on 0. revealing eco friendly solutions to comeback threats to our planet. stepping up efforts to protect the planet's world leaders unveil additional goals 5 years on from the powers climate deal. and all but this and this is all to see a live from doha also coming up a turning point in the united states as the 1st covert 19 vaccination gets the go ahead. the u.s. supreme court throws out donald trump's latest lawsuit contesting the results of the presidential election. international aid finally arrives in ethiopia's tikrit region after more than a month of violence between local fighters and government forces.

the u.n. secretary general is urging world leaders to declare climate emergencies in their own countries speaking at the virtual climate ambition summit until it gets out is said we need to stop the assault on our planet for the sake of future generations the meeting marks the 5th anniversary of the landmark paris climate accord in 2015 countries agreed to stop global temperatures rising 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels. this is a moment of truce this is also note of hope more and more countries have committed to net 0 emissions the business community is getting on board the sustainability train we see city striving to become greener and more live a ball we see young people taking on responsibility and demanding it of others the promise of a net 0 world a reality now on the past to cop 26 i urge everyone to show in bishan stop the

assault on our planet and do what we need to get into the future of our children and grandchildren. he is the chief executive of 3rd generation environmental as i'm an independent european think tank he says clean energy technology has become cheaper and developing countries need support to adopt it. the cost of clean energy a full parasol faster than we ever thought 30 years faster offshore wind solar electric vehicle the u.k. just published really detailed analysis of how it was going to get to carbon neutrality by 2050 and it was cheaper than its previous target machine can get that and cheaper than all targets we had 10 years ago even though i'm much more ambitious so the key driver now is it's cheaper to go clean the question of how to do it as a former economist was when i say people overplay the importance of global carbon taxes and trading is the key issue is investment and so just because it's cheap

doesn't mean it's easy to marry especially from the developing countries suffering from coke that you have a lot of money to spend they haven't got the money to invest in the new clean technologies which will be better for them economically and for their people so the key things we need to do is make access to finance and access to new technologies for the poor countries so they can benefit from the clean energy revolution rather than just the same old rich middle income countries china us europe benefiting and making all these new products we have to decide how we build back out of cope with the recession we have to decide if we're going to meet the ambition of the climate target if we do both together then we really do the foundations for a more stable a more equal and a better world with cleaner and better jobs and less energy and security. well climate change is having a devastating impact in the french alps ski resorts of closed because of unreliable snow fall and scientists say the rising temperatures and causing mountains to crumble the bottle reports. striking and majestic the french

alps aren't chanting site for thousands of years people have lived and worked in the mountains or simply come to admire them but scientists warn these ancient peaks are crumbling rising temperatures are melting permafrost the frozen soil an ice that holds them together speeding up erosion and triggering dangerous rock falls glaciologist frost manuf says the high vertical rock faces of the alps are particularly vulnerable to changes in temperature. in effect we have noticed that in one period particularly the last 2 or 3 decades rockfalls have been more frequent than in past colder decades or so when the summers are very hot as they were in 20032015 the rock falls happened more often. also melting faster than before there are 4000 in the alps chain that spans 7 countries

scientists say half will have disappeared by 2050 climate change is also transforming low altitude mountains like those in the photos region in eastern france it's still snowing here every winter inventer on the problem is the snow fall has become less reliable the ski season much shorter so not so why the operator this year has decided to close the resort. duke's grandfather created the ski resort his family have always run it is odd competed in the olympics shutting the resort down wasn't an easy decision but he says he had no choice he now plans to build a luxury hotel to attract tourists all year round. the ski stations face the same problem because the. work you need snow at the right time during the holidays and good weather so it's hard to have all that in a short season we used to have a bad winter every decade now it's every 3 years so it's impossible to recover the

rising temperatures the forced dozens of ski resorts to close in france in recent years scientists warn than unless more is done to stop climate change snow capped mountains and glistening place is may 1 day become things that the past natasha butler al-jazeera venture on leave. the country hardest hit by corona virus is preparing to administer its 1st vaccination that's up the united states health officials authorized the fire as a bell untag vaccine for emergency use ahead of the u.s. drug regulator a sought to assure the public of the job safety ahead of its rollout and is urge people not to let their guard down but this vaccine met the f.d.a. as rigorous standards for quality safety and efficacy science and data guided the f.d.a. decision we worked quickly based on the urgency of this pandemic not because of any other x. turn pressure this decision was based on the strongest scientific integrity and i

am so proud of the work that our career scientists have done while our federal partners are already taking steps to distribute this vaccine we remind the public to remain vigilant as an occupation will take time but those doses are going to be delivered across the u.s. on monday morning advisors vaccine needs to be kept at ultra cold temperatures and some states are worried there won't be enough dry ice to transport news of the rollouts can't come soon enough with daily cases in the u.s. soaring to record high is there have been almost 16000000 infections and about 300000 deaths john hendren has more from washington d.c. . finds or says it's going to be loading those vaccines into the special cold containers that keep them it below freezing temperatures there are no load those on the trucks and send the trucks to the airport on sunday morning that's just about

24 hours from now you know this morning the f.d.a. director steven hahn said that there was no external pressure to get the agency to approve this vaccination in record time that's despite the fact that president trump reportedly threatened his job if hahn did not get that approval out by friday evening on contests that account he says that's not what was said to him when he got the call but in any case the f.d.a. has now given emergency authorization for the use of this vaccine the centers for disease control is meeting it has to formally approve the distribution but there's very little doubt that that is what will happen the c.d.c. director robert redfield has said that each day for the next 60 to 90 days more americans will die than died in the 911 attacks that's just about 3000 people and for the past couple of days that has been the case so there is really an urgency to this and need to avoid any kind of delay because every day that this the

delivery of these vaccines is delayed is right now costing thousands of lives mexico's health regulator has also given the green light for the margins the use of pfizer's coal that 19 vaccines it's the 6 country to allow the experimental vaccine to be rolled out mexico is also agreed to buy 35000000 doses from the chinese and see no biologics the u.s. supreme court has rejected a legal bid from the state of texas to overturn the results of the presidential election trump backs the lawsuit thought so it's to throw out results in 4 key states one by joe biden victoria getting reports. many legal experts in the us predicted this outcome the supreme court dismissed a bid by the state of texas to overturn the presidential election results much to the anger of trump who tweeted the supreme court really let us down no wisdom no

courage trump and his republican allies wanted the court to set aside results in 4 states won by president elect joe biden michigan pennsylvania and wisconsin 18 republican attorney generals and 126 republican members of congress supported the lawsuit bought in a short statement the court said that texas has not demonstrated educationally called musical interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections biden's team celebrated the decision saying the supreme court has decisively and speedily rejected the latest of donald trump and his 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 trump and other republican organizations have brought more than 52 seats in various states they've achieved partial success in only one

but legal analysts say trump may continue to try to overturn the election results i don't count now for trying to just do something else even though it probably won't get anywhere because it is over as of monday when the electoral college to me but we cannot be in the head down to think what he might try to do next but this was really his last day on there critics of trump say his refusal to concede defeat has damaged the integrity of the u.s. electoral process and biden's victory will be officially certified by the electoral college next week victoria gate and be out there are. supporters of u.s. president donald trump are protesting against the election results they've been gathering in washington d.c. 2 days ahead of the electoral college vote counter protests are expected. kim finkelstein is the faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania we spoke to her just before those protests started she says they show how the republican party's reaction to this election has damaged

constitutional norms. the republican party has been all in for donald trump that is it's been the official position of the republican party that this was a fraudulent election but without any evidence of fraud and that is certainly disenchanted many many republicans who have switched parties or or who voted with joe biden so i think that the republican party has deeply discredited itself i think the support for this lawsuit and for donald trump's attempt to overthrow a legal and very clear election will cost the republican party will cost an enormous an enormous amount in the midterms and out as really discredited their commitment to the rule of law and their commitment to a peaceful transition of power unfortunately it's created and contributed to enormous polarization in our voting public and we're going to see demonstrations

today in the u.s. expressing that so we need civic education not only for our mainstream population but we need civic education for our lawmakers who really have to understand the importance of the peaceful transition of power and abiding by our constitutional norms still ahead on al-jazeera forced to pay bribes for services that should be free people are gonna say systemic corruption is only getting worse dozens of susie's are returning to iraq after finger conflict with i sold why they say they fear for their future. how either the weather sloshy set fair or across the middle east if

a little on the cool side has to be some clout pushy. across to some other wet weather some wintry weather here recently distaste disturbed across the eastern side of the mediterranean as we go on through the next couple of days sundays not see bad but a few showers there just creeping into northern parts of syria just coming out of turkey as we go on through monday you see some really wet weather and some well the windy weather across that eastern side of the mets any tutting very unsettled in cyprus well just make its way into syria lebanon and jordan further south it is generally tries still what a brisk wind down towards the gulf temperatures here in doha getting up to around $23.00 degrees celsius some a time below the seasonal average but as i said last you drive some hazy sunshine that sunshine stretches down across the whole of africa plenty of showers into central parts of africa the clutch of storms for that eastern side of angola at the moment actually we could see some localized flooding here what's the weather there pushing across into the democratic republic of congo still some showers are rolling

across into zimbabwe some showers f.-a central and northern parts of big could still see some wet weather there for a time in that eastern side of south africa but clear by monday. play an important role ringback. what is that they've been doing with the money that it's boring we bring in the stories and developments to dramatically changing the world i'm leaving the scene as congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars for the super rich poor families hit hard by the pandemic counting on al-jazeera. tuning fork.

you want to go to see a reminder of our top stories this hour that i did asian secretary general has called on wald leaders to declare climate emergencies in their own countries until you get tagged as one of the virtual climate bishan summit of future catastrophe saying change isn't happening that fast enough. the u.s. is getting ready to begin a nationwide covert 19 vaccination campaign tells regulators have approved the pfizer biotech vaccine for emergency use and assured americans that it's safe. the u.s. supreme court has rejected a legal bit from the state of texas to overturn donald trump's election defeat trumpeted back to the lawsuit which sought to throw out the results in 4 key states where joe biden has won. international aid is arrived in the ethiopian city of the

center of recent fighting a convoy of trucks from the red cross is distributing medicines and other supplies to hospitals and work in the northern 0 region alex o'brien reports. precious cargo carefully packed and headed for may calais a city that's been cut off from international help for weeks inside these boxes is aid made since surgical supplies and disinfectants reference was. has been unable to function fully. drop some supplies for over a month now dealing with a large number of trauma patients but also the. chronic care patients delivering babies meghalaya is the capital of ethiopia's northern to cry region that became the frontline and a power struggle between the central government and regional authorities. ethiopia's army says it's captured nicolay and declared victory forces from the to cry people's liberation front say they're still fighting back each regards the

other as illegal and the conflict has threatened to destabilize the country and its neighbors. will and 50000 refugees have sought shelter across the border and slow down many terrified and traumatized. and more evidence is emerging of mess killings in the region this man tells of a message in the town of make khadra november so now after the fighting began. they just hit everybody they slaughtered them with knives they cut them here with a machete there was so much killing a saw about 300 to 400 people who were dead and then this video said to show the aftermath of the attack which refugees like to blame on the military ethiopia's government though says to gray and forces were behind it an informal group of youths. who are supported by militias and they stage those attacks but

having said that i would also like to point out it's i said earlier reports that we've so far released is preliminary in nature. last month prime minister ahmed denied any civilians had been killed by his forces during the operation. but some analysts suggest thousands of people have died it's hard to confirm what's actually happening the government's restricted access to the region and there's been a communications blackout rights groups are calling for an independent investigation and say while this 1st convoy of international aid to to cry is a step forward it's not enough they warn of an all out humanitarian crisis both in ethiopia and across the border. you know when we don't have any plans for the future everything we worked for is now useless we are just a sleeping on the ground without even a change of clothes life for these people is on hold and they feel scared and far

from home. brian al jazeera. the protests underway in cities across france against a controversial police security bill the measure would make it a crime to publish photos or videos of on duty officers there's a live pictures from central paris critics say would make it more difficult to document police brutality that have been weekly rallies against the bill they intensified after footage emerged of 3 policemen basing a black music producer. venezuelans are voting in a referendum organized by opposition leader one quiet though it follows last week's parliamentary elections in which president nicolas maduro we gained control of the national assembly why those referendum is asking venezuelans whether they want to end the models rule and hold new presidential elections. activists say ghana is losing the fight against graft. and the corruption perception index i do

180 countries and citizens have little faith the newly elected politicians will adequately tackle the problem. peaks passengers on his motorcycle for a fee although the government has banned commercial motorcycle operations in the capital across the business thrice he says what keeps them in business is paying a bribe. to. get. from the police on the streets to markets and public or business offices many gunnin say they are compelled to pay bribes for services that are meant to be free that was what pushed and muster you bought into activism i had an issue with my. electricity meter and so i had to go to electricity company. i got there and stuff were demanding that i i had to pay something before they

quote a funny service but exposing corruption comes with a heavy price in $21000.00 a young journalist was assassinated near his home because of an investigative story he was doing. goners most famous investigative journalist honest as conducted many undercover investigations and corruption in guyana. the mosque award winning journalist says threats against him and his colleagues are real and it's intimidating many i must say those have dipped a bit of a depth of some level of fear by some journalists because they think that this government is a bit intolerant a journalist many have died many at 2nd fast that's not inducing mass in a sense of the city. again and say they are more worried about corruption among public officials even institutions investigating abuse of public trust at mit the problem is huge. increase i would say people are

beginning to be alive to the responsibility of holding people accountable and this is general election corruption was a dominant theme for the 1st time in an election gun has got a hung parliament why no party holds absolute majority analysts believe that the results of monday's vote sends a strong message to politicians that people have taken note of more corruption cases and i demanding accountability. when i we talk to say how much of that they will get from public officials activists say strong institutions a vibrant civil society and fearless journalists are needed to tame corruption that's draining hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayers' money each year. al-jazeera across got. hundreds of students are missing in nigeria after gunmen stormed a boarding school the group attacked the $800.00 people campus and the northwestern

cut scene and stayed late on friday around $200.00 children who fired during an hour long gun battle have since returned. since june 18000 members of the using the minority have returned to singe or in northern iraq over 300000 fled invaded the region there's even community now hopes to rebuild but many feel they've been excluded from important decisions about how to govern the area so to 14 reports from job. the iraqi army is once again in charge of sindar home to iraq a religious minority the district is one of several disputed areas claimed by both the central government in baghdad and the semi autonomous kurdish region it has changed hands 5 times since 2003 as part of an agreement between the 2 sides in october but that deployed its army to take control. of the security situation inside is the responsibility of the police and iraqi army controls all

the suburbs districts in subdistricts the security is stable in said there is no flag other than the iraqi flag posted into the town all the positions are under the control of the iraqi government. after the fall of the late former president saddam hussein in 2003 kurdish peshmerga fighters controlled singe our while the iraqi army was deployed further south both abandoned their positions in 2014 when the islamic state of iraq and the levant are eisel launched an offensive across northern iraq much of the city of sendai was destroyed during the conflict there's a lack of trust among the easy to minority towards both the federal government in baghdad and the regional government in kurdistan due to the decades of neglect and because those forces failed to protect them when i saw swept through our killing an abducted thousands more over they feel that they have not been meaningfully included in the negotiations that determine the future governance of their region.

among those not consulted on the agreement. groups that sprung up in 2014 to help survivors escape eisel and who fought to retake singe are this group called the sindar resistance units has now handed over several checkpoints to the iraqi army but their commander told al jazeera that the fighters will remain in the mountains . we want guarantees to keep the residents of sin just safe we will not hunston job to a specific political party and we will not allow anyone to deal with singe or in an oppressive way the singe our resistance units are closely affiliated with the outlawed kurdistan workers' party while other armed groups operating in the district are linked to iran many people living in sin jar say they are tired of living at the mercy of competing political interests and some welcome the presence of the iraqi army. with having the iraqi government here is better for us there are many parties and illegal armed factions here if the iraqi government is here the

situation will be better and the security will be better but there are concerns that the parties to the agreement will meddle in the selection of the local government and police force choosing. people who serve their interests but us to even though those people of certain jobs should themselves form the local police the name should be chosen by the people of certain jaw years after being displaced by the conflict if i saw a 3rd of the interest inhabitants have returned and are beginning to rebuild their homes that means they'll be able to cast their ballots in elections in sindar next year and have a chance to have their voices heard and choose their own leaders seem awful to al-jazeera since our india's prime minister has tried to assure protesting farmers that new laws will give them more opportunities than there are more to do says the reforms will help attract investment in agriculture and make farmers prosperous thousands of farmers have been blocking roads around new delhi demanding that the laws to be scrapped they're scared prices will be undercut leaving them vulnerable

to exploitation by private companies. it's norman of the site of the world's largest catholic pilgrimage but for the 1st time in nearly a century the basilica of our lady of guadalupe in mexico is closed to worship rose . reports from mexico city. every year millions of people flock to the mexican capital for the day of the virgin of guadalupe celebrated on december 12th. it's the largest catholic pilgrimage in the world and an important religious festival for many faithful catholics. this year however the coronavirus pandemic has put those celebrations on hold. get a natural house was among the last catholic pilgrims to visit the holy shrine before authorities closed it to the public. can't just be back my mother's in the hospital she's in very serious condition and i have faith that our lady of guadalupe will help me so that she'll be home soon. mexico city's national shrine

houses an image of the virgin mary which according to a legend dating back to $1531.00 is said to have miraculously imprinted itself on a cloak belonging to an indigenous boy named one diego the day of the virgin of guadalupe is mexico's largest annual public gathering on any other year this area outside of the basilica of our lady of guadalupe it would be a sea of worshippers but as deaths from coronavirus have continued to increase dramatically so have restrictions on public gatherings. enforcing these restrictions or more than 1700 mexico city police officers with the annual pilgrimage officially ancyl church leaders and government officials have encouraged to attend catholic mass via television or live stream serum oni's online. body slow data and artists in in the state of one haka says even though people aren't allowed to visit the national shrine they can still bring the virgin of guadalupe it into

their homes and in the week i mean ok i think that's. what's being proposed is for people. do not go outside and he stead set up an altair in their homes where they can receive the blessings of the virgin and where we can still say the same preggers were used i'm sure the virgin would gladly make an exception in this case and visit each one of us in our homes. the annual pilgrimage for the day of the virgin of guadalupe is a tradition that reaches far beyond mexico's forgers even though travel to her sanctuary won't be possible this year faithful catholics in mexico and around the world are finding other ways to worship money ended up a little al-jazeera mexico city. this is all to see but these are the top stories the united nations secretary general has called on world leaders to declare climate emergencies in their own countries speaking as he'll.