'd the u.s. supreme court rejects a case from president donald trump to overturn the results of this year's election . hello from doha everyone i'm c'mon santamaria this is the world news from al-jazeera the white house is putting pressure on the f.d.a. to approve pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use across the united states . we will reduce emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 european union takes the lead on battling climate change an ambitious target is set

to help prevent global warming. and italian prosecutors ready 7 showing how a student brutally murdered in 2016 was being monitored by egyptian authorities before his death. so the u.s. supreme court has rejected a bid from the state of texas to overturn donald trump's election loss the president himself had backed the lawsuit which sought to throw out the results in 4 key states this is just one of several legal challenges which have been raised and rejected across the country seeking to stop joe biden's win before it is officially certified by the electoral college next week will president elect joe biden and his team of celebrated the decision they said this the supreme court has decisively in speedily rejected the latest of donald trump and its allies attacks on the democratic process this is no surprise dozens of judges election officials from

both parties and trump's own attorney general have dismissed his baseless attempts to deny he lost the election so let's start with mike hanna in washington d.c. not so much a case of don't mess with texas mike just don't even bother. yes indeed most legal experts had predicted this particular outcome the court issued a very short statement basically saying that texas had no standing in the matter whatsoever the statement reads in part texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts the elections all other pending motions are dismissed as moot now this is in reference to the large number of states and the president trump himself who attempted to join the texas attempt to reverse the election results basically the code saying texas got no standing whatsoever in the matter this is very much the end of legal avenues

for president trump the supreme court has now twice in one week turned down a lecture in related briefs firstly with a case involving pennsylvania earlier in the week and now this particular case in all president trump and other republican organizations have brought more than 50 legal actions in various states in the united states and only one did they achieve partial success and that was getting election observers to move about 6 meters so a complete failure by president trump and other republicans to try and reverse the election through some form of legal process thank you mike hanna in washington i'll leave it there because i've also got debbie hines joining us she is a former prosecutor in the u.s. state of maryland and the founder of legal speaks which is a legal and political issues blog she's in baltimore for us today surely this is it now surely this is the point where the president has to say is out of options is

out of time actually because the electoral college meets on monday. well i don't think we can ever say for sure what the president thinks yes the electoral college doesn't mean i don't mind the and that should be the end of it but i don't count now to try to just do something else even though it probably won't get anywhere because it is over as of monday when the electoral college meets but we cannot be in the head down we're trying to think what he might try to do next but this was really his last hail mary very true isn't it so when the electoral college does mean maybe you can explain and remind for our international audience all the results have been certified by the states now the electoral comes electoral college comes together and then what happens is when they actually come together they just sort of find that the each of the 50 states plus the district of columbia there are 30 find those actually electoral college of which by and went $305.00 you only need $270.00 to win so it's far and you know really far in advance in that respect but

they're just coming together that sound a little kooky system here where it's a little gift and then when it is that little other countries the man actually electoral college is that is that when it that is each state has a certain amount that makes up the amount that's needed for the win for president so i don't ruin my day that's that's absolutely a exactly tell me with your legal mind having watched the last few weeks unfold and all these cases that have been brought in all these cases which have been dismissed and what's it done to the the judicial system to the democracy is this is a system in some respects it feels like it's just sort of been made a mockery of by these sorts of things. well i mean good that you get your system i mean you know they felt that their end of the bargain i mean they have shown that we do have 3 points of the government and they have done the right that they should do or they were not trying to wage trying to be corrupted by any political means or any political gains that donald trump was trying to do so then why is that good but it has basically ended. the morale of those voters who voted for donald trump and

who do believe in some way shape or one without any basis in fact that the election was a fraud because their guy didn't win well that's the thing that. maybe the point i'm more wanted to make is that the cases that have been brought i mean the moment they were brought you could look at them and say well that's not going to work but you know no evidence was was even was even supplied in some cases that i mean it just it just didn't make any sense. i mean it was really like child's play i mean what i practice a lot of times you know i have clients and they'll say well we can we do this and i'm like we need proof you can't just say it on a piece of paper and that's basically what the trouble is we're doing they're just basically making allegations on a piece of paper they had no evidence to back it up in the new dishes the works in a world that had the evidence having facts to support which are illegal premises so that's the irony of the whole thing behind great to talk to you thanks for making the time for us today saying here thank you so much.

so coronavirus now an approval for the u.s. roll out of the finds that biotech vaccine appears imminent in fact the white house is piling the pressure on with president trump's chief of staff urging the head of the food and drug administration those dr steven han to expedite the whole thing because it can't come soon enough as the world's worst affected country grapples with the death toll growing at a staggering right look at this number 2768 the number of deaths recorded on thursday a top u.s. health official says that pace will continue for the next 2 or 3 months which would mean we're talking daily death tolls equivalent to 911 and pearl harbor traumatic events that reshaped the u.s. for decades infections are up to on average just this past week the u.s. has recorded more than 210000 cases a day the u.s.

has also announced it plans to purchase an additional $100000000.00 doses of another vaccine the maternal one which is still awaiting approval of homage to that one is that doesn't need to be stored at the cold temperatures that finds as one does well earlier we spoke to jellyfish ip who is an associate research professor of microbiology and immunology at georgetown university she explains how the distribution might go. the speed of rollout and the efficiency of getting that seen to the front line health workers and the people at highest risk will depend on the planning and the resources at each state level we know some states have done an excellent job of getting ready and as soon as those vaccine doses reach the states they will hit the ground running other still have a little bit farther to go and perhaps some gaps in their plans and how they'll reach those most vulnerable populations we have to reach every person in the entire world by the end of this vaccine rollout so we know that the vaccine companies will

be providing doses at a measured pace that they can only scale up so quickly and that to keep in mind also with the pfizer vaccine for example because it's going to require 2 doses those those 20000000 doses get cut in half in terms of the number of people that can be reached so we're looking at this fairly rolled out now in in the u.k. earlier this week in the u.s. this week and then we'll see those doses being provided in batches over the summer . within the u.s. and to countries around the world mexico's health regulators also given the green light for the emergency use of pfizer's vaccine that decision makes it the 4th country to allow the experimental vaccine to be rolled out mexico is also agreed to by 35000000 doses of the chinese firm can see no biologic biologics coronavirus vaccine. has recorded more than 1200000 cases and 113000 deaths. britain's astra zeneca will start testing

a combination of its experiment or vaccine with russia's sputnik very short trials for that combined inoculation set to begin by the end of the hear more with not even bother. across the united states they're getting ready to vaccinate people against covered 90 it's a matter of urgency with the daily death toll reaching 3000 this week and hospital struggling the food and drug administration is set to approve emergency use of a phase 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 2020 wanted sheep herd immunity. perhaps 75 percent of people vaccinated this shutdown 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 involve 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 cental 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 coronavirus spreading means it doesn't need to rush we're aware of what is happening in other states and another now. around the world we have a front row seat frankly is as dye goes through that and work through any potential issues that arise in europe the u.k. has a head start on tuesday this 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 of. whether that will happen within the same hour week 27 member states that the needle 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 meanwhile health experts and campaigners are 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. in the news ahead president elect joe biden unveils more of his top picks for cabinet posts 40 days now so he is sworn into office and the forgotten and we follow the lives of internally displaced bosnians 25 years after the ball. we've got temperatures on the slide across northern parts of asia over the next couple of days bank of cloud just making its way further south where it's temperatures in beijing a solid around 5 or 6 celsius some wet weather just pushing across a safe to padded to that western side of honshu for a time 14 celsius there in tokyo picking up a 5th day as we go through sunday some snow and the possibility over the mountain

spring high that there is that cold air 3 celsius in solemn a struggling to get to freezing in ireland but looking the top temperature of around minus 22 degrees celsius should be cold enough for you here fighting dry across eastern parts of china so western weather some wintry weather towards the southwest of the country plenty a shower was meanwhile across southeast asia the live in downpours getting driven. further westward song that ne ne monsoon pushing down towards and i place the southern parts of thailand seeing some very heavy right some heavy rain so coming into western parts of india over the next day also asked few days are saying they will circulation in the arabian sea splashing that western weather up towards the northwest of the country towards good herat hopefully brightening up as we go on across northern parts as we go through sunday as the west it's the mystery. of. covert 19 is grounded global travel for countries dependent on tourism like

kenya the effects of devastating. effect back here who have not been pulled well my full somebody has livelihoods vanish people in power reveals the hardships facing affected communities and the efforts being made to protect wildlife from the threats of increased production in the wake of the pandemic kenya the unfathomable virus on al-jazeera. move forward. about al-jazeera these are the top stories this hour the u.s. is top court has rejected a bid from the state of texas to overturn donald trump's election loss the

president had backed the lawsuit which sought to throw out the results of 4 key states. the united states is set to follow the u.k. in rolling out the pfizer biotech coronavirus vaccine the white house is in pressure on the country's top drug the f.d.a. americans could be getting the vaccine within a few days. and britain's astra zeneca plans to test whether the effectiveness of its vaccine can be boosted when combined with the russian one sputnik the trials are expected to start in the coming week this. european union leaders of reached a deal to try to slow climate change and tackle the most pressing issue of our time they have pledged to slash emissions by at least 55 percent compared to the levels of 990 by the end of this decade the increase from the previous 40 percent target encountered resistance from some states like poland which is reliant on coal you know it was 5 years ago today the paris agreement was signed nations around the

globe uniting to fight back against the growing threat of climate change since then extreme weather events from drought wildfires super storms of all taken their toll and highlights of the need for action so how is the world placed in this battle against the climate crisis here's nick luck with a look. it was an extraordinary moment after endless years of negotiations nations of the world united in this common cause and the paris agreement was born that girls want to try to if for celebrations they were short lived within 18 months the accord was in deep trouble suddenly u.s. leadership was lost. the united states will withdraw from the paris. climate court well in the 5 years since paris

national commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions well they haven't measured up and time is running out remember the agreement ange to stop global temperatures from rising 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels ideally one and a half degrees but average global temperatures are right now as i speak at $1.00 degrees and climbing and the impacts of a warming world they're already shocking displacing millions and costing billions extreme weather events are becoming all too familiar from superstorm stew record wildfires from heat waves to devastating floods ice packs they've continued to diminish at both poles with the current decade the warmest on record it sounds bad it is bad and yet despite it all suddenly there's an opportunity president elect joe biden has pledged to return the united states to the paris agreement the world's 2nd biggest emitter of greenhouse gases back at the table and the number

one a matter that's china responsible for 28 percent of global emissions they promise carbon neutrality by 2060 other countries have followed suit japan and south korea committing to net 0 by 2050 joining the u.k. the e.u. and next year the united states and hopefully more to come out of the tragedy of the covert pandemic suddenly major economies are eyeing a green recovery with trillions of dollars in stimulus funds available i think yes we are in a moment i would say in a turning point moment in history and it's set in my view it's a great opportunity very few either send very few generations have the opportunity to become so relevant for at history overall it doesn't mean that it is going to be easy on the contrary i think these bullets on our shoulder. and even be there by sponsibility the thing is nations pledging action is one thing

implementing policies to ensure new found hope is not misguided well that's quite another but never will there be a better opportunity to realize the goals of the paris agreement and to put the brakes on the worst effects of climate change. going to talk more about this with mina rahman now an environmental lawyer and coordinator of the climate change program at 3rd world network joining us from penang in malaysia mina thank you for your time 1st of all the. the new target which the e.u. has agreed to when i 1st heard it sounded great 55 percent cut in emissions but this is compared with 990 standards so is it really that much of a jump. no not really basically these dockets still be too little too late in the meeting that his goals by now the rich developed nations should already have come down to realize you know in real terms but since the time

of the kyoto protocol until now the emission reduction talks have been very very low and not ambitious enough in fact climate activist in a cadet weeks around the world have criticised rich nations over the years from not doing what we call should have been get a fair share i mean admission the directions which means you actually take into account the historical emissions and the cumulative emissions including on a post capita basis so going by what the rich nations to see including this net 0 that's a cop in neutrality by 2030 or 20 fifties actually doing told little too late election is quite dubious actually many of us are actually say that this net 0 if you look at what the content of the net 0 is much of this is about continuing to admit it's a bit at business as usual not coming down to 0 and expecting the developing world to pick up the emission reduction in some and they call this an offset so i mean it

is it's a case of the targets not being big enough or the actual commitments and actions not being big enough or actually that both. it to be a difficult problem in terms of vili implementation for us we have actually looked at what the promises have bee and the admission doubt that sell off got that i mean if you take the berries it be meant what they called a nationally don't mean contributions all in that list as she said that it would take those 2 or 3 to 5 degree below 50 and all these pledges at this particular moment in time they actually don't get to the heart of the met they're not fast enough because the devil is actually in the detail as i say. or so if you look at the kind of money that was promised in terms of implementing taishan the developed world actually agreed in copenhagen and the next thing you could mend a tape that was to mobilize 100 begin by 2020 and just

last week would be good that climate talks to you an f.c.c. that there was in there and that this is oxfam international instead of the 100000000000 that was what you actually see is something like about 59500000000 in terms of public financing which 30 to 40 percent of this is actually. climate specific so there is a mix of what goes to missy's development this is right and what is it climate specific and what's the scandal is that also that you find that that is what 80 percent comes in the form of no one's right means developing countries have to actually pay them back then you can call this climate scientists so they are really filing will have to leave it there so much work to be done as and i mean raman joining us from tonight in malaysia thank you and we have an extended interview with the executive secretary of the un framework convention on climate change

patricia espinosa you saw her next report that will be on the next talked about 0430 g.m.t. on saturday about 2 hours from now. now italian prosecutors have released evidence for the 1st time showing a murdered student was under surveillance by egyptian authorities before his death attendants those surveyed by al jazeera the footage shows an informant assigned by an egyptian official monitoring julio to jeannie in cairo comes after initially announced plans to charge for high ranking members of egypt's security forces for the 26th and killing the details in this report with car like. that this video recording may not show much but for italian officials investigating the brutal murder of julio originate in egypt it's a breakthrough the 1st evidence that the italian student was targeted and put under surveillance by egyptian authorities was actually going to matter was this image was. it comes after italian

prosecutors announced plans to charge for egyptian security offices with the students torture and death they say one of the defendants colonel as a commercial assigned the informant to monitor julia a month before he was killed. guard or say we saw today we know that the egyptian general security followed regina's tracks for 40 days we know that he was a recent 1st in a camp been transferred to cell number 13 of the egyptian ministry of interior this is a very dangerous matter telling people strongly condemn it and we firmly maintain our position with respect to closing diplomatic ties with egypt ridge and his body was found on a desert highway after he disappeared in january 26th seen he was last seen near an underground subway stop in cairo where he'd been researching the sensitive topic of labor movements in egypt his mother later said his body was so mutilated she was

only able to recognize the tip of his nose rights groups say the marks resemble those resulting from widespread torture practices in egyptian for. cities that national security agency is quite or torrijos we have documented torture we have documented forced disappearance in the country and hold the judiciary effectively in service of the system of repression in country the death sparked outrage in italy and strained diplomatic relations between the 2 countries with italy's government accusing egyptian authorities of non-cooperation we want justice for our citizen who has been killed tortured in such a terrible way we have an explanation egyptian prosecutors have continued to insist that region is killers remain unknown and all thirty's deny any involvement in fact they've announced a temporary suspension of the investigation but israeli plans to push on with the case regardless the suspects will be tried in an italian court in abstention as

well julia region as parents they're still calling for justice for their son his mother applauded an investigation that not only shed some light on his death but held up what she called a mirror of how human rights are violated in egypt every day car leg al-jazeera u.s. president elect joe biden has unveiled 5 top picks for his incoming administration many of them for 1000000 aims with close ties to the cabinet of former president barack obama 25 years after the bosnian war tens of thousands of displaced people are still unable to return to their homes despite economic stagnation forcing millions out of the country in recent years leaving is not an option for everyone tony but they visited a camp where people are still fighting for a better life. time has stood still in parts of rural bosnia to make a living these men have to scavenge for low grade discarded coal the way they did

100 years ago they were promised a better life that 25 years after the war ended they are still suffering they are the forgotten in 1905 the settlement at the age of that new benefits c in northeast bosnia was meant to provide temporary accommodation the roof leak there is no insulation and the living conditions are cramped other sickly or they're not and everyone is promising us that they will get better but nothing is getting better yeah where we are like cattle stuffed and these buildings had 0 was wounded by a serb shell instructor needs her brother and several cousins were killed she knit socks to sell for a dollar a pair she's one of more than $7000.00 internally displaced bosnians who have largely been forgotten and. they have been forgotten by the government small children who came to the temporary collective centers have remained in them and they're having their own children in them now it's unbelievable how much time has passed and they're thill in the same horrible situation local authorities say they

are working to improve the living conditions of all those who've been displaced and projects are in the pipeline but so far nothing has been done another approximately 90000 displaced people have found their own accommodation because they haven't been able to return to their homes even though the dayton peace agreement stipulated the right of return for everyone. else i think it is unsafe to go back to srebrenica especially for the children i was a child when the one genocide happened experience so many horrible things i would never want my children to experience what i did 78 year old fighter all of which wasn't scared her husband was among the 8000 muslim men and boys from strabane eats are executed by the serbs a village of qana which polly was overrun 27 years ago and she had to flee but she won the right to return to her. house although she says she suffered several beatings from the serbs she also won a legal case for the orthodox church built on her land to be demolished but server

storage is have so far not complied with the court order delia last time paolo. i sued the orthodox church when i returned here but nobody wanted to help me establish my rights i tried so hard and it took 5 years for me to win in court i received threats from the serb side this community like most in bosnia expected so much more when the war ended but after 25 largely fruitless years the lies of hardy improved and with the political paralysis and the economic stagnation many are either choosing to leave or want to leave official figures show that 1800000 bosnians have left the country but leaving isn't easy for the poor here they have to stay and fight for a better life tony berkeley al-jazeera years of that's camp northeastern bosnia.