. across the united states they're getting ready to vaccinate people against covered 19 it's a matter of urgency with the daily death toll reaching 3000 this week in hospital struggling the food and drug administration is set to approve emergency use of funds a biotech vaccine within days and vulnerable people could actually get the job by early next week as we vaccinate more and more people we will ultimately maybe by

mid year next year when the 20 wanted sheep herd immunity. perhaps 75 percent of people x. and it's shut down and and a pandemic well late in 2021 in another big move u.k. and russian scientists to teaming up to study whether combining 2 vaccines office better protection trials in russia will evolve adults getting both the sputnik v. vaccine reported to be 90 percent effective and the astra zeneca vaccine developed with the university of oxford with average efficacy reported at around 70 percent it's almost like cross training in athletics where 2 different sports can make you a better athlete so rather than giving them the 1st dose and a 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 but there are new setbacks to france's central feet and britain's got so smith kline say their vaccine won't be ready now

until the end of next year after interim results showed a low immune response in older people the vaccine was set to provide almost a 3rd of callbacks doses that's the global vaccine purchasing facility which many of the poorest countries are relying on and australia's counsel production of a domestic vaccine off the trials showed it could lead to false positive tests for a choice fixing the problem could take another year this is one of 4 vaccines the government there has ordered it's still planning to start vaccinations next march insisting its success in stopping corona virus spreading means it doesn't need to rush we're aware of what is happening in other states and another. nations around the world we have a front row seat frankly is as dai goes through that and work through any potential issues that arise in europe the u.k. has a head start on shoes davis 91 year old became the 1st person anywhere to get the pfizer biotech vaccination as part of a mass rollout it was manufactured in belgium which plans to start vaccinations in

early january other nations are set to follow once there's a green light from the european union. whether that will happen within the same hour week 27 member states of the natal is injected everywhere at the same time i'm not sure but we want to do this in a very coordinated fashion and show that everyone has the same kind of access. to all health experts and campaigners urging wealthy nations to make sure the world's poorest citizens have access to vaccines if and when they're ready to deal barbara al-jazeera and white counted joins us live now from washington what's happening in the u.s. of course we know that the top administration has been trying to secure many more doses of the pfizer biotech covered vaccine what is the next step in the process of getting the jobs rolled out then mike. well once again we're waiting for f.d.a. approval for emergency use this should be happening within the next 24 hours it is

expected that the white house is putting immense pressure on the f.d.a. the chief of staff actually threatening the head of the f.d.a. with dismissal should the f.d.a. not reach approval by the end of the stay but the finds itself says that once that approval is coming it will be prepared to roll out some 20000000 doses of the vaccine now the distribution of the vaccine going to be a logistical nightmare many many problems involved in that although the government has paid for the initial doses of vaccine there is no clarity as to who's actually going to be paying for the distribution at this stage it's being left largely to the states and it's the governors of each of the states 2 who may follow c.d.c. guidelines but they will be the ones who will ultimately decide who is going to get the vaccine 1st in new york state for example the governor there saying he expects to get enough 180000 doses of the vaccine by sunday or monday that would be

enough to start of course for about $80000.00 people now who's going to get it 1st well the c.d.c. has recommended that 1st of all it goes to health care workers frontline health care workers then those living in assisted care and after that the next category will be those carrying out essential jobs now there are an estimated 80000000 people in that particular category so with 20000000 doses available according to pfizer until the end of the year there's still going to be a massive shortfall in terms of the vaccine once it's got to the sites where it will be distributed as i said that is going to be left largely to the governors of each state to decide how the vaccine is going to be distributed where it's going to be distributed and who's going to get it key questions thanks very much mike and with all the nations from washington. now in our other top story this hour european leaders have hammered out a deal to tackle the climate crisis after

a sleepless night of tough negotiations the e.u. says it will cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent over the next decade and it's promised nearly $670000000000.00 to help countries in sectors that it dependent on coal to transition to greener energy global emissions are expected to drop by 2600000000 tons this year that's a record 7 percent that's only because the well shut down because of the coronavirus and demick in fact united nations has emissions miss 4 by 7.6 percent every year by 2030 to stop temperatures rising by more than one and a half degrees celsius for brad and reports now on how e.u. leaders finally agreed on that deal in brussels the e.u. would prioritize sorting out the 70 ad budgets and so they pump the negotiations over the climate deal into the evening and as a result it went way into the night in fact it was around 6 am when they finally decided to agree a deal largely because until

a magical the german chancellor of germany holding the presidency of the european council for this 6 month period said it would be a disaster if they couldn't come to an agreement on the eve of the 5th anniversary of the paris agreement now what basically happened is that poland fell into line polish the polish economy is heavily reliant on coal some 3 quarters of the electricity generated in poland is from burning coal and the industry employs around 100000 strongly unionized workers so i'm hearing that the polish prime minister said look you've got to give me a deal to protect our economy otherwise i'm going to lose my job when i go back to warsaw. although shell michele the president of the european council didn't say what kind what the exact concessions were i can tell you a poll that was looking for and that is for economic concessions economic protections and also for the level of. emissions cuts to be associated with the g.d.p. of each country so although the european union is going to go for 55 percent as

a bloc it's clear that some countries will probably not meet 55 percent and others will have to exceed 55 percent if that's a reach that's 55 percent average as i say the michel very relieved and happy that a deal was done it's hugely symbolic it's hugely important for the planet as well don't forget but it was a long night i'm now joined on skype by tom chairman of the 3 g. generation environmentalist and a think tank specializing in the political economics of climate change so 55 percent carbon copy of the next decade by 2030 in the e.u. of course governments and politicians are going to say that it's historic is it. yes i think it is i think what it marks is a real acceleration of the progress going forward and it sets a real benchmark for other countries to step up and increase their commitment in

time for the meeting and the summit in glasgow at the end of next year and i think without it it would have been much easier for other countries to kind of avoid having to do more and therefore it does matter and the key thing to remember about climate change is we've not only got to get to the right place but we've got to get there in the right time by the middle of the century so this does reflect a really important step forward yeah but do you think that middle of the century goal is going to be met. i don't know is the honest answer i don't think anybody does we certainly can do it technically there's no real technology reason why we can't do it nor is there really an economic reason but as your package showed you know there are real political difficulties because the burden falls differentially on some countries not others so countries like poland which are very dependent on fossil fuels in a sense we have to be able to make sure the politics of this work so that they're

not their whole economy isn't undermined and that's going to be difficult and nobody should underestimate the difficulties but i think if we concentrate on the fact that there are political difficulties rather than technological or economic difficulties then we can get a clearer idea of where the real difference where the real problems lie and begin to address them right now as we speak but you could argue that the technology and the knowledge and the understanding has is already there us to be making much more credit progress than we are now it's the politics it's really the problem how difficult is it going to be to measure this to make sure that it's in force that countries don't break the rules i think that the really important thing to remember is it's not now it's not just governments that are paying a lot of attention to this we've really seen as the central bankers are got involved they're rewriting the rules by which our capital is allocated because climate change poses such a big risk to the economy and i think what will keep countries driving forward is

not so much constraints from some enforcement mechanism but the fact that capital is going to pursue the opportunity side of dealing with climate change very vigorously and countries that don't actually get their policy frameworks in place will find themselves missing out economically on the opportunities of the future right so how is industry going to change in years to come this is the end of cul. i think it very much is the end of coal i think coal goes 1st and then probably gas. soon after i think electric vehicles will push oil out of the system fairly rapidly so i think we're looking at the all of the fossil fuels being well on their way out 520352040 that sort of time but we've not only got to get rid of. deal with power and transport we've also got to deal with the buildings because

a real issue of how we heat up buildings and when we've dealt with that there will still be some industrial uses of fossil fuels that we're going to have to find solutions for and then agriculture i guess as well which is really difficult the point is if we get on with doing the things that are relatively straightforward like power and transport then we buy time to tackle the more difficult problems like industry and agriculture well it's nice to see you thanks very much tom back from a 3. of criticizing european union's plans to expand sanctions targeting its drilling operations in the eastern mediterranean the e.u. is likely to widen its sanctions list of technician the vigils and companies involved in the gas exploration drilling in waters that i can testify chris healy to say it sends a strong message but techie describes the move is biased and unlawful. didn't

look 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. remain open to all investors both the us and the e.u. administrations should not listen to the anted ticky lobbies rather go back to common sense and practical policies. and with the news hour live from london still ahead on the program eritrean refugees are being returned to the ted grey region a movie united nations says is absolutely unacceptable one of the world's biggest energy companies is accused of deliberately causing oil spills with the knowledge of the dutch government. and then later anspaugh find out why time magazine is named le bron james is that athletes of the year.

and one of the men found guilty of the murder of lebanon's former prime minister has been sentenced to 5 life terms salema ash was tried and sentenced in absentia it was found to have played a leading role in the bombing that killed rafik hariri and 21 other people in 2005 his sentence was handed down by the special tribunal for lebanon based in the netherlands in a hotter explains now from beirut. well this is the sentencing the guilty verdict was handed down in august the trial well it was held in absentia the man who was found guilty is still on the run so some will say while this is an important the judicial decision justice is incomplete but the bottom line is this the tribunals does not have any enforcement mechanism and cannot in any way force the lebanese government to hand over. to face justice in fact hezbollah which has

really downplayed the importance of the tribunals saying that this tribunal is politically motivated and that we're not concerned with its verdict has repeatedly said that they will not hand over. yes and they're in control of political power they're armed wing is much stronger than the state and if any security agency attempts to arrest certainly my yes it could trigger conflict so many will say justice is still incomplete others will say well we believe that he's just a low level operative and that the tribe you know should have gone after those who actually gave the green light 1st. to carry out an execute such an intricate operation of the court the tribunal is not allowed to try countries or groups but they indirectly implicated hezbollah when they said it is affiliated with with the group. now to developments in the ethiopia the government is saying that it's

returning eritrean refugees to camps in the northern ted gray region they fled to the capital addis ababa during fighting integrate between local forces and federal government soldiers the u.n. says their return to take great so soon is absolutely unacceptable but ethiopia insists they will be safe there are 96000 eritrean refugees registered inside ethiopia mostly of integration which borders eritrea. to date we still have no access to the chief gray region we are extremely concerned for the safety and humanitarian needs of every trade refugees in ethiopia large numbers of youth of refugees have left camps juda insecurity and the lack of basic services or lack of basic services and they are now in the kili and this other book we along with our partners have also not had access to the 4 refugee camps which host nearly one $100000.00 people in more than a month. the u.s. military has released video of an ass strike in somalia that it says killed 8

members it was one of 2 strikes on thursday night in the south the u.s. says it targeted specialists and explosive devices and the group had launched 45 such attacks in mogadishu since 2018 u.s. president all trump says he is withdrawing most forces from somalia by the middle of january now violence in africa's hotspots a guessing was in the risk of attacks is rising even in countries that were once considered safe that's according to the consultancy group various maple croft which says sub-saharan africa is now the haunt of global security risks 7 of the world's 10 riskiest locations are now in that region according to the group's ranking of $198.00 countries 3 of them bikini mali and somalia a tied as the highest risk countries globally along with afghanistan and syria now the group says that there was a 13 percent rise in what it calls terrorist incidents between july and september

only 2 countries rwanda and central african republic have improved in the security rankings. alexandra remake is a senior africa analyst at maple cross he joins us live now by skype from london i know there's much in this report that is part of an ongoing trend of violence and instability in the region but whereabouts would you say a you a you most watching particularly closely where have we seen the greatest shift or deterioration. thank you for having maryam i mean in general i think we have seen 2 areas of particular concern the 1st one being mozambique so in the north and the northern capital gather province has seen a significant uptick in terrorist activity essentially i use a feed itself is the b.j. has significantly increased activity and can now match government forces in

military operations not in others it ambush government troops but hold back its capture ira the most concerning region remains with that because it would be more specific mali so i'm nigeria where 2 major groups one affiliated with al qaeda and one of the late it with by us continue to make things extremely difficult for governments new region the worry here ever is that there could be an incremental expansions 2 words a 7 to as a southward towards west african coastal states may need ivory coast guard and binning last summer we saw an attack committed by a group originally based. on a military facility between the borders of on the border of dive a coast and. so destroy regions are probably the great hot spots if you wish. what is lies at the root of the problem because many of these countries are spending a great deal of their money on the military on security on on their defense budgets

so you know how how do you balance that against the babson effort to investigate the the grassroots causes of the violence you're absolutely right i mean it's a we have to take into consideration sort of contextually findings the presence of terrorist groups and such in africa doesn't date from yesterday it's not a new phenomenon they've been there for a number of years or every the only thing is they've steadily increasing the capabilities and are not capitalizing on their progress. mainly what has happened is that most governments have decided to adopt a security and military focused approach to challenge mainly driving their investments into furthering and expanding to security services including the use of self-defense groups loosely affiliated or government i've heard that's only one pillar of an effective counterterrorism strategy and one that will not succeed to bring any tangible results at the underlying grievances i mean the underlying

social economic grievances that drive is insurgency are actually not addressed how every year covered is that particular problem. has the international community helped or hindered the situation in the region obviously talking about many different countries here but when you think about the role of france in a country like mali or the role of the united states in somalia obviously their military presence going to be scaled back now but have they as have been a positive impact from that that's a very good question. the overall military style of most of these countries has had certain tactical strategic successes but again it doesn't necessarily effectively address the maze one of drivers of instability which remain social economic at that time or have a very local dynamics over a natural dynamics it's only it's own you one part of an overall incompetence of counterinsurgency strategy one. foreign in better foreign donors and foreign aid to

give providers need to address in the coming years thanks very much alexander a remake has from that very risk maple coffee interesting report thank you for shedding some light on it for us thank you very much and bees in the netherlands are demanding an investigation into the relationship between the country's embassies and multinational companies like oil giant shell a dutch documentary called shells hell reveals that to employees of oil that shell a deliberately causing oil leaks in nigeria with the dutch embassies knowledge step vast and reports now from the hague. oil spills absolute is a night you doubt that for decades and are among the world's largest spills cause and serious health hazards and a widespread and fire mental disaster while royal dutch shell has long blamed criminal gangs for guarding the leaks this documentary shown untouched allegation claims child employees are paying poor local youth to sabotage the pipes to than

make money themselves from the cleanup. we. have interviews with a number of ex members of these gangs and also. the people that work for the safety company of shell and employees of shell so 3 different sources that gave us information of how they were involved in causing oil spills and subsequently profiting from the cleanup of the oil spills but this footage shot in 2018 during a visit of the dutch ambassador shows that he promised the local community he would discuss the deliberate leaks which shell and with the government in the hague will be going into my review shall become one of my big chair will teach that out of business by shouting at the use of. very heavy vacuum you

heard me say one you wanted to say and i heard you loud and clear. soon after the ambassador was removed from his post for leaking confidential information about attacks investigation to shell the dutch foreign ministry says that because of his removal the information about the deliberate spill snapper rage them such m.p.t. find this hard to believe. we should make it very clear that the government is always always independent and also needs to be in that position to be able to hold companies who are not following the rules accountable and how can you hold a company accountable if you are really close friends parliament members have filed a motion to demand an independent investigation into possible collusion between the embassies and dutch multinationals like shallow royal dutch shell has been taken to court here in the hague for its contribution to global warming but now the largest

company in the netherlands is under fire again this time for its role in large oil spills in nigeria and for legibly covering this up chad has declined always quest to respond on camera but that sound of the following written reform. shall petroleum development company of nigeria does not have any formal report of named staff members involved in pipeline vandalism where sabotage is established a clean up contract is not awarded to contractors from the host community to make sure multinationals like shall can be held accountable for the damage they do in other countries like nigeria friends of the earth are urging the government to regulate these companies to comply with law back in the netherlands stop france and al-jazeera the hague. now president joe biden has introduced more key picks for his administration several of them are veterans of the obama white house susan rice has been tapped the director of white house domestic policy council she served as

president barack obama's national security adviser and u.n. ambassador rice is expected to have a wide ranging sway over the incoming administration's approach to immigration health care and racial inequality and. castro joins us live now from wilmington delaware and the appointment of susan rice as role is causing some controversy tell us more about the reaction that at this. that's right i mean it's more of an unexpected pick from president joe biden given as you mention susan rice's background is really in foreign policy that long resume serving in the obama white house this new role would not require senate confirmation it is for the domestic policy agenda and she would have a wide swath of responsibilities according the white house policy for health care for education for civil rights now president joe biden said that

susan rice it was the right person for this job at the moment he said that she knows the government inside and out and of course she is a black woman helps fulfill his promise to surround himself with advisors who are racially diverse and that is a point we saw susan rice highlight herself saying that she is the descendant of not only in slave people but also immigrants which is a trend we are seeing as by then continues to reveal his cabinet team. thanks very much from wilmington delaware heidi castro with the latest on that story so i had on this long the new migrants in the canary islands face an uncertain future as spain begins deportations. and in sports. fight night call comes in and offer these 2 boxes gemma well out of the child actually.

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towards the baltic states and then more snow coming back in across the alps as we go on through saturday they start to shift a little further a swiss we go on into sunday more wet weather very heavy rain you know just the down towards the southeast into greece and turkey pushing up towards a bowl garia that we're looking at that what's 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. al jazeera world tells the intriguing stories behind 4 classic songs from palestine enjoyed social snapshots of different times and places from the british mandate to 19 fifties jordan and the palestinian diaspora today musical expressions of their cultural identity and the yearning for the homeland that many were forced from in 1988 songs for the love of history on al-jazeera.

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welcome back a look at the headlines now. in the united states more than 2700 people died of covert 19 on thursday when officials warning that they meet with officials warning that a death toll could continue for 2 or 3 months meanwhile in europe tougher lockdown measures are being called for as countries report read all rises in infections and deaths. and all the top stories has been a fugitive convicted in the assassination of lebanon's former prime minister rafiq hariri has been given 5 life terms. was sentenced in absentia by a special tribunal in the netherlands and european union leaders have agreed to cut carbon emissions by at least 55 percent by the end of the decade the reduction compared to 990 levels is a step up from the previous goal of 40 percent. now donald trump pulling the united states out of the paris climate accord might have actually had a positive effect on the global climate emergency that's the view of several en route

a former president of the united nations climate talks who's been speaking to al-jazeera is actually bought last royal about her memories of the moment in 2015 when the paris trees he was a great 'd. this is said to be it's called and there it was extraordinary to see all these countries including some that were in conflict with each other rich countries poor ones all coming together to recognize one very simple idea that it is human activity in fossil fuels that create a climate change and she gather we could act against it it was a amazing diplomatic a key from and with the times when you thought that perhaps such a global agreement just simply was not going to happen where yes you're 55 you don't need to yes of course it wasn't evident that would happen at all i was at the 1st earth summit in rio in 1902 i saw those 20 years of work necessary for the paris to court to become reality which allowed paris to happen was the financial

world realized it cost them more to do nothing than to act 5 years on what has been achieved is a. vocal sure i think there's been progress in many areas in the construction industry we're building basher also companies and people are doing more to save energy there's been a revolution in transportation with electric vehicles and a revolution in renewable energies donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the climate court president elect joe biden says that he wants the u.s. to reenter the climate agreement is a good and important to have the u.s. back on board that i looks at him also because they got paradoxically trump pulling out of the accord had some positives it through the spotlight on the issue it made people talk about it and consequently it helped mobilize people to. fight climate change scientists say that 2020 is going to be one of the hottest years on the planet but there are still many people who say that climate change does not exist

it will do more than one or more. there are fewer and fewer of them you know the people who experience climate change the most are farmers they see water supplies to in dealing seasons change more storms today i think everyone sees global warming we see the young people are increasingly mobilized in the fight against climate change not just of course famous activists like. thousands of young people who have been taking part in climate marches across the world but the younger generation give you hope for the future well yellow metal is like unfortunately with cove it climate change will probably take a backseat for many young people with code that they are preoccupied with jobs studies and dealing with loneliness so i do worry about climate change not being a priority what you think the governments need to do more of in order to make climate change a real party see busters all governments clearly need to do more if it dims of climate change was visible as victims of covert it's obvious countries would do

more the fight against covert shows us what we're capable of but only a fraction of this is being done for the climate. we go to development in argentina now because politicians are taking a major step towards legalizing abortion a bill was approved in the lower house of congress after more than 20 hours of debate but it's expected to face more resistance in the senate president alberto fernandez has made women's rights a central tenet of his government are there is to raise a bar reports now for one is ours. 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 by 131 vote 217 it now goes to the senate and i know i mean is it up when your head up anywhere in 2018 we were disappointed because we lost in the senate but we hope this time it will be different it's 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 we're invited to discuss a bill in just 10 days inn express bill tell me of this is not genocide when they don't want to show what an abortion is this is it and 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. every day oh no reprimand her work like a son the abortion comes up right propaganda come out of her the mother of 5000000000000000000 but over the course of what i was reading have not brought an urgency not that i'm laughing i know about the world. he says that argentina's abortion legislation could set a precedent in the region with our economy slow only other countries in the region talk to the bank to cut back the sheet and they're turned back on a 5050 companies to be a millionaire field in mexico i would say i am told that this hole has nothing close to the return on her she works we finally have it became a case of you got to pick something up you have a very exciting opportunity to listen. to 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 said will win the highest. the canary islands his resume flights to san migrants back to north africa now that coronavirus travel restrictions have been lifted the region is struggling to cope with a surge in migrant arrivals with 22000 coming this year alone but it's myth reports from gran canaria. the figures don't add up to $20000.00 migrants arrivals on the canary islands this year and nowhere for them to go. these a minus there's room for just $24.00 at the center is a fisherman from senegal. you can catch fish the sea was empty by the big girls there's nothing we can do there's no work so no money in senegal so we decided to have another life to come here and work and help our family. the local government

is paying hotels to put up thousands of migrants while it builds more holding camps the pandemic has stopped tourism in gran canaria hotel occupancy rates are at just 7 percent instead of the usual 95 percent at this time of year the island is hope they're very low covert infection rate will throw them a lifeline but some worry too many migrants will put tourists all in the beginning we said we can help because through us a desperate need of decent accommodation it's still a situation which can be tolerated also by tourists in your future if war and migrants and tourist and that's a little bit overdone 22000 migrants arrived here so far this year this week the government resumed deportations to north and west africa it's only a few dozen people so far but the government hopes it will be a tear and for the charities that work with migrants but won't solve anything long

term those people are fleeing from very hard life context such as conflicts or extreme poverty or lack of opportunity so that's the reason that pushes them to risk their life in the ocean in this case so we don't think that. will be a solution to that phenomenon and will not stop those people to finding better opportunities and the different life. there's obvious relief at having made it to dry land at least 568 others died this year in making this journey they hope to make a better life on the european mainland but this. island is as far as most of these new arrivals will get a most days now there can be hundreds of arrivals on the authorities on the canary islands are struggling to cope the spanish government wants the e.u. to agree a system whereby migrants are distributed equally amongst member states but there's little enthusiasm for that within the e.u.

. bernard smith al-jazeera on the canary now prominent hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy law is been charged under a controversial security law between a newspaper owner is accused of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security law is the highest profile person charged under the law which has been widely criticized by rights groups since being brought in 6 months ago he's already in jail after being denied bail on a separate charge the vehicle pollen is in hong kong with a bit more background to this case. 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 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 to mock received 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's microamp a.o. 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. doctors in india are going on strike after traditional medical practitioners were granted permission to perform and surgeries about

a 1000000 doctors are withdrawing nonessential unknown covert related care in protest last month the government allowed doctors to be trained to perform more than 50 general surgeries india's medical association is condemning what it calls a retrograde step of mixing modern and traditional medicines elizabeth braun who has more on this story now from new delhi. we're the headquarters of the indian medical association that'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 of orthopedic even of plastic surgeries medical

professionals around the country are on strike today they are choosing not to perform no one 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 met in the modis set up a ministry of alternative medicine in 2014 as 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 and india under a body nation one system bad medical professionals say that would be the end of modern medicine and dia. russian authorities are investigating the mysterious deaths of nearly 300 endangered seals of bodies have been washing up on the shores

of the caspian sea in the region of dagestan some of the seals were pregnant russia's fisheries agency says it could be because of an infectious disease or animal abuse. still ahead on the program we're going to be looking at why the videogame industry is one of the big winners of 2020. and the formula one driver to help put out his own engine fire that's coming up with gemma.

we've been hearing a lot about economies and businesses around the world that have been hit hard by a coven 19 bought one of the big winners this year in 2020 has been the videogame industry with more of that with more people spending time at home sales of games and console. of skyrockets had successfully areas been celebrated at the annual gala was watched by millions online the kind of gauge reports. it's one of the biggest knots on the gaming calendar and this year 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 some return to white reading. just like stories that every. 'd estimate you can find something 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've graphically striking forms of entertainment that for many can compete with film and its 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 it's reported incidents in the games in the streets provide. musicians 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 us with subsidies and incentives it's. sure. not listening. just some radio. station on a woman 92600000000 people around the world are estimated to play video games and gaming giants microsoft and sony are hoping to further benefit from people spending more time at home both releasing new consoles weekly gauge how does iraq for well here's all the sport now with gemma having gone to gaming for you know what i do have real football not fake football and a robot is the only man who can stop a little messy and christiane or an outtake from winning the best men's player of the airport the band munich and poland striker joins those 2 on

a 3 man shortlist with the result to be announced next week that he's already won the european award has scored 55 goals to help one win 4 trophies last season including the champions league when they beat bessie's barcelona 82 in the quarterfinals but only once since 2008 his 5th as a would it not been won by messi or an hour day fans at israeli club base are divided over the partial takeover by abu dhabi's royal family more than $100.00 gathered at the training ground to support the new co-owners shaikh hamad bin khalifa and his promise to invest $90000000.00 over the next decade for the club is never signed an arab player and a few dozen hardcore fans known for anti arab views protested and 4 people were arrested after scuffles the club's owner who brokered the deal is also reported threats against his family. because i don't know what i wanted to be known that 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 with the. the chief executive of england rugby says it's been a sad and disturbing week for the sport softer a group of former players revealed they're suffering from early onset dementia caused by concussions they include steve thompson who at 42 can't remember when the world cup in 2003 the great plan to see the r.f.u. the welsh rugby union and world rugby for negligence it's been a very sudden very disturbing week for rugby frankly it is a difficult period and most of all in these days when there are legal istic issues and things to deal with we can't forget that this is very much about the human story and our thoughts go out to steve and some of the challenges he's facing and also the bravery of him and his family and the other players coming out and i mean and airing their concerns and their worries in public and we haven't received any

formal legal approaches yet so it's a bit premature really hypothetical to speculate and we haven't got into any detail discussions around insurance will cover because we don't know the nature of what's been presented yet so for me i won in some dramatic pictures from practice for the season ending abu dhabi grand prix the 2nd session was delayed for a few minutes and can be right in an hour for most of it a big engine fire firing seems given their own graze on the suffered burns in a serious fire accident just 2 weeks ago in bahrain thankfully on this occasion reichen it is known as the ice man was able to escape with no injuries and in fact the finish dr actually helped the marshals puts out the flames but champion lewis hamilton returned to the track after missing the last race with david 19 he's been cleared to race after completing 10 days of quarantine knows his team a vast reebok task he was quickest on friday i want to know just happened to be back so. it felt like i had spent a lot of time away from the car very or so it was just hearing about me from there

as myself in the car the car was a. quite. the way it was when i. had left instead in the sense of the bounce was in the same intensity i had the 2 previous day but i'm working on my back to where i'm comfortable with basketball star bron james has been named time magazine's athletes have a hair for his work against photo suppression and i like his style how to steam it to the n.b.a. title this year and his more than a vote organization how dr a record turnout and this is a us 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 8 remarkable

influence across activism profits or brown 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 registering tons 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 made with 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. we're just

a day away from well at heavyweight boxing champion anthony joshua defending his titles against challenger of the things of god a little bit heated already security guards have to separate the paths they faced off at the weigh in joshua has won 23 of 24 fights with 21 knock outs his beaucaire an opponent has only lost one of his previous 29 fights a 1000 fans will be allowed into london's wembley arena for thousands of area for quite a fight by the look of that. yeah i can't wait to get started thanks very much thanks joe well that wraps up the news hour but i will be back with a full bulletin in just a couple of minutes time of course including the round up for the day's top stories of which you can find more of on our web site al jazeera dot com for analysis that takes you behind the headlines you can watch it on live streaming there as well if you've seen of it like now.

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all tell the story of the viewfinder latin america series now this is. already. vaccine collaboration developers team up the better protection while the u.s. is told to expect daily death tolls in the thousands for at least 2 more months. ago i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program the european union agrees to get tougher on climate action but more all member nations are happy with the plan. 5 life sentences for a man convicted of murdering a former lebanese prime.